| L’un pr? | One pr? |
| s de l’autre, ils? | s on the other, they? |
| taient l?
| were there
|
| Tous deux assis, comme endormis
| Both seated, as if asleep
|
| Au bord de la banquette en bois
| At the edge of the wooden bench
|
| Dans la salle d’attente
| In the waiting room
|
| A travers la vitre, on voyait
| Through the window you could see
|
| Le vieux man? | The old man? |
| ge qui grin? | who grins? |
| ait
| have
|
| Et sa musique tourbillonnait
| And his music swirled
|
| Dans la salle d’attente
| In the waiting room
|
| Et cette musique semblait pousser
| And that music seemed to push
|
| La grande aiguille de la pendule
| The big clock hand
|
| Avec un bruit d? | With a sound of |
| mesur?
| measure?
|
| D? | D? |
| mesur? | measure? |
| et ridicule
| and ridiculous
|
| Et cette pendule les obs? | And this pendulum the obs? |
| dait
| dait
|
| Cette pendule qui les regardait
| This pendulum that watched them
|
| Cette pendule qui tourbillonnait
| This whirling pendulum
|
| Dans la salle d’attente
| In the waiting room
|
| Et dans leur t? | And in their t? |
| te ?a glissait
| you? it slipped
|
| Man? | Man? |
| ge, musique, pendule…
| age, music, pendulum…
|
| La pendule devenait man? | The pendulum became man? |
| ge
| age
|
| Le man? | The man? |
| ge devenait pendule
| ge became a pendulum
|
| Et leurs souvenirs, en cort? | And their memories, in cort? |
| ge
| age
|
| Remontaient, d? | Went back, from |
| filaient, s’envolaient…
| spun, flew away...
|
| L’un pr? | One pr? |
| s de l’autre ils? | s on the other they? |
| taient l?
| were there
|
| Tous deux assis, comme endormis
| Both seated, as if asleep
|
| Au bord de la banquette en bois
| At the edge of the wooden bench
|
| Dans la salle d’attente
| In the waiting room
|
| Et quand le train est arriv?
| And when the train arrived?
|
| Tous deux, ils se sont regard? | Both of them looked at each other? |
| s
| s
|
| Et sans un mot se sont lev? | And without a word rose? |
| s
| s
|
| Dans la salle d’attente
| In the waiting room
|
| Et dans leur t? | And in their t? |
| te, ?a glissait:
| you, it slipped:
|
| Pr? | Pr? |
| sent, pass?, man? | feels, past?, man? |
| ge…
| ge…
|
| Les souvenirs devenaient pr? | The memories were getting closer. |
| sents
| feel
|
| Le pr? | The pr? |
| sent devenait souvenir…
| feels became memory...
|
| Et leurs paroles, en cort? | And their words, in cort? |
| ge
| age
|
| H? | Hey? |
| sitaient, se troublaient, s’envolaient
| sat, troubled, flew away
|
| Quand, dans le train, il est mont?
| When on the train did he board?
|
| C’est elle qui s’en est aper? | Is she the one who found out? |
| u
| a
|
| Et en courant est revenue
| And running came back
|
| Dans la salle d’attente
| In the waiting room
|
| Mais le train avait disparu…
| But the train was gone...
|
| Vous n' trouvez pas que c’est idiot
| You don't think it's stupid
|
| Une femme qui marche dans la rue
| A woman walking down the street
|
| Avec une musette et un calot?
| With a haversack and a forage cap?
|
| C’t' idiot …
| You stupid...
|
| C’t' idiot …
| You stupid...
|
| …C't' idiot ! | …You're stupid! |