| Dhistoire en histoire en cycles de lgendes,
| From history to history in cycles of legends,
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| Il y en a une dans ma mmoire qui restera parmi les grandes
| There is one in my memory that will remain among the great
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| Popes paennes prs du pays du clan des landes,
| Pagan Popes near the Land of the Clan of the Moors,
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| En pleine terre dUlster province de lIrlande.
| In the open land of Ulster province of Ireland.
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| Lhistoire dun gamin,
| The story of a boy,
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| Encore jeune fougueux,
| Still fiery young,
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| peine 7 ans,
| sentence 7 years,
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| Il a dj le feu dans le bleu de ses yeux.
| He already has fire in the blue of his eyes.
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| Les druides lui ont prdit un drle davenir,
| The druids predicted a strange future for him,
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| Un choix faire, la consquence de son devenir.
| A choice to make, the consequence of its becoming.
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| Prendre les armes avant sa majorit,
| Take up arms before coming of age,
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| L deviendrait le plus grands des guerriers que cette terre ait port.
| L would become the greatest warrior this land had ever borne.
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| Mais phmre serait sa vie,
| But Phamera would be his life,
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| Devenir hros de guerre, mourir,
| Become a war hero, die,
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| Avoir son nom dans les crits.
| Get your name in the crits.
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| Le gamin nhsita pas une seule seconde.
| The kid didn't hesitate for a second.
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| Que a doit tre bon dtre le plus grand guerrier du monde.
| How good must it be to be the greatest warrior in the world.
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| Doucement viens, rappelle-toi de ce nom.
| Slowly come, remember this name.
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| On lappelait Curchulain, le chien du forgeron.
| They called him Curchulain, the blacksmith's dog.
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| Tant de guerres,
| So many wars,
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| Tant de misres vcues sur la terre de ses pres,
| So many miseries lived on the land of his fathers,
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| Il na jamais pri le Dieu qui honora sa mre
| He never prayed to the God who honored his mother
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| Dun fils unique qui trouva son surnom.
| An only son who found his nickname.
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| En tuant le chien de Chulain,
| By killing Chulain's dog,
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| Lui qui tait le forgeron.
| He who was the blacksmith.
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| Sa vie tait faite de dfis, de conqutes.
| His life was full of challenges, of conquests.
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| Chaque soleil lev faisait de lui un nouvel tre abattre,
| Each rising sun made him a new downcast being,
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| Combattre mais dangereux en fait,
| Fighting but dangerous in fact,
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| Car tel tait le fruit de ceux qui voulaient trouver la dfaite.
| For such was the fruit of those who would find defeat.
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| De tout lUster, il en tait le champion, gardien de lle verte,
| Of all Uster he was its champion, keeper of the green island,
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| Il en est devenu patron.
| He became its patron.
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| Maintenant viens, coute bien ce nom.
| Now come on, listen to that name.
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| On lappelait Curchulain, le chien du forgeron.
| They called him Curchulain, the blacksmith's dog.
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| De bataille en batailles, personne ne peut comprendre.
| From battle to battle, no one can understand.
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| Le chemin de sa destine tait dentrer dans la lgende.
| The path to his destiny was to become a legend.
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| La terre des anciens, des crits paens,
| The land of the ancients, of pagan scriptures,
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| Ce que jai pu recueillir de sa vie au fond de mes bouquins.
| What I was able to collect from his life at the bottom of my books.
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| Voil cette histoire ne sachve pas l.
| Well, this story doesn't end there.
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| Le cycle de la branche rouge a toujours continu ses pas !
| The cycle of the red branch has always continued its steps!
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| A travers le temps, jen garderai la foi.
| Through time I will keep the faith.
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| Les rcits des dieux, des rois et des tribus de Dana.
| Tales of the gods, kings and tribes of Dana.
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| Que cest bon de rver, de vivre cette culture.
| How good it is to dream, to live this culture.
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| Je tinvite jeune homme dcouvrir cette littrature.
| I invite you young man to discover this literature.
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| Maintenant viens, coute bien ce nom.
| Now come on, listen to that name.
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| On lappelait Curchulain, le chien du forgeron.
| They called him Curchulain, the blacksmith's dog.
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| Curchulain le chien du forgeron.
| Curchulain the blacksmith's dog.
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| Et tel tait son nom | And such was his name |