Le Pont
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Deux dames le long le long du fleuve
Elles se parlent par-dessus l'eau
Et sur le pont de leurs paroles
La foule passe et repasse en dansant
Un dieu
c'est pour toi seule que le sang coule
Tu reviendras
Hi! oh! Là-bas
Là-bas
Tous les enfants savent pourquoi
Passe mais passe donc
Ne te retourne pas
Hi! oh! là-bas là-bas
Les jeunes filles qui passent sur le pont léger
Portent dans leurs mains
Le bouquet de demain
Et leurs regards s'écoulent
Dans ce fleuve à tous étranger
Qui vient de loin qui va si loin
Et passe sous le pont léger de vos paroles
Ô Bavardes le long du fleuve
Ô Bavardes ô folles le long du fleuve.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The bridge", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 22
Word count: 118
The bridge
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Two women along the river
They speak to each other across the water
And on the bridge of their words
The crowd passes back and forth, dancing
A god
it’s for you alone that blood flows
You’ll come back
Hi! Oh! Over there
Over there
All the children know why
Pass by, but pass
Do not turn back
Hi! Oh! over there
The young girls who pass over the slight bridge
Carry in their hands
The bouquet of tomorrow
And their gaze pours
Into this river so foreign
That comes from far away [and] that goes far away
And passes under the slight bridge [built] of your words
Oh gossips along the river
Oh gossips, oh crazy women along the river.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
Line count: 22
Word count: 121