Johnny Cash - My Grandfather’s Clock - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation Johnny Cash - My Grandfather’s Clock




My Grandfather’s Clock
L'horloge de mon grand-père
My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf
L'horloge de mon grand-père était trop grande pour l'étagère
So it stood ninety years on the floor
Alors elle a passé quatre-vingt-dix ans sur le sol
It was taller by half than the old man himself
Elle était plus haute de moitié que le vieil homme lui-même
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more
Bien qu'elle ne pesait pas un sou de plus
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born
Elle a été achetée le matin du jour de sa naissance
And was always his treasure and pride
Et a toujours été son trésor et sa fierté
But it stopped, short never to go again
Mais elle s'est arrêtée, ne devant plus jamais fonctionner
When the old man died
Quand le vieil homme est mort
Ninety years without slumbering
Quatre-vingt-dix ans sans dormir
His life seconds numbering
Ses secondes de vie numérotant
It stopped, short never to go again
Elle s'est arrêtée, ne devant plus jamais fonctionner
When the old man died
Quand le vieil homme est mort
My grandfather said that of those he could hire
Mon grand-père disait que parmi ceux qu'il pouvait embaucher
Not a servant so faithful he found
Il n'avait trouvé aucun serviteur aussi fidèle
For it wasted no time and had but one desire
Car elle ne perdait pas de temps et n'avait qu'un seul désir
At the close of each week to be wound
À la fin de chaque semaine, être remontée
And it kept in its place, not a frown upon its face
Et elle restait à sa place, pas un froncement de sourcils sur son visage
And its hands never hung by its side
Et ses aiguilles ne se sont jamais affaissées
But it stopped short, never to go again
Mais elle s'est arrêtée net, ne devant plus jamais fonctionner
When the old man died
Quand le vieil homme est mort
It rang and alarmed in the dead of the night
Elle a sonné et a donné l'alarme au milieu de la nuit
An alarm that for years had been dumb
Une alarme qui était muette pendant des années
And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight
Et nous savions que son esprit s'apprêtait à prendre son envol
That his hour for departure had come
Que son heure de départ était venue
Still the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled chime
Toujours l'horloge gardait le temps avec un son doux et étouffé
As we silently stood by his side
Alors que nous nous tenions silencieusement à ses côtés
But it stopped short, never to go again
Mais elle s'est arrêtée net, ne devant plus jamais fonctionner
When the old man died
Quand le vieil homme est mort
Ninety years without slumbering
Quatre-vingt-dix ans sans dormir
His life seconds numbering
Ses secondes de vie numérotant
It stopped short, never to go again
Elle s'est arrêtée net, ne devant plus jamais fonctionner
When the old man died
Quand le vieil homme est mort





Writer(s): Johnny Cash


1 Rock Island Line
2 The Great Speckled Bird
3 These Things Shall Pass
4 Lorena
5 The Ballad of Boot Hill
6 Remember the Alamo
7 Lead Me Father
8 Snow in His Hair
9 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
10 Girl In Saskatoon
11 I Call Him
12 Lead Me Gently Home
13 Locomotive Man
14 The Old Account
15 Second Honeymoon
16 Are All the Children In
17 Life Goes On
18 Oh Lonesome Me
19 I Saw a Man
20 Port of Lonely Heart
21 It Was Jesus
22 I Love You Because
23 He'll Be a Friend
24 God Will
25 Drink To Me
26 Five Feet High and Rising
27 Going to Memphis
28 Dorraine of Ponchartrain
29 Old Doc Brown
30 Lumberjack
31 Slow Rider
32 Loading Coals
33 Wabash Blues
34 Bandana
35 I’ll Remember You
36 Smiling Bill McCall
37 Straight A's in Love
38 The Little Drummer Boy
39 It Could Be You (Instead of Him)
40 My Grandfather’s Clock
41 Don’t Step On Mother’s Roses
42 Old Apache Squaw
43 The Caretaker
44 I Got Stripes
45 I Want to Go Home
46 Clementine
47 Hank and Joe and Me
48 The Man On the Hill
49 You Dreamer You
50 When Papa Played the Dobro
51 Get Rhythm (feat. The Tennessee Two)
52 Hey Good Lookin'
53 Big River
54 Home of the Blues
55 You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
56 Next in Line
57 The Ways of a Women in Love
58 Train Of Love
59 Guess Things Happen That Way - 1958 Single Version
60 There You Go
61 I Can't Help It
62 Ballad of a Teenage Queen
63 Doin' My Time
64 Wreck of the Old
65 I Walk the Line
66 I Was There When It Happened
67 So Doggone Lonesome
68 Don't Make Me Go (feat. The Tennessee Two)
69 Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You)
70 Cry! Cry! Cry!
71 If the Good Lord's Willing
72 Country Boy
73 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
74 Hey Porter
75 Give My Love to Rosie
76 Come In Stranger
77 All Over Again
78 You Win Again
79 Luther Played the Boogie
80 Thanks a Lot (feat. The Tennessee Two)
81 Katy Too
82 I Forgot the Remember to Forget
83 It's Just About Time
84 You Tell Me
85 I Just Thought You'd Like to Know
86 Goodbye Little Darlin'
87 Supper-Time
88 I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
89 Shepherd of My Heart
90 I’d Rather Die Young
91 Don't Take Your Guns to Town
92 I Still Miss Someone
93 That’s Enough
94 One More Ride
95 The Troubadour
96 That’s All Over
97 Run Softly, Blue River
98 Folsom Prison Blues
99 What Do I Care
100 Pickin' Time
101 The Story of a Broken Heart
102 Seasons of My Heart
103 I Feel Better All Over
104 I Couldn’t Keep From Crying
105 Time Changes Everything
106 My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You
107 I'd Just Bee Fool Enough (To Fall)
108 Boss Jack
109 Mean Eyed Cat
110 Why Do You Punish Me (For Loving You)
111 I Will Miss You When You Go
112 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
113 Just One More
114 Honky-Tonk Girl
115 Down the Street to 301
116 Transfusion Blues


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