| Le linge sèche au vent
| The laundry dries in the wind
|
| Maman m’appelle
| Mom calls me
|
| Tête baissée, pieds devant
| Head down, feet forward
|
| Je cours vers elle.
| I run towards her.
|
| Elle a passé sa main
| She passed her hand
|
| dans mes cheveux
| in my hair
|
| Un conte sans unifin
| A Tale Without a Unifin
|
| d’un genre heureux
| kinda happy
|
| Elle a passé ses mains
| She ran her hands
|
| sur mon visage
| on my face
|
| mais mes yeux filaient au loin:
| but my eyes sped away:
|
| le paysage.
| the landscape.
|
| j'étais bien trop sérieux
| I was way too serious
|
| pour etre sage
| to be wise
|
| et je
| and I
|
| comprenais déjà toutes les images
| already understood all the pictures
|
| J'étais bien trop peureux
| I was way too scared
|
| mais j’envisage
| but i'm considering
|
| désormais d'éclairicir
| now to clarify
|
| tout mon attelage
| all my hitch
|
| remplacer le torchis
| replace cob
|
| par du carrelage
| by tiles
|
| et la tole froissée aussi
| and the crumpled sheet too
|
| oui j’envisage
| yes i am considering
|
| Mais mes yeux brillaient un peu
| But my eyes were shining a little
|
| brillaient beaucoup.
| shone a lot.
|
| Lorsqu’on me soufflait d'être vieux
| When I was told to be old
|
| je riais surtout.
| I was mostly laughing.
|
| mon père et son sourire
| my father and his smile
|
| quand je m’endors
| when i fall asleep
|
| me laisse le souvenir d’une dent en or.
| leaves me with the memory of a golden tooth.
|
| Mais la peste dans nos veines coule encore.
| But the plague in our veins still runs.
|
| Il me semble certains on vous le dira en sont morts.
| It seems to me some people will tell you died of it.
|
| Les violons, les chiens galeux, le bruit dehors
| The fiddles, the mangy dogs, the noise outside
|
| ferait de nous des misereux de temple en or.
| would make us miserable in a golden temple.
|
| Etirés par le temps
| Stretched by time
|
| ma cariole roule
| my cart is rolling
|
| à travers champs à travers foule
| through fields through crowds
|
| ennivre par les chants
| intoxicated by songs
|
| ma carriere roule
| my career is rolling
|
| à travers chants, à travers foule
| through songs, through crowds
|
| mais cette liberté en cage,
| but this caged freedom,
|
| on la mérite.
| we deserve it.
|
| au point que les paturages,
| so much so that the pastures,
|
| j’y médite
| I meditate there
|
| l’histoire de quelques pages
| the story of a few pages
|
| on la mérite
| we deserve it
|
| tout comme l’idiot à son village
| just like the idiot to his village
|
| alors j’y médite
| then I meditate on it
|
| Mais mes yeux brillaient un peu
| But my eyes were shining a little
|
| brillaient beaucoup
| shone a lot
|
| lorsqu’on me soufflait d'être vieux
| when I was told to be old
|
| je riais surtout
| I was mostly laughing
|
| mon père et son sourire
| my father and his smile
|
| quand je m’endors
| when i fall asleep
|
| me laisse le souvenir d’une dent en or.
| leaves me with the memory of a golden tooth.
|
| Un jour je serai riche et vieux,
| One day I'll be rich and old,
|
| si je peux
| if I can
|
| Des pierres et des diamants tant que j’en veux
| Stones and diamonds all I want
|
| mais tant que ma cariole roule à travers champs à traverse foule,
| but as long as my cart rolls through fields through crowds,
|
| je me soule en souriant.
| I get drunk smiling.
|
| mais mes yeux brillaient un peu
| but my eyes were shining a little
|
| brillaient beaucoup
| shone a lot
|
| lorsqu’on me soufflait d'être vieux
| when I was told to be old
|
| je riais surtout
| I was mostly laughing
|
| mon père et son sourire
| my father and his smile
|
| quand je m’endors
| when i fall asleep
|
| me laisse le souvenir d’un sourire en or. | leaves me with the memory of a golden smile. |