Lyrics and translation Gilbert Bécaud - Le danseur - The Skater

Le danseur - The Skater

Ce n′était pas un homme
Mais presque un héro
Il dansait comme on vole
Il était mieux que beau
Un oiseau, un oiseau
Il venait d'un pays
Derrière le rideau
Où il est interdit
De franchir les barreaux
Aux oiseaux
Danser, danser, danser
C′était sa vie
Voler, planer, génie, folie, sa vie
Le public debout
Les fleurs projetées
Des ovations, (des ovations)
Il a voulu voler
De plus en plus haut
Un soir, il est tombé
Et dans tous les journaux
La photo, la photo
Ce n'était pourtant rien
Qu'un faux pas banal
Mais quand elles brillent moins
On en veut aux étoiles
Aux étoiles
Danser, danser, danser
C′était sa vie
Planer, planer, génie, folie, sa vie
Il était brisé, il était cassé
Un oiseau ne sait pas marcher
Alors, il est monté
Aux plus hautes étoiles
Et s′est envolé pour la dernière fois
Et voilà, et voilà
On a mis sa statue près de l'opéra
Les gens de la rue
Quand ils passent par là
Le revoient
Danser, danser, danser
C′était sa vie
Planer, planer, génie, folie, sa vie
Danser, danser, danser
(C'était sa vie
Planer, planer, génie, folie, sa vie)

The Dancer - The Skater

He was not a man
But almost a hero
He danced as if he was flying
He was more than beautiful
A bird, a bird
He came from a country
Behind the curtain
Where it is forbidden
To cross the bars
For birds
Dancing, dancing, dancing
It was his life
Flying, gliding, genius, madness, his life
The audience on its feet
Flowers thrown
Ovations, (ovations)
He wanted to fly
Higher and higher
One evening, he fell
And in all the newspapers
The photo, the photo
It was nothing after all
Just a trivial misstep
But when they shine less
We blame it on the stars
On the stars
Dancing, dancing, dancing
It was his life
Gliding, gliding, genius, madness, his life
He was broken, he was shattered
A bird does not know how to walk
So, he climbed up
To the highest stars
And flew away for the last time
And there you have it, there you have it
We put up his statue near the Opera
The people in the street
When they pass by
See him again
Dancing, dancing, dancing
It was his life
Gliding, gliding, genius, madness, his life
Dancing, dancing, dancing
(It was his life
Gliding, gliding, genius, madness, his life)