Translation of the song lyrics Pelot d'Hennebont - Tri Yann

Pelot d'Hennebont - Tri Yann
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Song from the album: Double Best Of Tri Yann
In the genre:Фолк-рок
Release date:31.12.2010
Song language:French
Record label:Mercury

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Pelot d'Hennebont (original)Pelot d'Hennebont (translation)
Ma chère maman je vous écrisDearest mother, I set pen to page for you,
Que nous sommes entrés dans ParisTo tell you: Paris receives our marching thunder.
Que je sommes déjà caporalAlready I wear the stripe of a corporal’s hue,
Et serons bientôt généralAnd soon, our shoulders will bear a general’s wonder.
À la bataille, je combattionsIn battle’s furnace, I plunged blade and will,
Les ennemis de la nationFacing those phantoms who shadow the nation’s breath,
Et tous ceux qui se présentionsAnd all who would rise, defiant and still,
À grand coups d’sabres les émondionsWe pared them down with sabers—harvesters of death.
Le roi Louis m’a z’appeléKing Louis summoned me by name and fate,
C’est «sans quartier"qu'il m’a nomméAnd dubbed me ‘No Quarter’ with a monarch’s decree.
«Sire sans quartier, c’est point mon nom»‘Sire, No Quarter is no name to relate—’
J’lui dit «J'm'appelle Pelot d’Hennebont»I answered him: ‘I am Pelot, of Hennebont’s lea.’
Il a quéri un biau rubanHe sought out a ribbon—bright as a Mayday dawn,
Et je n’sais quoi au bout d’argentAnd some curio bound with a thread of silver spun,
Il dit: «Boute ça sur ton habitHe said, ‘Pin this on your coat, as a talisman on,
Et combats toujours l’ennemi»And let your steel sing always against the foe’s run.’
Faut qu’ce soye que’qu’chose de précieuxIt must be rare—such a relic, gleaming wild,
Pour que les autres m’appellent «monsieur»If it makes strangers tip hats and say: ‘Sir, good day!’
Et foutent lou main à lou chapiauAnd lift their hand to their brim, meek as a child,
Quand ils veulent conter au PelotWhen they spin tales of Pelot in shadow or ray.
Ma mère si j’meurs en combattantMother, should I taste death’s iron in war’s embrace,
J’vous enverrais ce biau rubanI will send you that ribbon, radiant and fine,
Et vous l’bouterez à votre fusiauAnd you’ll weave it into your spindle’s tracing grace,
En souvenir du gars PelotFor memory’s sake—where your Pelot’s threads entwine.
Dites à mon père, à mon cousinTell my father, and cousin,
À mes amis que je vais bienAnd friends: my heart endures as ever—
Je suis leur humble serviteurI remain their humble servant, steadfast as the sun,
Pelot qui vous embrasse de coeurPelot, who seals this with a true embrace—forever.

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