Lyrics of Rimbaud chanterait - Michel Delpech

Rimbaud chanterait (original)

Il écrivait sur des morceaux d’azur
Sur les étangs sur les forêts è è è
Il écrivait sur le vent sur les murs
Mais aujourd’hui il chanterait
Rimbaud chanterait les mains tendues
Rimbaud chanterait les bras en croix
Rimbaud chanterait le temps venu
Un soleil dans le cœur un sanglot dans la voix
Là devant la foule il chanterait
Comme un oiseau libre il chanterait
Et toute la foule sifflerait
Mais Rimbaud chanterait
Mais Rimbaud chanterait
Il t’a laissé des mots venus du cœur
Pour ne pas mourir tout à fait è è è
Lui, l’homme fou, l’ami, le déserteur
Aujourd’hui comme il chanterait
Rimbaud chanterait les mains tendues
Rimbaud chanterait les bras en croix
Rimbaud chanterait le temps venu
Un soleil dans le cœur un sanglot dans la voix
Là devant la foule il chanterait
Comme un oiseau libre il chanterait
Et toute la foule sifflerait
Devant toi tu verrais
Un bateau qui se noie
Un bateau qui se noie
Et Rimbaud chanterait
Rimbaud chanterait le poing levé
Rimbaud chanterait le cœur serré
Rimbaud chanterait la liberté
Et l’amour et l’enfer et le fleuve et la mer
Et devant la foule il chanterait
Comme un oiseau libre il chanterait
Et toute la foule sifflerait
Mais Rimbaud chanterait
Mais Rimbaud chanterait
reprise ad lib.

(translation)

He wrote on pieces of azure
On the ponds on the forests è è è
He wrote on the wind on the walls
But today he would sing
Rimbaud would sing with outstretched hands
Rimbaud would sing arms crossed
Rimbaud would sing when the time comes
A sun in the heart a sob in the voice
There before the crowd he would sing
Like a free bird he would sing
And the whole crowd would whistle
But Rimbaud would sing
But Rimbaud would sing
He left you words from the heart
To not die altogether è è è
Him, the madman, the friend, the deserter
Today as he would sing
Rimbaud would sing with outstretched hands
Rimbaud would sing arms crossed
Rimbaud would sing when the time comes
A sun in the heart a sob in the voice
There before the crowd he would sing
Like a free bird he would sing
And the whole crowd would whistle
Before you you would see
A drowning boat
A drowning boat
And Rimbaud would sing
Rimbaud would sing with his fist raised
Rimbaud would sing with a heavy heart
Rimbaud would sing freedom
And love and hell and the river and the sea
And before the crowd he would sing
Like a free bird he would sing
And the whole crowd would whistle
But Rimbaud would sing
But Rimbaud would sing
resumption ad lib.