Translation of the song lyrics Madame la misère - Léo Ferré

Madame la misère - Léo Ferré
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Song from the album: Au théâtre Libertaire de Paris
In the genre:Европейская музыка
Release date:31.10.1986
Song language:French
Record label:La mémoire et la mer, Léo Ferré

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Madame la misère (original)Madame la misère (translation)
Madame la misre, coutez le vacarme Madam misery, listen to the din
Que font vos gens, le dos vot, la langue au pas? What are your people doing with their backs, tongues in step?
Quand ils sont assoiffs, il ne solent de larmes When they're thirsty, they don't cry
Quand ils ne pleurent plus, il crvent sous le charme When they stop crying, they die under the spell
De la nature et des gravats Of nature and rubble
Ce sont des supplicis au ventre translucide They are tortures with translucent bellies
Qui vont sans foi ni loi, comme on le dit parfois Who go lawless, as they sometimes say
Rgler son compte Monseigneur Ephmride Settle your account Monsignor Ephmride
Qui a pris leur jeunesse et l’a mise en ses rides Who took their youth and put it in its wrinkles
Quand il ne leur restait que a Madame la misre, coutez le tumulte When all they had left was Madame Misery, listen to the uproar
Qui monte des bas-fonds comme un dernier convoi That rises from the shallows like a last convoy
Tranant des mots d’amour, avalant les insultes Sneaking words of love, swallowing insults
Et prenant par la main leurs colres adultes And taking their adult anger by the hand
Afin de ne les perdre pas So as not to lose them
Ce sont des enrags qui drangent l’histoire It's enrags that disturb the story
Et qui mettent du sang sur les chiffres parfois And who put blood on the numbers sometimes
Comme si l’on devait toucher du doigt pour croire As if you had to touch to believe
Qu’un peuple heureux, rotant tout seul dans sa mangeoire Than a happy people, belching all alone in their manger
Vaut bien une tte de roi Worth a king's head
Madame la misre, coutez le silence Madam misery, listen to the silence
Qui entoure le lit dfait des magistrats Who surrounds the unmade bed of the magistrates
Le code de la peur se rime avec potence The code of fear rhymes with gallows
Il suffit de trouver quelques pendus d’avance Just find a few hanged in advance
Et mon Dieu, a ne manque pas.And my God, it's not missing.
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