Chumbawamba - El Fusilado - translation of the lyrics into French
Chumbawamba El Fusilado

Chumbawamba - El Fusilado

Lyrics and translation Chumbawamba - El Fusilado




El Fusilado
El Fusilado
Listen close to this crooked mouth
Écoute bien ce que je vais te raconter, ma belle
For my story I will tell–o
Car je vais te raconter mon histoire – oh
Lived in Mexico by the name of Wenseslao Moguel–o
J'ai vécu au Mexique, on m'appelait Wenceslao Moguel – oh
Left my home in Santiago
J'ai quitté mon foyer à Santiago
The heart of the city of Merida
Au cœur de la ville de Mérida
Served with my brothers and sisters all
J'ai servi avec mes frères et sœurs
For the army of Pancho Villa
Dans l'armée de Pancho Villa
Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Place-moi droit contre le mur le plus proche
Line up your bravest soldiers oh
Aligne tes soldats les plus courageux, oh
Ten good shots I'll take them all
Dix bons coups, je les prendrai tous
They call me El Fusilado
Ils m'appellent El Fusilado
The Federales captured me
Les Fédéraux m'ont capturé
Bound up my arms with wire
Ils ont attaché mes bras avec du fil de fer
Officer comes he says "Take your aim –
L'officier arrive et dit "Prends ton viseur -
Steady your guns and fire!"
Aligne tes armes et tire !"
Bullet holes all across my chest
Des trous de balles partout sur ma poitrine
Ripped up my shirt and my body–o
Ils ont déchiré ma chemise et mon corps – oh
Heart beat on through the silenced guns
Mon cœur a continué à battre à travers les armes silencieuses
To the rhythm of life inside me–o
Au rythme de la vie en moi – oh
Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Place-moi droit contre le mur le plus proche
Line up your bravest soldiers oh
Aligne tes soldats les plus courageux, oh
Ten good shots I'll take them all
Dix bons coups, je les prendrai tous
They call me El Fusilado
Ils m'appellent El Fusilado
Fell to the ground the officer came
Je suis tombé au sol, l'officier est arrivé
One last shot to the head–o
Un dernier coup à la tête – oh
Heard through the pain as he walked away
J'ai entendu à travers la douleur lorsqu'il s'est éloigné
And left me there for dead–o
Et m'a laissé là pour mort – oh
All went quiet so I crawled away
Tout s'est tu, alors j'ai rampé
I wasn't giving up to the glory
Je ne voulais pas abandonner la gloire
Ten good shots I took them all
Dix bons coups, je les ai tous pris
And lived to tell my story
Et j'ai survécu pour raconter mon histoire
Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Place-moi droit contre le mur le plus proche
Line up your bravest soldiers oh
Aligne tes soldats les plus courageux, oh
Ten good shots I'll take them all
Dix bons coups, je les prendrai tous
They call me El Fusilado.
Ils m'appellent El Fusilado.
A true story. Wenseslao Moguel was captured while fighting in the Mexican revolution in 1915 and without trial sentenced to face the firing squad, 'las sentencias al paredon'. After being shot by the squad, and despite receiving the 'tiro de gracia' (shot at close range by the captain), Wenseslao somehow survived. He managed to escape and spent much of his life touring the USA with the 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not' travelling museum.
Une histoire vraie. Wenceslao Moguel a été capturé pendant la révolution mexicaine en 1915 et, sans procès, condamné à être fusillé, "las sentencias al paredon". Après avoir été touché par la fusillade, et malgré le "tiro de gracia" (coup de grâce à bout portant par le capitaine), Wenceslao a survécu d'une manière ou d'une autre. Il a réussi à s'échapper et a passé une grande partie de sa vie à faire le tour des États-Unis avec le musée itinérant "Ripley's Believe It Or Not".




Writer(s): Neil Ferguson, Allan Whalley, Louise Watts, Judith Abbott
Chumbawamba - The Boy Bands Have Won
Album
The Boy Bands Have Won
date of release
03-03-2008

1 Lord Bateman's Motorbike
2 Refugee
3 To a Little Radio
4 When an Old Man Dies
5 Waiting for the Bus
6 Same Old Same Old
7 The Ogre
8 Charlie
9 Rip RP
10 Compliments of Your Waitress
11 You Watched Me Dance
12 Bury Me Deep
13 Sing About Love
14 (Words Flew) Right Around the World
15 A Fine Career
16 Fine Line
17 All Fur Coat & No Knickers
18 Word Bomber
19 I Wish That They'd Sack Me
20 Unpindownable
21 El Fusilado
22 Hull or Hell
23 Words Can Save Us
24 Add Me
25 What We Want
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The Boy Bands Have Won, and All the Copyists and the Tribute Bands and the TV Talent Show Producers Have Won, If We Allow Our Culture to Be Shaped by Mimicry, Whether from Lack of Ideas or From Exaggerated Respect. You Should Never Try to Freeze Culture. What You Can Do Is Recycle That Culture. Take Your Older Brother's Hand-Me-Down Jacket and Re-Style It, Re-Fashion It to the Point Where It Becomes Your Own. But Don't Just Regurgitate Creative History, or Hold Art and Music and Literature as Fixed, Untouchable and Kept Under Glass. The People Who Try to 'Guard' Any Particular Form of Music Are, Like the Copyists and Manufactured Bands, Doing It the Worst Disservice, Because the Only Thing That You Can Do to Music That Will Damage It Is Not Change It, Not Make It Your Own. Because Then It Dies, Then It's Over, Then It's Done, and the Boy Bands Have Won.
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