Parsing a python-like language

hey.
i have to parse a python like language and im looking for the best language for this. my favourite is yacc but i realy do not want to use c. i also looked at javacc but, meh, i dont like it.

my favourite would be perl but i have to care for speed.

so /prog/ say me what i should use.
(ohh, btw. i do not want to compile nor to interpret that language, just parse, do some syntax-checking and translate into another language)

The broadest definition of "to compile" is a synonym of "to translate", dumbass.

There's Boost::Spirit for C++. Other than that and Yacc/Bison, you'll have to write your own bug-ridden parser.