Bob Dylan - Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take) - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation Bob Dylan - Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)




Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)
Desolation Row (Prise 1, Prise Alternative)
They're selling postcards of the hanging, they're painting the passports brown
Ils vendent des cartes postales de la pendaison, ils peignent les passeports en marron
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors, the circus is in town
Le salon de beauté est rempli de marins, le cirque est en ville
Here comes the blind commissioner, they've got him in a trance
Voici venir le commissaire aveugle, ils l'ont mis en transe
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker, the other is in his pants
Une main est attachée au funambule, l'autre est dans son pantalon
And the riot squad they're restless, they need somewhere to go
Et les forces anti-émeutes sont agitées, elles ont besoin d'un endroit aller
As Lady and I look out tonight, from Desolation Row
Alors que Madame et moi regardons dehors ce soir, de Desolation Row
Cinderella, she seems so easy, "It takes one to know one," she smiles
Cendrillon, elle semble si facile, "Il en faut un pour en reconnaître un autre", sourit-elle
And puts her hands in her back pockets Bette Davis style
Et met ses mains dans ses poches arrière, style Bette Davis
And in comes Romeo, he's moaning. "You Belong to Me I Believe"
Et arrive Roméo, il gémit. "Tu m'appartiens, je crois"
And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend, you'd better leave"
Et quelqu'un dit : "Tu te trompes d'endroit, mon ami, tu ferais mieux de partir"
And the only sound that's left after the ambulances go
Et le seul son qui reste après le départ des ambulances
Is Cinderella sweeping up on Desolation Row
Est Cendrillon balayant sur Desolation Row
Now the moon is almost hidden, the stars are beginning to hide
Maintenant, la lune est presque cachée, les étoiles commencent à se cacher
The fortune telling lady has even taken all her things inside
La diseuse de bonne aventure a même emporté toutes ses affaires à l'intérieur
All except for Cain and Abel and the hunchback of Notre Dame
Tous sauf Caïn et Abel et le bossu de Notre-Dame
Everybody is making love or else expecting rain
Tout le monde fait l'amour ou alors s'attend à la pluie
And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing, he's getting ready for the show
Et le bon Samaritain, il s'habille, il se prépare pour le spectacle
He's going to the carnival tonight on Desolation Row
Il va au carnaval ce soir sur Desolation Row
Ophelia, she's 'neath the window for her I feel so afraid
Ophélie, elle est sous la fenêtre, pour elle j'ai si peur
On her twenty-second birthday she already is an old maid
À son vingt-deuxième anniversaire, elle est déjà une vieille fille
To her, death is quite romantic she wears an iron vest
Pour elle, la mort est assez romantique, elle porte un gilet de fer
Her profession's her religion, her sin is her lifelessness
Sa profession est sa religion, son péché est son manque de vie
And though her eyes are fixed upon Noah's great rainbow
Et bien que ses yeux soient fixés sur le grand arc-en-ciel de Noé
She spends her time peeking into Desolation Row
Elle passe son temps à jeter un coup d'œil à Desolation Row
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood with his memories in a trunk
Einstein, déguisé en Robin des Bois avec ses souvenirs dans une malle
Passed this way an hour ago with his friend, a jealous monk
Est passé par ici il y a une heure avec son ami, un moine jaloux
Now he looked so immaculately frightful as he bummed a cigarette
Maintenant, il avait l'air si impeccablement effrayant alors qu'il quémandait une cigarette
And he when off sniffing drainpipes and reciting the alphabet
Et il est parti en reniflant les regards d'égout et en récitant l'alphabet
You would not think to look at him, but he was famous long ago
On ne penserait pas à le regarder, mais il était célèbre il y a longtemps
For playing the electric violin on Desolation Row
Pour avoir joué du violon électrique sur Desolation Row
Dr. Filth, he keeps his world inside of a leather cup
Le Dr. Filth garde son monde à l'intérieur d'une tasse en cuir
But all his sexless patients, they're trying to blow it up
Mais tous ses patients asexués essaient de la faire exploser
Now his nurse, some local loser, she's in charge of the cyanide hole
Maintenant, son infirmière, une ratée du coin, est responsable du trou de cyanure
And she also keeps the cards that read, "Have Mercy on His Soul"
Et elle garde aussi les cartes qui disent : "Ayez pitié de son âme"
They all play on the penny whistles, you can hear them blow
Ils jouent tous du sifflet à un sou, vous pouvez les entendre souffler
If you lean your head out far enough from Desolation Row
Si vous penchez la tête assez loin de Desolation Row
Across the street they've nailed the curtains, they're getting ready for the feast
De l'autre côté de la rue, ils ont cloué les rideaux, ils se préparent pour le festin
The Phantom of the Opera in a perfect image of a priest
Le Fantôme de l'Opéra à l'image parfaite d'un prêtre
They are spoon feeding Casanova to get him to feel more assured
Ils nourrissent Casanova à la cuillère pour qu'il se sente plus sûr de lui
Then they'll kill him with self-confidence after poisoning him with words
Ensuite, ils le tueront avec confiance en soi après l'avoir empoisonné avec des mots
And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls, "Get outta here if you don't know"
Et le Fantôme crie aux filles maigres : "Foutez le camp si vous ne savez pas"
Casanova is just being punished for going to Desolation Row"
Casanova est juste puni pour être allé à Desolation Row"
At midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew
À minuit, tous les agents et l'équipe surhumaine
Come out and round up everyone that knows more than they do
Sortent et rassemblent tous ceux qui en savent plus qu'eux
Then they bring them to the factory where the heart-attack machine
Puis ils les amènent à l'usine la machine à crise cardiaque
Is strapped across their shoulders and then the kerosene
Est attachée sur leurs épaules et ensuite le kérosène
Is brought down from the castles by insurance men who go
Est descendu des châteaux par des assureurs qui vont
Check to see that nobody is escaping to Desolation Row
Vérifier que personne ne s'échappe vers Desolation Row
Praise be to Nero's Neptune, the Titanic sails at dawn
Que Neptune de Néron soit loué, le Titanic navigue à l'aube
Everybody's shouting, "Which side are you on?!"
Tout le monde crie : "De quel côté êtes-vous ?!"
And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot fighting in the captain's tower
Et Ezra Pound et T.S. Eliot se battent dans la tour du capitaine
While calypso singers laugh at them and fishermen hold flowers
Pendant que les chanteurs de calypso se moquent d'eux et que les pêcheurs tiennent des fleurs
Between the windows of the sea where lovely mermaids flow
Entre les fenêtres de la mer de belles sirènes s'écoulent
And nobody has to think too much about Desolation Row
Et personne n'a besoin de trop penser à Desolation Row
Yes, I received your letter yesterday, about the time the doorknob broke
Oui, j'ai reçu ta lettre hier, vers le moment la poignée de porte s'est cassée
When you asked me how I was doing, was that some kind of joke
Quand tu m'as demandé comment j'allais, c'était une sorte de blague ?
All these people that you mention, yes, I know them, they're quite lame
Tous ces gens que tu mentionnes, oui, je les connais, ils sont assez nuls
I had to rearrange their faces and give them all another name
J'ai réarranger leurs visages et leur donner à tous un autre nom
Right now, I can't read too good, don't send me no more letters no
Là, je ne vois pas très bien, ne m'envoie plus de lettres, non
Not unless you mail them from Desolation Row
Sauf si tu les envoies de Desolation Row





Writer(s): Bob Dylan


1 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 2, Alternate Take)
2 Desolation Row (Take 5 Remake, Complete)
3 Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)
4 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take)
5 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3, Incomplete)
6 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 1, Complete (6/15/65))
7 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
8 She Belongs to Me (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
9 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 3, Complete)
10 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 9-10 Remake, False Starts)
11 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 8 Remake, Breakdown)
12 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 15 Remake, Breakdown)
13 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 14 Remake, False Start)
14 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 6 Remake, False Start)
15 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 12 Remake, False Start)
16 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Vocals, Guitar)
17 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 13 Remake, Breakdown)
18 Like a Rolling Stone - Take 11, Alternate Take
19 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Drums, Organ)
20 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Piano, Bass)
21 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Guitar)
22 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 2-3 Remake, False Starts)
23 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5, Rehearsal)
24 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 1-3, Rehearsal)
25 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5 Remake, Rehearsal)
26 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4 Remake)
27 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 1 Remake, Rehearsal)
28 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4, Rehearsal)
29 Like a Rolling Stone (Rehearsal Remake)
30 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 6, Complete)
31 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 1, Fragment)
32 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 13, Complete)
33 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 1, Breakdown)
34 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 3, Rehearsal)
35 She's Your Lover Now (Take 6, Rehearsal)
36 She's Your Lover Now (Take 1, Breakdown)
37 She's Your Lover Now (Take 16, Complete)
38 She's Your Lover Now (Take 15)
39 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7, False Start)
40 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 5, Complete)
41 Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1, Alternate Take)
42 Queen Jane Approximately (Take 2, Complete)
43 Visions of Johanna (Take 7, Complete)
44 Visions of Johanna (Take 8)
45 Visions of Johanna (Take 14, Complete)
46 Visions of Johanna (Take 1, Rehearsal)
47 Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1)
48 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 6, Complete)
49 Instrumental (Take 2, Complete)
50 Jet Pilot (Take 1)
51 Medicine Sunday (Take 1)
52 Ballad of a Thin Man (Take 2, Breakdown)
53 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 17)
54 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 1, Alternate Take)
55 Obviously Five Believers (Take 3, Complete)
56 Temporary Like Achilles (Take 3, Complete)
57 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Take 1, Complete)
58 Just Like a Woman (Take 8, Complete)
59 Just Like a Woman (Take 4, Alternate Take)
60 Just Like a Woman (Take 1, Complete)
61 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 14, Complete)
62 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 5)
63 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Rehearsal)
64 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Take 1, Rehearsal and Finished Track)
65 Fourth Time Around (Take 11, Complete)
66 Lunatic Princess (Take 1)
67 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19, Alternate Take)
68 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 4, Rehearsal)
69 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 2, Rehearsal)
70 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 1, Rehearsal)
71 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Take 1, Complete)
72 California (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
73 You Don't Have to Do That (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
74 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 1, Complete)
75 Farewell, Angelina (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
76 On the Road Again (Take 7 Remake, Complete)
77 On the Road Again (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
78 On the Road Again (Take 4, Alternate Take)
79 On the Road Again (Take 1, Complete)
80 Outlaw Blues (Take 2, Alternate Take)
81 Outlaw Blues (Take 1, Complete)
82 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Take 1, False Start)
83 She Belongs to Me (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
84 She Belongs to Me (Take 2 Remake, Complete)
85 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 2, Complete)
86 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 1, Fragment)
87 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Take 1)
88 I'll Keep It With Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo)
89 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
90 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
91 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 2, Acoustic)
92 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1, Breakdown)
93 Mr. Tambourine Man (Takes 1-2, False Starts)
94 Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3 with Band, Incomplete)
95 From a Buick 6 (Take 4)
96 From a Buick 6 (Take 1, False Start)
97 Positively 4th Street (Take 5, Alternate Take)
98 Positively 4th Street (Take 4, Complete)
99 Positively 4th Street (Takes 1-3, False Starts)
100 Tombstone Blues (Take 9)
101 Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
102 Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence (Take 2)

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