Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd - Handsome Cabin Boy - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd - Handsome Cabin Boy




Handsome Cabin Boy
Beau Matelot de Cabine
It's of a pretty female as you may understand,
Il était une fois une jolie femme, comme tu peux le comprendre,
Her mind being bent for rambling into some foreign land.
Son esprit était porté sur le vagabondage dans une terre étrangère.
She dressed herself in sailor's clothes or so it does appear,
Elle s'est habillée en vêtements de marin, ou du moins c'est ce qu'il semble,
And she hired with a captain to serve him for a year.
Et elle s'est engagée auprès d'un capitaine pour le servir pendant un an.
The captain's wife she being on board, she seemed in great joy
La femme du capitaine était à bord, elle semblait ravie
To think her husband had engaged such a handsome cabin boy.
De penser que son mari avait engagé un si beau matelot de cabine.
And now and then she slipped him a kiss, and she would have liked to toy,
Et de temps en temps, elle lui glissait un baiser, et elle aurait aimé jouer,
But it was the captain found out the secret of the handsome cabin boy.
Mais c'est le capitaine qui a découvert le secret du beau matelot de cabine.
Her cheeks they were like roses and her hair all in a curl,
Ses joues étaient comme des roses et ses cheveux en boucles,
The sailors often smiled and said, he looks just like a girl.
Les marins souriaient souvent et disaient : "Il ressemble à une fille."
But eating all the captain's biscuit her colour did destroy
Mais en mangeant tous les biscuits du capitaine, sa couleur a disparu
And the waist did swell of pretty Nell, the handsome cabin boy.
Et la taille a gonflé de la belle Nell, le beau matelot de cabine.
It was in the Bay of Biscay our gallant ship did plough.
C'est dans le Golfe de Gascogne que notre vaillant navire a vogué.
One night among the sailors was a fearful flurryin' row.
Une nuit, parmi les marins, il y a eu une terrible mêlée.
They tumbled from their hammocks for their sleep it did destroy
Ils sont tombés de leurs hamacs, car leur sommeil était brisé
And they swore about the groaning of the handsome cabin boy.
Et ils ont juré à cause des gémissements du beau matelot de cabine.
"Oh doctor dear, oh doctor," the cabin boy did cry,
"Oh docteur chéri, oh docteur," pleura le matelot de cabine,
"Me time has come, I am undone and I shall surely die."
"Mon heure est venue, je suis perdue et je vais mourir."
The doctor come a-running and smiling at the fun,
Le médecin est arrivé en courant et a souri à la plaisanterie,
To think a sailor lad should have a daughter or a son.
De penser qu'un garçon marin puisse avoir une fille ou un fils.
The sailors when they saw the joke, they all did stand and stare.
Les marins, en voyant la blague, se sont tous arrêtés et ont regardé.
The child belong to none of them, they solemnly did swear.
L'enfant n'appartenait à aucun d'entre eux, ils l'ont juré solennellement.
And the captain's wife she says to him, "My dear I wish you joy,
Et la femme du capitaine lui a dit : "Mon cher, je te souhaite beaucoup de joie,
For it's either you or me has betrayed the handsome cabin boy."
Car c'est soit toi, soit moi qui avons trahi le beau matelot de cabine."
So each man took his tot of rum and he drunk success to trade,
Alors chaque homme a pris sa dose de rhum et a bu à la réussite du commerce,
And likewise to the cabin boy who was neither man nor maid.
Et de même au matelot de cabine qui n'était ni homme ni femme.
It's hoping the wars don't rise again, our sailors to destroy,
J'espère que les guerres ne reviendront pas pour détruire nos marins,
And here's hoping for a jolly lot more like the handsome cabin boy.
Et j'espère pour beaucoup plus de joyeux comme le beau matelot de cabine.





Writer(s): traditional

Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd - Backup the Best of Ewan Maccoll
Album
Backup the Best of Ewan Maccoll
date of release
23-05-2014

1 Ballad of the Carpenter
2 Brother Won't You Join the Line
3 Lullabye for the Times
4 The Trooper and the Maid
5 There's Better Things to Do
6 Fitter's Son
7 Hughie Graeme
8 The Ballad of Jimmy Wilson
9 March with Us Today
10 Big Hewer
11 False Lover Won Back
12 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
13 Johnny Lad
14 Printers Trade
15 The Trafford Road Ballad
16 I Loved a Lass
17 The Banks They Are Rosy
18 Come Live with Me
19 When I Was a Young Lad
20 Hey Ho Cook and Rowe
21 Needle and Thread
22 Ballad of Springhill
23 Lord Thomas and Fair Annie
24 Exile Song
25 The Crooked Cross
26 Rosalie
27 Lifeboat Mona
28 Mormond Braes
29 Monymusk Lads
30 Fireman's Not for Me
31 No Agents Need Apply
32 Come All You Gallant Colliers
33 When I Was Young
34 Maid Gaed to the Hill
35 Aikendrum
36 Young Birds
37 The Banks of the Nile
38 Come Fill up Your Glasses
39 Shoals of Herrin
40 The Gairdener Chyld
41 Elfin King
42 Glasgow Peggy
43 The Space Girl's Song
44 Wild Goose Shany
45 South Australia
46 Paddy West
47 Whiskey Johnny
48 Blow Boys Blow
49 Haul On the Bowline
50 The Banks of Newfoundland
51 Whup Jamboree
52 Jack Tar
53 While Cruising Round Yarmouth
54 Do Me Ama
55 Row Bullies Row
56 A Hundred Years Ago
57 Old Billy Riley
58 Paddy Doyle
59 Handsome Cabin Boy
60 A Braw Wooer
61 Tibbie Dunbar
62 Galloway Tam
63 Wha'll Mow Me Now?
64 She's Fair and Fause
65 Green Grow the Rushes O
66 A Man's a Man for That
67 To Daunton Me
68 I Hae a Wife O' My Ain
69 Deil's Awa' Wi' the Exciseman
70 Dusty Miller
71 What Can a Young Lassie Do Wi' an Auld Man
72 Landlady, Count the Lawin
73 Jumpin John
74 I Maun Hae a Wife
75 Duncan Grey
76 Rattlin Roarin' Willie
77 Hey Ca' Thro'
78 There's Cauld Kale in Aberdeen
79 Rantin Dog, The Daddio O't
80 Cooper O'cuddy
81 Ay, Waukin, O
82 O That I Had Never Been Married


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