Translation of the song lyrics Mon enfance - Jacques Brel

Mon enfance - Jacques Brel
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Song from the album: Infiniment
In the genre:Эстрада
Release date:31.12.2002
Song language:French
Record label:Barclay

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Mon enfance (original)Mon enfance (translation)
Mon enfance passa My childhood passed
De grisailles en silences From greyness to silence
De fausses révérences False bows
En manque de batailles Short of battles
L’hiver, j'étais au ventre In the winter, I was in the stomach
De la grande maison From the big house
Qui avait jeté l’ancre who dropped anchor
Au nord parmi les joncs North among the bulrushes
L'été, à moitié nu Summer, half naked
Mais tout à fait modeste But quite modest
Je devenais Indien I was going Indian
Pourtant déjà certain Yet already certain
Que mes oncles repus That my sated uncles
M’avaient volé le Far West Stole me the Wild West
Mon enfance passa My childhood passed
Les femmes aux cuisines women in the kitchen
Où je rêvais de Chine Where I dreamed of China
Vieillissaient en repas Aged in meals
Les hommes au fromage The Cheese Men
S’enveloppaient de tabac Wrapped themselves in tobacco
Flamands taiseux et sages Silent and wise Flemings
Et ne me savaient pas And didn't know me
Moi qui toutes les nuits Me who every night
Agenouillé pour rien Kneeling for nothing
Arpégeais mon chagrin Arpeggiate my sorrow
Au pied du trop grand lit At the foot of the oversized bed
Je voulais prendre un train I wanted to take a train
Que je n’ai jamais pris That I never took
Mon enfance passa My childhood passed
De servante en servante From servant to servant
Je m'étonnais déjà I was already surprised
Qu’elles ne fussent point plantes That they were not plants
Je m'étonnais encore I was still surprised
De ces ronds de famille Of these family circles
Flânant de mort en mort Strolling from death to death
Et que le deuil habille And mourning dresses
Je m'étonnais surtout I was especially surprised
D'être de ce troupeau To be of this herd
Qui m’apprenait à pleurer Who taught me to cry
Que je connaissais trop That I knew too well
J’avais l'œil du berger I had the shepherd's eye
Mais le cœur de l’agneau But the heart of the lamb
Mon enfance éclata My childhood burst
Ce fut l’adolescence It was adolescence
Et le mur du silence And the wall of silence
Un matin se brisa A morning broke
Ce fut la première fleur It was the first flower
Et la première fille And the first daughter
La première gentille The first kind
Et la première peur And the first fear
Je volais, je le jure I was flying, I swear
Je jure que je volais I swear I was flying
Mon cœur ouvrait les bras My heart opened its arms
Je n'étais plus barbare I was no longer barbaric
Et la guerre arriva And the war came
Et nous voilà ce soirAnd here we are tonight
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