Let It Ride - Gordon Lightfoottranslation in French
These
are
just
the
simple
facts
Ce
sont
juste
les
faits
simples
I
will
relate
to
you
que
je
vais
te
raconter,
Though
they
are
not
connected
bien
qu'ils
ne
soient
pas
liés,
Each
and
every
one
is
true
chacun
d'eux
est
vrai.
If
they
seem
a
bit
untidy
S'ils
semblent
un
peu
désordonnés,
Well
unraveling
them
is
fun
eh
bien,
les
démêler
est
amusant,
I
will
not
stand
corrected
je
ne
me
laisserai
pas
corriger,
I
have
not
harmed
anyone
je
n'ai
fait
de
mal
à
personne.
I
just
let
it
ride
Je
laisse
juste
couler,
Ride
let
it
ride
couler,
laisse
couler,
Leave
on
the
evenin'
tide
partir
avec
la
marée
du
soir,
Just
let
it
ride
juste
laisser
couler.
When
I
listen
to
my
heart
Quand
j'écoute
mon
cœur,
I
sometimes
fail
to
find
j'ai
parfois
du
mal
à
trouver
One
sane
and
simple
answer
une
réponse
simple
et
saine
On
the
bright
side
of
my
mind
du
côté
lumineux
de
mon
esprit.
Even
when
I'm
sleeping
Même
quand
je
dors,
I
can't
seem
to
unwind
je
n'arrive
pas
à
me
détendre.
I
just
let
it
ride
Je
laisse
juste
couler.
I
knew
a
man
from
Windsor
Je
connaissais
un
homme
de
Windsor
Who
went
to
Detroit
every
night
qui
allait
à
Detroit
tous
les
soirs,
And
stateside
of
the
tunnel
et
du
côté
américain
du
tunnel,
Customs
agents
gave
him
flight
les
douaniers
l'ont
mis
en
fuite.
He
threw
his
stash
in
the
river
Il
a
jeté
sa
réserve
dans
la
rivière
And
his
bedroll
on
the
ground
et
son
sac
de
couchage
par
terre,
And
when
they
finally
got
there
et
quand
ils
sont
finalement
arrivés
là-bas,
A
sleeping
man
was
all
that
they
found
un
homme
endormi
était
tout
ce
qu'ils
ont
trouvé.
He
just
let
it
ride
Il
a
juste
laissé
couler,
Ride
let
it
ride
couler,
laisse
couler,
Leavin'
on
the
evenin'
tide
partir
avec
la
marée
du
soir,
Just
let
it
ride
juste
laisser
couler.
Hear
the
steeple
bell
ring
out
Entends
la
cloche
du
clocher
sonner
Above
my
lobster
pots
au-dessus
de
mes
casiers
à
homards.
I
might
be
out
here
fishin'
man
Je
suis
peut-être
ici
à
pêcher,
But
that
ain't
where
it
stops
mais
ce
n'est
pas
là
que
ça
s'arrête.
The
mouths
I
feed
are
many
Les
bouches
que
je
nourris
sont
nombreuses
And
they
all
say
thanks
a
lot
et
elles
me
disent
toutes
merci
beaucoup.
They
just
let
it
ride
Elles
laissent
juste
couler.
One
day
when
I'm
old
and
gray
Un
jour,
quand
je
serai
vieux
et
gris,
'N
consider
what's
gone
by
et
que
je
considérerai
ce
qui
est
passé,
I
always
will
be
proud
of
je
serai
toujours
fier
de
Every
tear
I've
ever
cried
chaque
larme
que
j'ai
versée,
And
all
of
the
old
jokes
we
told
et
de
toutes
les
vieilles
blagues
que
nous
racontions
Around
the
candle
light
à
la
lumière
des
bougies,
To
all
those
tender
damsels
à
toutes
ces
tendres
demoiselles
Who
had
helped
us
through
the
night
qui
nous
ont
aidés
à
traverser
la
nuit.
They
just
let
it
ride
Elles
ont
juste
laissé
couler,
Ride
let
it
ride
couler,
laisse
couler,
Leavin'
on
the
evenin'
tide
partir
avec
la
marée
du
soir,
Just
let
it
ride
juste
laisser
couler.
I'm
gonna
let
it
ride
Je
vais
laisser
couler.
Here's
to
the
girls
of
London
Aux
filles
de
Londres,
And
the
ones
from
Montreal
et
à
celles
de
Montréal,
We
never
will
forget
them
nous
ne
les
oublierons
jamais,
We
still
fantasize
them
all
nous
les
fantasmons
encore
toutes.
I
knew
one
in
St.
Louis
J'en
connaissais
une
à
Saint-Louis,
On
a
Missouri
afternoon
par
un
après-midi
du
Missouri,
I
met
one
up
in
Shanghai
j'en
ai
rencontré
une
à
Shanghai
And
another
in
Rangoon
et
une
autre
à
Rangoon.
I
just
let
it
ride
Je
laisse
juste
couler,
Ride
let
it
ride
couler,
laisse
couler,
Leavin'
on
the
evenin'
tide
partir
avec
la
marée
du
soir,
Just
let
it
ride
juste
laisser
couler.
Ride
ride
ride
Couler,
couler,
couler,
I'm
gonna
let
it
ride
je
vais
laisser
couler,
Leavin'
on
the
evenin'
tide
partir
avec
la
marée
du
soir,
Just
let
it
ride
juste
laisser
couler.
Rate the translation
1
Minstrel of the Dawn
2 Me and Bobby McGee
3 Saturday Clothes
4 Approaching Lavender
5 Race Among the Ruins
6 Sit Down Young Stranger
7 Poor Little Allison
8 Cobwebs & Dust
9 The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
10 I'm Not Supposed to Care
11 Baby It's Allright
12 Never Too Close
13 Your Love's Return
14 Protocol
15 Summertime Dream
16 Spanish Moss
17 Make Way for the Lady
18 Sundown
19 Ghosts of Cape Horn
20 Beautiful
21 Baby Step Back
22 Summer Side of Life
23 It's Worth Believin'
24 Rainy Day People
25 Cotton Jenny
26 Circle of Steel
27 Old Dan's Records
28 Carefree Highway
29 Seven Island Suite
30 High and Dry
31 Is There Anyone Home
32 Christian Island (Georgian Bay)
33 Too Late for Prayin'
34 The List
35 Alberta Bound
36 Looking at the Rain
37 Bend In the Water
38 Ordinary Man
39 Ode to Big Blue
40 On Susan's Floor
41 Second Cup of Coffee
42 Bells of the Evening
43 The Patriot's Dream
44 All the Lovely Ladies
45 Now and Then
46 Cherokee Bend
47 Farwell to Annabel
48 That Same Old Obsession
49 Sea of Tranquility
50 You Are What I Am
51 Lazy Mornin'
52 Dream Street Rose
53 My Pony Won't Go
54 If You Need Me
55 Whisper My Name
56 On the High Seas
57 Mother of a Miner's Child
58 In My Fashion
59 14 Karat Gold
60 Hey You
61 Hi'way Songs
62 Blackberry Wine
63 Shadows
64 The Auctioneer
65 Mister Rock of Ages
66 Heaven Help the Devil
67 Thank You for the Promises
68 I'll Do Anything
69 Triangle
70 All I'm After
71 She's Not the Same
72 Nous Vivons Ensemble
73 10 Degrees & Getting Colder
74 Same Old Loverman
75 Morning Glory
76 Stay Loose
77 Anything for Love
78 Let It Ride
79 Ecstasy Made Easy
80 You Just Gotta Be
81 A Passing Ship
82 Restless
83 I'll Tag Along
84 Only Love Would Know
85 Fading Away
86 Ring Them Bells
87 Waiting for You
88 I'll Prove My Love
89 Welcome to Try
90 Drink Yer Glasses Empty
91 Wild Strawberries
92 I'd Rather Press On
93 Endless Wire
94 Broken Dreams
95 Someone to Believe In
96 Romance
97 A Painter Passing Through
98 Go My Way
99 Cabaret
100 Love & Maple Syrup
101 Redwood Hill
102 Daylight Katy
103 Sweet Guinevere
104 If There's a Reason
105 Hangdog Hotel Room
106 Songs the Minstrel Sang
107 Dreamland
108 Sometimes I Don't Mind
109 If Children Had Wings
110 My Little Love
111 Drifters
112 Much to My Surprise
113 Boathouse
114 Ringneck Loon
115 Biscuit City
116 Knotty Pine
117 On Yonge Street
118 Uncle Toad Said
119 Red Velvet
120 Tattoo
121 The Pony Man
122 I Used to Be a Country Singer
123 Somewhere U.S.A.
124 The Watchman's Gone
125 The Soul Is the Rock
126 A Tree Too Weak to Stand
127 Slide On Over
128 I'd Do It Again
129 Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do) - 2002 Remaster
130 Whispers of the North - 2002 Remaster
131 Gotta Get Away - 2002 Remaster
132 WIthout You
133 A Lesson in Love
134 Too Many Clues in This Room
135 Brave Mountaineers
136 Talking in Your Sleep
137 The House You Live In
138 Can't Depend on Love
139 Cold on the Shoulder
140 Fine as Fine Can Be
141 The Circle Is Small
142 East of Midnight
143 Miguel
144 Don Quixote
145 Rainbow Trout
2 Me and Bobby McGee
3 Saturday Clothes
4 Approaching Lavender
5 Race Among the Ruins
6 Sit Down Young Stranger
7 Poor Little Allison
8 Cobwebs & Dust
9 The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
10 I'm Not Supposed to Care
11 Baby It's Allright
12 Never Too Close
13 Your Love's Return
14 Protocol
15 Summertime Dream
16 Spanish Moss
17 Make Way for the Lady
18 Sundown
19 Ghosts of Cape Horn
20 Beautiful
21 Baby Step Back
22 Summer Side of Life
23 It's Worth Believin'
24 Rainy Day People
25 Cotton Jenny
26 Circle of Steel
27 Old Dan's Records
28 Carefree Highway
29 Seven Island Suite
30 High and Dry
31 Is There Anyone Home
32 Christian Island (Georgian Bay)
33 Too Late for Prayin'
34 The List
35 Alberta Bound
36 Looking at the Rain
37 Bend In the Water
38 Ordinary Man
39 Ode to Big Blue
40 On Susan's Floor
41 Second Cup of Coffee
42 Bells of the Evening
43 The Patriot's Dream
44 All the Lovely Ladies
45 Now and Then
46 Cherokee Bend
47 Farwell to Annabel
48 That Same Old Obsession
49 Sea of Tranquility
50 You Are What I Am
51 Lazy Mornin'
52 Dream Street Rose
53 My Pony Won't Go
54 If You Need Me
55 Whisper My Name
56 On the High Seas
57 Mother of a Miner's Child
58 In My Fashion
59 14 Karat Gold
60 Hey You
61 Hi'way Songs
62 Blackberry Wine
63 Shadows
64 The Auctioneer
65 Mister Rock of Ages
66 Heaven Help the Devil
67 Thank You for the Promises
68 I'll Do Anything
69 Triangle
70 All I'm After
71 She's Not the Same
72 Nous Vivons Ensemble
73 10 Degrees & Getting Colder
74 Same Old Loverman
75 Morning Glory
76 Stay Loose
77 Anything for Love
78 Let It Ride
79 Ecstasy Made Easy
80 You Just Gotta Be
81 A Passing Ship
82 Restless
83 I'll Tag Along
84 Only Love Would Know
85 Fading Away
86 Ring Them Bells
87 Waiting for You
88 I'll Prove My Love
89 Welcome to Try
90 Drink Yer Glasses Empty
91 Wild Strawberries
92 I'd Rather Press On
93 Endless Wire
94 Broken Dreams
95 Someone to Believe In
96 Romance
97 A Painter Passing Through
98 Go My Way
99 Cabaret
100 Love & Maple Syrup
101 Redwood Hill
102 Daylight Katy
103 Sweet Guinevere
104 If There's a Reason
105 Hangdog Hotel Room
106 Songs the Minstrel Sang
107 Dreamland
108 Sometimes I Don't Mind
109 If Children Had Wings
110 My Little Love
111 Drifters
112 Much to My Surprise
113 Boathouse
114 Ringneck Loon
115 Biscuit City
116 Knotty Pine
117 On Yonge Street
118 Uncle Toad Said
119 Red Velvet
120 Tattoo
121 The Pony Man
122 I Used to Be a Country Singer
123 Somewhere U.S.A.
124 The Watchman's Gone
125 The Soul Is the Rock
126 A Tree Too Weak to Stand
127 Slide On Over
128 I'd Do It Again
129 Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do) - 2002 Remaster
130 Whispers of the North - 2002 Remaster
131 Gotta Get Away - 2002 Remaster
132 WIthout You
133 A Lesson in Love
134 Too Many Clues in This Room
135 Brave Mountaineers
136 Talking in Your Sleep
137 The House You Live In
138 Can't Depend on Love
139 Cold on the Shoulder
140 Fine as Fine Can Be
141 The Circle Is Small
142 East of Midnight
143 Miguel
144 Don Quixote
145 Rainbow Trout
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