A keresés eredménye oldal 6

Flying

I'm on my way
To somewhere
No matter where I'll end up
It will be a beautiful place
I can hear a stream rush
And the splashing of fish
I'm jumping up, sitting down
Hanging my feet into the cool water
 
And I'm running over breezy meadows into a dark forest
Enjoying the silence is what keeps me alive
Over breezy meadows, barefoot on the grass
Enjoying the silence
 
And I'll fly away
For nothing can hold me back
And I can feel the sun back, and the wind is blowing and I can feel...
And I'll fly away
For nothing can hold me back
And I can feel the sun back, and the wind is blowing and I can feel
That I can fly
 
Oh, I come to a city
Which has something special about it
Even in the evenings, it's still awake
People in love are looking at each other, happy
They are drinking coffee
And are talking about their days
What someone had said
About someone else
 
And I'm running over breezy meadows into a dark forest
Enjoying the silence is what keeps me alive
Over breezy meadows, barefoot on the grass
Enjoying the silence
 
And I'll fly away
For nothing can hold me back
And I can feel the sun back, and the wind is blowing and I can feel...
And I'll fly away
For nothing can hold me back
And I can feel the sun back, and the wind is blowing and I can feel
That I can fly
 
The night is coming closer
And no wind is blowing
From the distance, I can hear someone sing
And I'm approaching him quietly
And I'm sitting down next to him
He's smiling at me
And he's just as free as I
 
And I'll fly away
For nothing can hold me back
And I can feel the sun back, and the wind is blowing and I can feel...
And I'll fly away
For nothing can hold me back
And I can feel the sun back and the clouds are passing by
And we're
Oh, we're oh so free
 

Tonight

I know you were not alone tonight
But I've found you, that's life
And I remember your words
That you want to be closer like her
To become like that bird you count the days
And fly to the beat with me away
And I hear the voice of you soul is crying
It want to dance under the beat of mine
 
Dance with me tonight, that's all I'm asking
To forget all the problems, that's the thing
I want you to be mine and I'm yours
So understand the simple words
 
Don't turn back this moment
and those advices we don't want
We know, that we will listen to our heart
And this is frankly
I want to be together tonight, tonight
 
Now you changed your life again
And in your mind appeared the same game
And you want again to hear the words
To feel the gaze, this is your aim
I know you already see this story
In which your poet is drawing us
And this is not a new story in a way
But these are events of the next day
 
Dance with me tonight, that's all I'm asking
To forget all the problems, that's the thing
I want you to be mine and I'm yours
So understand the simple words
 
Don't turn back this moment
and those advices we don't want
We know, that we will listen to our heart
And this is frankly
I want to be together tonight, tonight
 

Your hand

They are quite often tied and sometimes free.
They build kites, they write books.
Sometimes they are open, sometimes they hold batons1
Some people clench them, others reach out with them.
They put them on their hearts on in their pockets.
They build parks where kids go running.
Though they are sometimes used to chastize all around the world,
we could join them, that would form a ring.2
 
Those that hold weapons
Those that wipe tears away
Those that soothe children
Those that unite us
Those that punish us
As for mine, I hold it to you.
 
Give me your hand, kid, and grab his again.
We'll form a round dance and chains
Give me your hand, kid, and grab his again.
We'll go round and round, let's do it3
Give me your hand
Give me your hand, kid, and
we'll go round and round, let's do it
 
Sometimes they are happy, sometimes so lonely.
When they wander they end up in your face
They are quite often naked, some people glove them
Some are put at stake4, some people ask them5
 
Those that hold weapons
Those that wipe tears away
Those that soothe children
Those that unite us
Those that punish us
As for mine, I hold it to you.
 
Give me your hand, kid, and grab his again.
We'll form a round dance and chains
Give me your hand, kid, and grab his again.
We'll go round and round, let's do it
Give me your hand
Give me your hand, kid, and
we'll go round and round, let's do it
 
I was lost just like you in sorrow
I waited for someone to grab mine.
You can build chains out of outstretched hands, you know.
And today it's me who grabs yours.
 
Give me your hand, kid, and grab his again.
We'll form a round dance and chains
Give me your hand, kid, and grab his again.
We'll go round and round, let's do it
Give me your hand, kid, and
Give me your hand, kid, and
we'll go round and round, let's do it
 

• 1. a 'main courante' is a statement you can make in a police station logbook, that can be produced later in law suit. Can't see how to tie that to 'hand' in English except by alluding to the police
• 2. 'ronde' is a round dance, it's the usual term for this metaphor of joining hands all around the world (a round dance around the world)
• 3. I don't know what he means by this 'come on, my sorrow/hard work/sentence'. Apparently he's not speaking any common French variant like Canadian French, so I'm all at sea
• 4. 'mettre sa main à couper('stake one's hand to be cut off') is like 'betting your bottom dollar on smt.'. Sorry, I could not find any English equivalent there either.
• 5. in marriage

Alone

“Let everything be as it is”
…and the wind was flying on your foulard.
You had already taken with you
your hands, your nights, your cheerfulness.
 
“Never cut your hair,
eat a little more, that you’re too skinny”
…and on the table, between a tea and the bill
I also swallowed this farewell…
 
“Let everything be as it is”
…and the sky was fading behind the cranes.
“No, never change and take care of yourself,
of your life, of the world you’ll find”
 
“Try to stay out of trouble,
button your coat well”
…and between the car horns and the bells
I was repeating “I’m not bitter at you”
 
“And don’t worry for me, please”
…while my breathe was turning into smoke
I felt I was fainting little by little,
and little by little you was leaving…
 
I wonder if sooner or later…
if you’ll have ever understood…
if you have looked back…
I wonder if sooner or later…
if you’ll ever think, sometimes,
that I’m alone…
 
And if now I play my songs,
the same ones you loved so much,
if she sits next to me smiling and thinking
that I’ve dedicated them to her…
 
And she doesn’t know about when I told you:
“Eat a little more, that you’re too skinny”,
she doesn’t know about our first day’s fantasies
and about the way you went away…
 
I wonder if sooner or later…
if you’ll have ever understood…
if you have looked back…
I wonder if sooner or later…
if you’ll ever think, sometimes,
that I’ll stay alone, here,
I’ll walk alone,
alone, I’ll carry on…
 

For everybody there's always somebody

For everybody there's always somebody
nobody ever lives without love
now that that somebody
[To] love is you
 
For everybody there's always somebody
Somebody to knows how to understand you
There's the mouth which
Can kiss you
 
And if it were in my power
the same I'd do with you
with your sweet smile
with your face that has made me fall in love.
 
For everybody there's always somebody
nobody ever lives without love
now that that somebody
Forever is you.
 
And if it were in my power
the same I'd do with you
with your sweet smile
with your face that has made me fall in love.
 
For everybody there's always somebody
nobody ever lives without love
now that that somebody
Forever is you.
chorus: for everybody there's always somebody
 

Rich

There'll be days with and days without
Friends who return their jacket in no time
Days of pain that bind us and the torments
Miserable love affairs 1
At the age when one disowns their dad, you'll disown me
And I won't make manners, nor cinema
You'll tell me shit 2, slaps will be lost, that's how it is
I'll do the same
 
Perhaps you won't be the best, my son
But, me however, I'll be proud
What's the point of being rich
When I'm already rich by being a dad
Perhaps you won't be the strongest, my son
But the two of us will be millionaires
Whether I'm rich or poor
You'll be rich having a father
You'll be rich having a father
 
The years will go by quickly, we'll play again
Birthdays, Christmases, et cetera
Like every night your mother will be there
Waiting for you to come home
When I need you, where will you be?
Someplace travelling, on a beach, will you answer?
 
I'll dream of your face, I won't know anymore
What age you are
 
Perhaps you won't be the best, my son
But, me however, I'll be proud
What's the point of being rich
When I'm already rich by being a dad
Perhaps you won't be the strongest, my son
But the two of us will be millionaires
Whether I'm rich or poor
You'll be rich having a father
You'll be rich having a father
 
My little emperor, don't become a great man
Just become a grown man
That's enough
 
Perhaps you won't be the best, my son
But, me however, I'll be proud
What's the point of being rich
When I'm already rich by being a dad
Perhaps you won't be the strongest, my son
But the two of us will be millionaires
Whether I'm rich or poor
You'll be rich having a father
You'll be rich having a father
 

• 1. 'amours chiennes' literally means 'bitch loves'. We don't really ahve a translation for this in English. It's a love is dysfunctional and that makes you miserable.
• 2. I'm unsure, but this expression could mean 'you'll wish me luck'. Sometimes in France, before an exam or an important performance peple will say 'Je te dis merde' which literally means 'I tell you shit' but it's like saying 'break a leg' in English. You say it because the belief is that actually wishing somenody 'good luck' will bring about bad luck.
  So this line could mean one of two things:
  (1) 'You tell me shit' as in you tell me nothing of importance, as kids tend to keep their personal lives from their parents.
  (2) 'You'll wish me good luck' as in saying goodbye and then losing contact.

Who knows if you think about me

Who knows if you think about me
Sitting on the bed
And if you hold tight
your old teddy bear
And speak to him about me ...
And soften the light
But you cannot find peace anymore
And you are asking why ...
 
Who knows if you're looking for me
There under the pillow
If you found me nice
If you want me near there
If you want me there with you ...
And between the sheets
You feel more alone
And you wonder why ...
 
But who knows if it's really true
What are you thinking about me
Or if you're looking for someone else with the thought ...
 
But who knows if in your heart
There is a place for me too
And if yes, do you keep it more hidden ...
Even ore hidden ...
 
Who knows...
If you do not fall asleep
And you nervously bite
Your lips between your teeth
If you think a bit about me ...
And slowly even slowly
Unfreeze your bed
And you wonder why ...
 
But who knows if it's really true
What are you thinking about me
Or if you're looking for someone else with the thought ...
 
But who knows if in your heart
There is a place for me too
And if yes, do you keep it more hidden ...
More hidden ...
 
But who knows if you think of me ...
If you do not fall asleep
And how many sheep you count
One two ... one hundred and twenty ...
And you take them with me ...
Turn the light back on
But you feel happy
And you wonder why ...
 

Vajon gondolsz-e rám

Vajon gondolsz-e rám
az ágyad szélén ülve
Átöleled-e a
kopott plüssmacidat
és beszélsz-e neki rólam
Lesötétíted a fényeket
de nem találsz békét már
és töprengsz, hogy miért
 
Vajon keresel-e engem
ott a párnád alatt
Vajon kedvesnek találtál-e
Vajon akarod-e, hogy ott legyek melletted
vajon akarod-e, hogy ott legyek veled
És a takaród alatt
egyre magányosabbnak érzed magad
Te sem tudod, miért
 
De ki tudja, hogy ez valóban igaz-e
amit még mindig gondolsz rólam
Vagy valaki mással járnak a gondolataid
 
De ki tudja, hogy a szívedben
maradt-e még hely számomra
És ha van, akkor nem rejted-e el még jobban, még jobban
 
De ki tudja,
ha nem tudsz aludni
Idegesen rágod-e
az ajkadat
amikor egy kicsit eszedbe jutok
És lassan, egészen lassan
átmelegszik a derékaljad
és töprengsz, hogy miért….
 
De ki tudja, hogy ez valóban igaz-e
amit még mindig gondolsz rólam
Vagy valaki másnál járnak a gondolataid
 
De ki tudja, hogy a szívedben
maradt-e még hely számomra
És ha van, akkor nem rejted-e el még jobban,
még jobban
 
De ki tudja, vajon rám gondolsz-e,
amikor nem tudsz elaludni
Számolod-e a bárányokat
egy… kettő… százhúsz
és megfogod őket velem
felkapcsolod a villanyt
de boldogságot érzel
és töprengsz, hogy miért..
 

Talent

Passion for the ball
Happiness in the heart
(His) aspiration in life is to win and be the champion
The boy comes running to have a good time
 
To sing a serenade all day long
He scores a goal, a brave feeble boy
The fans unite, we are Brazilians
One more chocolate to celebrate
 
The boy plays with determination1
Smile on the face incites that crowd
You cannot imagine a love like that
Party without chocolate is no fun (2x)
 

• 1. 'raça' = usually 'race' (white, black,...), but in Brazil, fig.: a fighting spirit, determination, courage

I praise You

1. Before my birth, when I didn't even exist,
From heaven You saw me ever since.
When I had no face, no one day of life,
You wrote my name in the Book of Life.
 
R: /: I praise You! I praise You!
I praise You for loving my soul.
You're Holy, You're Right, You're Good, You're Great
I praise You for You are the only God! : /
 
2. Hidden, You search me and load me with love and mercy
And every time I wake up, you're with me.
O, how wonderful are your works!
That's why, Lord, I praise Your name.
 
3. Wherever I go, You are always with me,
With You even night is a day.
With You I won't ever be disgraced
For Your hand will lead me.
 

Timoleon

Born of a magnificent mother who posed for Picasso
And a photogenic father like Rudolph Valentino
Above his cradle we'd see passing the fairies
He had all, really all, to be a beautiful baby.
 
Timoleon, despite some details was a beautiful boy
Two heads, six arms, one eye and four legs
But it isn't important, pardon ?
 
We'll tell you that at school, he was always the first
When we ask him a question, he answer everytime
It's true that he had two heads, one say 'yes', the other 'no'
as they shaking toghether, he was always right !
 
Timoleon, despite some details was a beautiful boy
Two heads, six arms, one eye and four legs
But it isn't important, pardon ?
 
He was a great pianist, more dexterious than Chopin
Alone he turn the page while playing with five hands
In the Army, same thing, he became a sniper
Cause he had just one eye, he was the faster to aim
 
Timoleon, despite some details was a beautiful boy
Two heads, six arms, one eye and four legs
But it isn't important, pardon ?
 
He won in the Hendaye games the 4x110 yards dash
And won two medals, that a lot for a Frenchman !
As he had four legs, and nothing forbids that
He finished first and second, we'd never saw that !
 
Timoleon, despite some details was a beautiful boy
Two heads, six arms, one eye and four legs
But it isn't important, pardon ?
 
Older than Methuselah, one day he quitted life
And it was without any problem that he go to Paradise
When Saint Peter open the door, the first thing he saw
It's that God and angels were all made like him !
 
Timoleon, despite some details was a beautiful boy
Two heads, six arms, one eye and four legs
But it isn't important, pardon ?
 

A French Song

It`s a romance, written in France
A melody on which I met you
You talked to me about English records
I taught you how to talk to me about street love
French girl, you understood
That it's not all gold that comes from across the Channel
Since that day, dead leaves
And white roses are songs of love
You are the midday sun, the aroma of Normandy
The taste of good wine, the taste of life
 
(Chorus)
You are beautiful like, kind like a French song
You are simple like, gentle like a French song
Come be a romantic
You sing when everything's going badly
You always have an attitude
That doesn't believe in worrying in life
 
Yes, you are proud like, gentle like a French song
You have the good sense and the heart of a French song
Yes, almost as beautiful and loyal, as traditional
As a timeless song
You make love like in a French Song
 
Fog and rain, a winter`s evening
I`m coming back in a car speeding towards Paris
You're keeping me warm and while we drive
I put on the radio as to not fall asleep
But near 110, the road is slippery
It's a downpour, quickly, we must find shelter
I was under duress from the lightning
Suddenly, we were the only ones on Earth
 
Under an Italian poplar that served as a lightning rod
You became my most beautiful chorus
(Chorus)
Yes
(Chorus)
 

With all the love that I can

It's long the Tiber that went slowly
we got lost in the red of a sunset
till we shout our names against the wind
are you serious or no?
 
In a crazy waltz that started suddenly
in your grimaces and my fingers in nose
we tripped over an improvised kiss
it's too wonderful to be true, to be true, to be true
 
Ref:
My love
but what have you done to this air that I'm breathing?
And how do you stay inside my every thought
Swear it again that you exist for real
My love
But what do you have different from other people?
In front of you, that you are so important to me
all the love that I can is just nothing...
 
In world that turned around while we were dancing another hour
we disappeared tightly in the shadow of the evening
we were there and we were already missing for an hour
me and you with all the love that I can, love that I can, love that I can
 
Ref:
My love
but what have you done to this air that I'm breathing?
And how do you stay inside my every thought
Swear it again that you exist for real
My love
But what do you have different from other people?
In front of you, that you are so important to me
all the love that I can is just nothing...
 
And after filling the sky with words
we bought freshly baked bread and the sun was born
that surprised us while asleep on the stairs
holding hands ...
 

I sing songs

Versions: #2
It is written, beneath my name, on the bottom of my passport:
'He lives of songs, has received thirty gold records.'
That I was born the day I sang
 
I sing songs to make people dream
I sing songs to make people smile
To love one an other you may need
Someone else to tell you
 
And I learned by heart the two pages of my first fan
letter
And I kept it ten days, pinned
On the sky-blue paper, at my hotel
 
I sing songs to make people dream.
I sing songs to make people smile.
To love one an other you may need
Someone else to tell you.
 
I nearly can do nothing with my hands.
Who am I in front of a mason or a carpenter?
 
But when it's just asked for some dream or sorrow,
I am here and I give what I have, like a man
And here is all my life...
I sing...
 
I sing songs to make people dream.
I sing songs to make people smile.
To love one an other you may need
Someone else to tell you.(x2)
 

When it is like that

When it is like that
And you have done callus to the melancholy
And with your head, you're 3000 miles away
when the happiness slip away from your hands
 
When it is like that
And you, you're not my obsession anymore
and making love does not feel like playing
is not like flying
And this boredom drag us away
 
No, I beg you, no
Don't swear, don't promise anything
No, I beg you, no
It doesn't work
If there's nothing between us
If there's nothing left
 
When it is like that
And you smoke a lot and drink a bit more
And you don't have words left to say
nor a ticket to leave
neither teeth to smile
 
No, I beg you, no
Don't lie, no, don't pretend anymore
No, I beg you, no
It doesn't work
If there's nothing between us
If there's nothing left
 
No, I beg you, no
Don't hurt me, don't kill me anymore
No, I beg you, no
It doesn't work
If there's nothing between us
If there's nothing left
 
No, I beg you, no
Don't touch me, don't confuse me anymore
No, I beg you, no
It does not work
If there's nothing between us
If there's nothing left
 
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Your Garden

Versions: #4
I never wanted you
Any less than completely
Always, my love
 
If you’re happy in heaven
Then I got this
Always, looking out for you
 
The flowers are where I need to be
Now that you're not here
I’ll take care of your garden
 
The flowers are where I need to be
Now that you're not here
I’ll take care of your garden
 
I promised you
That someday I’ll be
Or try to be, better
 
If you’re happy in heaven too
Then I swear
Always, because of what you mean to me
 
The flowers are where I need to be
Now that you're not here
I’ll take care of your garden
 
The flowers are where I need to be
Now that you're not here
I’ll take care of your garden
 
Now that you're not here, I’ll take care of your garden
Now that you're not here, I’ll take care of your garden
Now that you're not here
Now that you're not here, I’ll take care of your garden
 

Cécile, my daughter

Versions: #2
She wanted a child
I didn't want any.
But however it was easy for her
With her aguments
To find a dad for you,
Cécile, my daughter.
 
When her belly was round,
Laughing loud,
She said to me 'Come on, be happy,
It will be a boy'!
And here you are,
Cécile, my daughter.
 
And here you are
And here I am.
I am thirty,
You are 6 months.
Face to face,
Eye to eye,
Which of both is the most surprised ?
 
A long time before you were born,
I had known many girls
Playing with my heart,
From the brunette won
To the blond I'd lost,
Cécile, my daughter.
 
And I know that soon
You too, will have
Some ideas and some romances,
Sweet words on your tops
And hands on your pants,
Cécile, my daughter.
 
I will wait for you all night long
I will hear you enter noiselessly.
But in the morning, I will be perturbated
In front of your eyes more clear than ever.
 
I wish someone will touche you forever,
Just like I'm doing it now,
Just like my breath on your lashes,
My kiss on your lips,
In you children sleep,
Cécile, my daughter.
 

Dance, my life

One morning I left the harbour.
I set forth with a carefree heart,
not knowing where North was
and hoping only for a good wind
Mmmmm a good wind.
 
I crossed paths with a thousand people,
none of them smarter than me.
They fought the hurricane,
holding fast to any odd thing.
Mmmmm any odd thing
 
Come on and dance, dance, my life,
like a ship rolling on the waves,
roll, roll, roll, my life
like a star, like the universe.
Come on and sway, sway, sway, my life
like a charriot on a rocky path.
Bang, bang, bang, my life,
like a plane ripping through the air.
 
Some nights we're blue at first,
when storms get too heavy.
To ward off bad luck
we sing love songs yet again
Mmmmm love songs
 
Come on and dance, dance, my life,
like a ship rolling on the waves,
roll, roll, roll, my life
like a star, like the universe.
Come on and sway, sway, sway, my life
like a charriot on a rocky path.
Bang, bang, bang, my life,
like a plane ripping through the air.
 
[spoken]
Come on, dance, my life, dance
Show us how well you can dance.
You are pretty, appealing, arousing, captivating.
You are a woman
And, you see, tonight I look at you more closely than usual.
For once, I'm in no hurry.
Come on, dance , my life, be nice.
Give me a smile, you can sile so well when you want.
I love you, I love you, I love you so much.
 
Come on and dance, dance, my life,
like a ship rolling on the waves,
roll, roll, roll, my life
like a star, like the universe.
Come on and sway, sway, sway, my life
like a charriot on a rocky path.
Bang, bang, bang, my life,
like a plane ripping through the air.
 
Come on and dance, dance, my life,
like a ship rolling on the waves,
roll, roll, roll, my life
like a star, like the universe.
Come on and sway, sway, sway, my life
like a charriot on a rocky path.
Bang, bang, bang, my life,
like a plane ripping through the air.
 
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Praise Thee, The Lord, Praise God In His Sanctuary

Praise thee, The Lord
 
Praise God in his sanctuary
Praise him in the firmament of his power
Praise him for his great deeds
Praise him according to his magnificent greatness
 
Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet
Praise him with the psaltery and harp
Praise him with the timbrel and chorus
Praise him with strings and other instruments
Praise him with resounding cymbals
Praise him with jubilant cymbals
 
Let every breath praise The Lord
Praise thee, The Lord
 

I'm no longer yours

I don't need anyone
To tell me
When to go straight
When to turn
 
And who do you think you are
trying to judge me
You're wasting your time
Everything's over now
It's too late for you to learn
You've lost me years ago
Years ago
 
(Chorus)
I'm no longer yours
I'm not the one who suffers
Just to be loved by someone
 
I'll always be myself
Whether I'm good or bad
But I'll always be sure
Sure of myself
 
I don't need anyone
To show me
What to do
What I'm allowed to do
And what I'm not
 
And who do you think you are
trying to judge me
You're wasting your time
Everything's over now
It's too late for you to learn
You've lost me years ago
Years ago
 

Praises of My Francisca

Upon new chords of you I sing.
And the new-born bud you bring
From solitude, the pure heart's Spring.
 
Your brows should be with garlands twined
Woman of delightful mind,
Who our trespasses unbind.
 
As the wondrous balm of Lethe,
Through thy kisses, I will breathe thee.
All are magnetised who see thee.
 
When my vices, wild and stormy,
From my wonted courses bore me
It was You appeared before me,
 
Star of Oceans! you that alter
Courses, when the pilots falter —
Take my heart upon your altar.
 
Cistern full of virtuous ruth,
Fountain of eternal youth,
Give to dumbness speech and truth!
 
What was dirty, you cremated,
What uneven — you equated,
What was weak you re-created.
 
Inn, on the hungry roads I tramp,
And, in the dark, a guiding lamp
To steer the lost one back to camp.
 
To my strength add strength, O sweet
Bath, where scents and unguents meet!
Anoint me for some peerless feat!
 
Holy water most seraphic,
On the lusts in which I traffic
Flash your chastity ecstatic.
 
Bowl of gems where radiance dances.
Salt that the holy bread enhances,
And sacred wine — your name is Frances!
 

The Conscript of 1810

I’m a poor conscript
From the year 18101 [x2]
I must leave Lengadoc, Lengadoc, Lengadoc
I must leave Lengadoc
To go to my death.
 
Far from here, there is a country
Of white snow, of grey skies [x2]
We must go there to die, go there to die
We must go there to die
For the Emperor and his son.
 
The rector and the schoolmaster
Talked to us for so long [x2]
We left so content, so content, so content
We left so content
We’ll be on the monument
 
Be sure Lengadocians
To have other children [x2]
We’ll need them in twenty years, in twenty years, in twenty years2
We’ll need them in twenty years
Blacks3 and Republicans
 
In this way, a boy wrote to you
Who was born close to your house
Sleep, you’ve walked so long, so long, so long
Sleep, you’ve walked so long,
And his story is at its end.
 

• 1. During the Napoleonic Wars.
• 2. I believe this refers to the events of the Bourbon Restoration and its fall.
• 3. I believe this refers to the clergy, although it could conceivably refer to Black soldiers as well.

Why Didn't They Tell Me?

Like all kids,
We went to school.
Like all kids,
They taught me to read.
 
They sang so many songs to me.
They taught me so many stories.
Lutèce1… Paris… Paris…
 
But why, why
Didn’t they tell me at school?
Why didn’t they tell me?
But why, why
Didn’t they tell me at school
The name of my country?
 
The schoolmaster told us
Of this great King of France
Who was attacked before the poor. 2
A holy man, this Saint Louis,
All the people loved him,
And he didn’t want misery,
A holy man, this Saint Louis.
 
But why, why
Didn’t they tell me at school?
Why didn’t they tell me?
But why, why
Didn’t they tell me at school
That he killed my country?
 
And when we were older
We had to speak three languages
In order to be a good technician.
We had to take on three languages:
English and German
And that which they write in Rome
In order to be a good technician.
 
But why, why
Didn’t they tell me at school?
Why didn’t they tell me
But why, why
Didn’t they tell me at school
The language of my country?
 
Maybe so much knowledge
Hides the truth from us.
We’ll learn by ourselves that on earth
Liberty doesn’t reign.
We will know of the hunger of India,
And the pain of the Africans,
And the death of Guevara.3
 
But why, why
Didn’t they say at school?
Why didn’t they say?
But why, why
Didn’t they say at school
The name of our country?
 

• 1. Gallo-Roman ruins in the Latin Quarter of Paris
• 2. I’m uncertain what this line refers to. Perhaps it is meant figuratively?
• 3. Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Argentine Marxist revolutionary who fought against imperialism and neo-colonialism.

Walk straight ahead

walk straight ahead
that girl there
who do
n'la not see
 
walking straight
that girl
who do
it leaves cold
this is the kind of girl
to which everyone
woos
you do it turns
not around
 
walking straight
that girl
it's like that
you will get it
 
walking straight
that girl
do not look particularly
 
walking straight
that girl
would make you lose
your cool
 
She is too cute
risk for thee
You could
not resist
 
walking straight
that girl
It is definitely for you
 
walking straight
that girl
I am sure you will get it
 
walking straight
but when thou shalt
Here it is she who will tell you
The girls on what you love
well you go
Now it's over
 
walking straight
that girl
do not look particularly
Where you'll have to deal
me
 

Nunnery of Santa Chiara

Tomorrow? But I'd like to go this evening!
So far, no, I can't endure anymore!
They say that only the sea is remained
And it's the same like before, the blue sea.
 
Nunnery of Santa Chiara,
In my heart there's a darkness.
But why, why every evening
Do I think of Naples: what's happened with it?
Do I think of Naples: what's it now?
 
Fountain of Capodimonte,
My heart is breaking
When I hear from the people
That has become terrible
My land, but why?
 
No, it's not true!
No, I don't believe it!
I die of the wish to coming back to Naples
But what shall I do?
I'm afraid of coming back there.
 
Fear?.. Yes... If is it true?
If the people had told the truth?
All wealth of Naples was the heartiness
But they say that it's lost also.
 
Nunnery of Santa Chiara,
Inside the four walls are closed
How many sincere women
That renounced the love
And became brides of Jesus.
 
Fountain of Capodimonte,
Now, if they lose a lover
In a moment they find hundreds more
Because, as people say,
There's no innocent woman anymore.
 
No, it's not true!
No, I don't believe it!
I die of the wish to coming back to Naples
But what shall I do?
I'm afraid of coming back there.
 
Nunnery of Santa Chiara,
In my heart there's a darkness.
But why, why every evening
Do I think of Naples: what's happened with it?
Do I think of Naples: what's it now?
 
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Isolina

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Isolina tonight you are
 
Inside your bed, to whom will you think of?
 
Your people now eat and do not mind if you run from me
 
That I wait
 
Isolina you want to tell me why
 
You don't spend your summer with me?
 
Your people now sing and someone, somehow will love it
 
On the grass
 
Isolina leaves the pain
 
It is not life, the life you live
 
On your body you wear the colors
the colors that never mourn
 
Isolina, in your eyes you have
 
Skies that I have never seen
 
Your people are drunk and the penis is tired
 
Inside the wine
 
Isolina I know what you desire
 
With the most beautiful dreams you have
 
Your people are now sleeping and even the fire
 
Will fly
 
In the wind
 

Love gained, love lost

I don't know anymore if those are your eyes
I don't know anymore if that's your mouth
or the blondeness of your hair
that attracts me at your bed
and this sweet and peaceful voice
that repeats the word 'never'
it's maybe the blue of your eyelashes
in the sweet perfume of May
 
I know nothing, not anymore
I forget everything that's more powerful than me
You know it well, I'm lost
It's driving me crazy when you're not there
I know nothing, not anymore
but I don't care when you're there
love gained, love lost
love without you doesn't exist
 
Your heart needs tenderness
Your body shivers with my kisses
The night you become my goddess
to conjugate the verb 'to love'
You call no matter what the hour is
and we love each other's body and heart
I know nothing, not anymore
in which dream I've lost myself
 
I know nothing, not anymore
I forget everything that's more powerful than me
You know it well, I'm lost
It's driving me crazy when you're not there
I know nothing, not anymore
but I don't care when you're there
love gained, love lost
love without you doesn't exist
 
love gained, love lost
 

It goes it goes

To you the girl who makes me so
Hard and tender
Who knows how to talk to me
when I'm barred
When i want to hear nothing
When my heart is deaf
When my heart is heavy
 
Rains of punishment
The blade dipped in steel
When I'm lost
I sometimes take the soul
In nets that torment me
I sometimes have a grey soul
And if tonight you ask me
 
How it goes, it goes, it goes
On my planet
I will answer to you it goes, it goes, it goes
so so
Beers, wines that i drink in vain
Do not have the taste of party
But as long as one has the heart beating, beating
 
It goes it goes
 
To you friend
The only man that held my hand
When i was doing it everyday
For the future
You know that same injury as I
You are always there
To wear me
To shorten
My sorrow until I'm light
I sometimes have a soul in crisis
My joy of life returned to me
My happiness despises me
And if tonight you ask me
 
How it goes, it goes, it goes
On my planet
I will answer to you it goes, it goes, it goes
So so
Beers, wines that I drink in vain
Do not have the taste of party
But as long as one has the heart beating, beating
It goes, it goes
 
To those I have sometimes neglected
Can be a little free
Do not disturb
Me the shipwrecked
On my drunk boat
I have no buoy
No emergency light
I'm not good at caresses
But if you never ask me
When all hurts me
 
How it goes, it goes, it goes
On my planet
I will answer to you it goes, it goes, it goes
So so
Beers, wines that i drink in vain
Do not have the taste of party
But as long as one has the heart beating, beating
It goes, it goes
 
How it goes, it goes, it goes
On my planet
I will answer to you it goes, it goes, it goes
So so
Beers, wines that I drink in vain
Do not have the taste of party
But as long as one has the heart beating, beating
It goes, it goes
 

Desire

From the first day I saw you to the last time we met
I’ve desired to hold you, have you and make you mine
But to have and to hold, to love and to grow
It takes two hearts that beat to the rhythm of one
When you push me away I taste fear and pain
Turns my fire to smoke with one word, with one stroke
 
Deep in my heart is desire to love
Deep in my soul is desire to grow
Deep in your smile is desire for more
Deep when we kiss, the feeling that can’t be missed
 
Let me live, let me die, let me laugh, let me cry
Let me burn in your fire, in flames of desire
Be my river of hope, my mountain of truth
Let me colour your life with the colour of love
 
Deep in my heart is desire to love
Deep in my soul is desire to grow
Deep in your smile is desire for more
Deep when we kiss, the feeling that can’t be missed
 
I’ve always wanted you, I’ve always desired you
You’re the one I’ve always loved
 
Take me up, take me down, take me into your arms
Spin the magic of love with one word, with one smile
My desire runs deep and I’m losing sleep
I wake up to the light, you’re the key to my heart
 
Deep in my heart is desire to love
Deep in my soul is desire to grow
Deep in your smile is desire for more
Deep when we kiss, the feeling that can’t be missed
 
(Deep in my heart is desire to love) Deep in my soul
(Deep in my soul is desire to grow)
Deep in your smile is desire for more
Deep when we kiss, the feeling that can’t be missed
 
Desire, desire, desire, desire love
 

Ice Bucket

Three days ago, abandoned, she lost her boyfriend
Broke free the beast and its heart's accelerated
I feel pity for who fell in love with her
 
Now the maidenlike beautiful lady breaks down
She dressed a sexy dress tube and exited to shake
Even some blind men stopped to look at her
 
And even the singer stopped the show to applaud her
She stole the scene, the chapter and all season long
She becomes a dangerous woman when she's dancing
 
Everything what she wants is a champagne bottle
In a ice bucket
Oooh, she's coming down
Oooh, she's coming down
 
She just wants to enjoy it
on the floor, floor, floor, floor
Too much fun
Floor, floor, floor, floor
And she's coming down to the floor
And she's coming down to the floor
She just wants to enjoy it
Floor, floor, floor, floor
Too much fun
And she's coming down to the floor
And she's coming down to the floor
 
Now I'm dancing, I'm pure adrenaline
Now I'm alone, but I'm hot
I get you crazy with my boom boom!
I dance tight with you, with my boom boom!!
Now I'm dancing, I'm pure adrenaline
Now I'm alone, but I'm hot
I get you crazy with my boom boom!
I dance tight with you, with my boom boom!!
 
And even the singer stopped the show to applaud her
She stole the scene, the chapter and all season long
She becomes a dangerous woman when she's dancing
 
Everything what she wants is a champagne bottle
In a ice bucket
Oooh, she's coming down
Oooh, she's coming down
 
She just wants to enjoy it
on the floor, floor, floor, floor
Too much fun
Floor, floor, floor, floor
And she's coming down to the floor
And she's coming down to the floor
She just wants to enjoy it
Too much fun
Floor, floor, floor, floor
And she's coming down to the floor
And she's coming down to the floor
 
Everything what she wants is a champagne bottle
In a ice bucket
Oooh, she's coming down
Oooh, she's coming down
 
Now I'm dancing, I'm pure adrenaline
Now I'm alone, but I'm hot
I get you crazy with my boom boom!
I dance tight with you, with my boom boom!!
 

Nowadays much is very American

Nowadays much is very American
The music that plays so loud too
I like it more romantic
Like this song the night wind's singing
 
That song is here and caresses
Only as gently as the wind your skin
When the music makes us dance
Then the music isn't loud
 
Then the harmony won't leave us
Alone with our wish
You can be so romantic-romantic
With this song any time
 
Nowadays much is very American
The music that plays so loud too
I like it more romantic
Like this song the night wind's singing
 
We need the reminder
For any moment
The wish for it to return
The music will fulfill
 
It's sound is like a silent party
A quiet party in candle light
With this music, we can
Be so romantic-romantic
 
Nowadays much is very American
The music that plays so loud too
I like it more romantic
Like this song the night wind's singing
 
(Nowadays much is very American
The music that plays so loud too)
I like it more romantic
Like this song the night wind's singing
 

Farewell, Juna

From the pier, the ship sails on the sea,
and it goes far, but everyone hopes to come back.
And while Juna contains the sobbing of her heart,
a sailor sings for her:
 
Juna, you don't have to cry about this goodbye,
just wait for my return,
then you'll see, on a happy day
everything will smile for us.
 
Tell me that you'll wait, hoping,
i'll pray Holy Mary
that for you, my beautiful Juna,
my luck smiles at me
until the day I come back.
 
Therefore, Juna, dry your tears,
I'll be back into your home
and then you'll be my bride,
for your happiness..
 
Spring returns with all its flowers,
but it's so bitter if the vapor doesn't come back,
Juna hopes, she's already waiting for her sailor,
but only an echo comes from the sea..
 
Tell me that you'll wait, hoping,
i'll pray Holy Mary
that for you, my beautiful Juna,
my luck smiles at me
until the day I come back.
 
Juna, you still pray through your tears,
but that treacherous, big sea
stole your first love
who's never again coming back..
 
Nique sa mère le Blizzard.
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