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| Traduzione inglese di Angela Buxton da Cancioneros.com |
| QUATRE FLEUVES DE SANG | FOUR RIVERS OF BLOOD |
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| Comme sur l'arbre sec | Like the rain in midsummer |
| et sur le sol aride | falls on the dry tree |
| tombe la pluie en été, | and the thirsty earth, |
| je voudrais que ces paroles | I'd like my words |
| puissent ici pénétrer. | to fall here. |
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| Quatre fleuves de sang, | Four rivers of blood, |
| terre poudreuse et vieille, | dusty, old land, |
| cour remplie de querelles | barnyard full of fights |
| de ceux qui se disent frères, | between those who say they're brothers, |
| voilà ce qui en est maintenant. | is what we have found. |
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| Une peur immense | An immense fear |
| qui nous a ravi la voix; | that has made us keep so silent; |
| une peur immense | an immense fear, |
| qui nous la ravit encore; | that still makes us silent; |
| une peur immense | an immense fear |
| qui nous a tant fait de mal, | that has done us so much harm |
| voilà ce qui en est maintenant. | is what we have found. |
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| Et les quatre fleuves de sang | And the four rivers of blood |
| chaque jour plus grands; | bigger and bigger |
| Et un épais silence: | and a silence so thick |
| On a tant coupé de mains... | cut off so many hands... |
| Et de tout notre passé | And with a whole past that's ours |
| nous savons ce que nous voulons | we know what we want |
| de cette terre, mes frères, | from this land, brothers, |
| celle des quatre fleuves de sang. | that of the four rivers of blood. |
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| Terre poudreuse et vieille | A dusty old land |
| où croissent d'autres mains | where new hands are growing, |
| où tant et tant de lèvres, | where thousands of mouths, |
| fatiguées du silence, | tired of being silent, |
| se disposent à parler, | are getting ready to speak out |
| du fond des quatre fleuves de sang. | from the four rivers of blood. |
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