Translation of the song lyrics Guernesey - William Sheller

Guernesey (original)

Etre en exil Guernesey
Et regarder la houle grise
Sur les brisants
Etre en exil pour des ides
Entendre les voix qui drivent
Sous les courants
J’n’voudrais pas finir
Avant d’avoir crit
Le meilleur de mes drames
Qui chant’ra la misre
C’est la faute Voltaire
J’n’voudrais pas mourir
Avant d’avoir caress
La plus belle des femmes
Celle qui vient du ruisseau
C’est la faute Rousseau
A Guernesey
Etre en prison Guernesey
Entendre les voix qui dlirent
En drivant
J’n’voudrais pas finir
Avant d’avoir aim
La plus tendre des femmes
Et l’aimer mme un peu trop
C’est la faute Rousseau
J’n’voudrais pas mourir
Avant d’avoir brl
De ma dernire flamme
Avant de quitter la terre
Je te salue Voltaire
De Guernesey
De Guernesey.

Guernesey (translation)

Being in exile Guernsey
And watch the gray swell
On the breakers
To be in exile for ideas
Hear the voices that drift
under the currents
I wouldn't want to finish
Before I wrote
The best of my dramas
Who will sing of misery
It's Voltaire's fault
I wouldn't want to die
Before having caressed
The most beautiful of women
The one that comes from the stream
It's Rousseau's fault
In Guernsey
Being in jail Guernsey
Hear the delirious voices
Driving
I wouldn't want to finish
Before having loved
The tenderest of women
And love her even a little too much
It's Rousseau's fault
I wouldn't want to die
Before burning
Of my last flame
Before leaving earth
I salute you Voltaire
From Guernsey
From Guernsey.