Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Tango des-astres, artist - Ataraxia.
Date of issue: 01.11.2006
Song language: French
Tango des-astres(original) |
A la dernière foire du village, |
j’ai vu quatre hommes qui vivent comme je voudrais vivre. |
Leurs grands yeux sont devenus brillants |
pendant qu’ils faisaient une musique si surprenante |
qu’elle donne envie tantôt de danser, de pleurer, |
ou de faire les deux à la fois. |
L’un, en traînant son archet sur son violon, |
semblait raconter un chagrin, |
et l’autre, en faisant sautiller son marteau |
sur les cordes d’un petit piano |
avait l’air de se moquer de son voisin, |
tandis que le troisième frappait ses cymbales |
avec une violence extraordinaire. |
Enfin, ils ont ramassé leurs sous, |
ont chargé leurs bagages sur le dos et sont partis. |
J’ai compris seulement alors, |
qu’ils ne demeuraient nulle part. |
Mais ils se sont endormis, |
le front tourné vers les étoiles. |
Tango des astres, tango des-astre. |
Les enfants se séparent, |
chacun allant, à son insu, selon les circonstances |
et le hasard, mûrir sa destinée, scandaliser ses proches |
et graviter vers la gloire ou vers le deshonneur! |
(translation) |
At the last village fair, |
I saw four men who live as I would like to live. |
Their big eyes got bright |
while they were making such amazing music |
that it sometimes makes you want to dance, to cry, |
or do both at the same time. |
One, dragging his bow on his violin, |
seemed to tell a sorrow, |
and the other, hopping his hammer |
on the strings of a small piano |
seemed to make fun of his neighbor, |
while the third banged his cymbals |
with extraordinary violence. |
Finally, they picked up their pennies, |
loaded their luggage onto their backs and left. |
I understood only then, |
that they were nowhere to stay. |
But they fell asleep, |
forehead turned to the stars. |
Tango of the stars, tango of the stars. |
The children separate |
each going, unwittingly, according to the circumstances |
and chance, mature his destiny, scandalize his relatives |
and gravitate towards glory or dishonor! |