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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Petite Marie

Francis Cabrel
Petite Marie

Petite Marie, je parle de toi
Little Marie, I speak of you
Parce qu'avec ta petite voix
Because with your little voice
Tes petites manies, tu as versé sur ma vie
Your little habits, tu have poured on my life
Des milliers de roses
Thousands of roses
Petite furie, je me bats pour toi
Little wild one, I fight for you
Pour que dans dix mille ans de ça
So that in 10,000 years from now
On se retrouve à l'abri, sous un ciel aussi joli
We’ll find ourselves a shelter, under a sky just as pretty
Que des milliers de roses
As 1000’s of roses

Je viens du ciel et les étoiles entre elles
I come from the sky and the stars only
Ne parlent que de toi
Speak of you
D'un musicien qui fait jouer ses mains
From a musician whose hands play
Sur un morceau de bois
On a piece of wood
De leur amour plus bleu que le ciel autour
Of their love more blue than the sky above

Petite Marie, je t'attends transi
Little Marie, I wait for you transfixed
Sous une tuile de ton toit
Under a tile of your roof
Le vent de la nuit froide me renvoie la ballade
The cold night wind brings me back the ballad
Que j'avais écrite pour toi
That I had written for you
Petite furie, tu dis que la vie
Little wild one, you say that life
C'est une bague à chaque doigt
Is a ring on each finger
Au soleil de Floride, moi mes poches sont vides
In the sunshine of Florida, my pockets are empty
Et mes yeux pleurent de froid
And my eyes cry from cold


Je viens du ciel et les étoiles entre elles
I come from the sky and the stars only
Ne parlent que de toi
Speak of you
D'un musicien qui fait jouer ses mains
From a musician whose hands play
Sur un morceau de bois
On a piece of wood
De leur amour plus bleu que le ciel autour
Of their love more blue than the sky above

Dans la pénombre de ta rue
In the shadow of your street
Petite Marie, m'entends-tu ?
Little Marie, do you hear me ?
Je n'attends plus que toi pour partir...
I’m only waiting for you to be able to leave
Dans la pénombre de ta rue
In the shadow of your street
Petite Marie, m'entends-tu ?
Little Marie, can you hear me ?
Je n'attends plus que toi pour partir...
I’m only waiting for you to be able to leave

Je viens du ciel et les étoiles entre elles
I come from the sky and the stars
Ne parlent que de toi
Only speak of you
D'un musicien qui fait jouer ses mains
From a musician whose hands play
Sur un morceau de bois
On a piece of wood
De leur amour plus bleu que le ciel autour
Of their love more blue that the sky above

Words and music - Francis Cabrel
English translation: Alan Palmer

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi, I love this song Petite Marie so much but I can't find out the music for that song on internet. If you had that song, could you pls send me by may email hieupfiev@yahoo.com ? Thank you so so much !!!
Cong Hieu

Anonymous said...

Thanks Alan for the song. I didn't see any links to youtube to enjoy the video clip. Anyway, your file satisfied my pleasure already. Thanks again and again and again and ... :))
Cong Hieu

AlanPalmer said...

Dear Cong Hieu,

If you look at the podcast again, you will see the link in the text I put with the podcast - you can click on it for the Youtube video of Francis Cabrel.

Kind regards

Alan

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