| Il faut? | It's necessary? |
| tre toujours ivre. | always be drunk. |
| tout est l?: c’est l’unique question.
| everything is there: that is the only question.
|
| pour ne pas sentir l’horrible fardeau du temps qui brise vos? | so as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your? |
| paules et vous
| shoulders and you
|
| penche vers la terre, il faut vous enivrer sans
| lean towards the earth, you must get drunk without
|
| Ve. | Fri. |
| mais de quoi? | but of what? |
| de vin, de po? | wine, po? |
| sie ou de vertu,? | sie or of virtue,? |
| votre guise.
| your way.
|
| mais enivrez-vous. | but get drunk. |
| et si quelquefois, sur les marches d’un palais,
| and if sometimes, on the steps of a palace,
|
| sur l’herbe verte d’un foss?, dans la solitude morne de vot
| on the green grass of a ditch, in the dreary solitude of your
|
| Ambre, vous vous r? | Amber, you you r? |
| veillez, l’ivresse d? | watch, the drunkenness of |
| j? | I |
| diminu? | decreased? |
| e ou disparue,
| e or disappeared,
|
| demandez au vent,? | ask the wind,? |
| la vague,? | the wave,? |
| l'?toile,? | the? star,? |
| l’oiseau,? | the bird, |
| l’horloge,?
| the clock,?
|
| tout ce qui fuit,? | everything leaking,? |
| tout ce qui g? | all that g? |
| mit,? | mit,? |
| tout c Roule,? | all c Rolls,? |
| tout ce qui chante,? | anything that sings,? |
| tout ce qui parle, demandez quelle heure il est;
| anything that talks, ask what time it is;
|
| et le vent, la vague, l'?toile, l’oiseau, l’horloge, vous r? | and the wind, the wave, the star, the bird, the clock, you r? |
| pondront: «il est l’heure de s’enivrer ! | will say, "It's time to get drunk! |
| po
| po
|
| ?tre pas les esclaves martyris? | not be martyred slaves? |
| s du temps, enivrez-vous; | s time, get drunk; |
| enivrez-vous sans
| get drunk without
|
| cesse ! | stop! |
| de vin, de po? | wine, po? |
| sie ou de vertu,? | sie or of virtue,? |
| votre guise.»
| your way."
|
| And the translation:
| And the translation:
|
| Get drunk!
| Get drunk!
|
| One should always be drunk. | One should always be drunk. |
| that’s all that matters: that’s our one imperative
| that's all that matters: that's our one imperative
|
| need. | need. |
| so as not to feel time’s horrible burden that breaks your shoulders and
| so as not to feel time's horrible burden that breaks your shoulders and
|
| bows you down, you must get drunk wit
| bows you down, you must get drunk wit
|
| Ceasing. | Ceasing. |
| but what with? | but what with? |
| with wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you choose.
| with wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you choose.
|
| but get drunk. | but get drunk. |
| and if, at some time, on the steps of a palace, in the green
| and if, at some time, on the steps of a palace, in the green
|
| grass of a ditch, in the bleak solitude
| grass of a ditch, in the bleak solitude
|
| Our room, you are waking up when drunkeness has already abated, ask the wind,
| Our room, you are waking up when drunkeness has already abated, ask the wind,
|
| the wave, a star, the clock, all that which flees, all that which groans,
| the wave, a star, the clock, all that which flees, all that which groans,
|
| all that which rolls, all that which sings
| all that which rolls, all that which sings
|
| That which speaks, ask them what time it is; | That which speaks, ask them what time it is; |
| and the wind, the wave, the star,
| and the wind, the wave, the star,
|
| the bird, the clock will reply: «it is time to get drunk! | the bird, the clock will reply: "it is time to get drunk!" |
| so that you may not
| so that you may not
|
| be the martyred slaves of time,
| be the martyred slaves of time,
|
| Drunk, get drunk, and never pause for rest! | Drunk, get drunk, and never pause for rest! |
| with wine, with poetry,
| with wine, with poetry,
|
| or with vitrtue, as you choose!» | or with vitrtue, as you choose!” |