Lyrics and translation Grateful Dead - My Brother Esau (Live at River Bend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH - 6/24/85)
My Brother Esau (Live at River Bend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH - 6/24/85)
Mon frère Esaü (En direct du River Bend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH - 24/06/85)
My
brother
Esau
killed
a
hunter
Mon
frère
Esaü
a
tué
un
chasseur
And
before
the
killing
was
done,
Et
avant
que
le
meurtre
ne
soit
terminé,
His
inheritance
was
mine.
Son
héritage
était
le
mien.
But
his
birthright
was
a
wand
to
wave
Mais
son
droit
d'aînesse
était
une
baguette
à
agiter
Before
a
weary
band.
Devant
une
bande
fatiguée.
Esau
gave
me
sleeplessness
Esaü
m'a
donné
l'insomnie
And
a
piece
of
moral
land.
Et
un
morceau
de
terre
morale.
My
father
favored
Esau,
Mon
père
favorisait
Esaü,
Who
was
eager
to
obey
Qui
était
désireux
d'obéir
All
the
bloody
wild
commandments
À
tous
les
commandements
sauvages
et
sanglants
The
Old
Man
shot
his
way.
Le
Vieil
Homme
se
faufilait.
But
all
this
favor
ended
Mais
toute
cette
faveur
a
pris
fin
When
my
brother
failed
at
war.
Quand
mon
frère
a
échoué
à
la
guerre.
He
staggered
home
Il
est
rentré
chez
lui
en
titubant
And
found
me
in
the
door.
Et
m'a
trouvé
à
la
porte.
Esau
skates
on
mirrors
anymore...
Esaü
glisse
sur
des
miroirs
maintenant...
He
meets
his
pale
reflection
at
the
door.
Il
rencontre
son
reflet
pâle
à
la
porte.
Yet
sometimes
at
night
I
dream
Et
pourtant,
parfois
la
nuit,
je
rêve
He′s
still
that
hairy
man,
Qu'il
est
toujours
cet
homme
poilu,
Shadowboxing
the
Apocalypse
Boxant
dans
l'ombre
l'Apocalypse
And
wandering
the
land.
Et
errant
à
travers
le
pays.
Shadowboxing
the
Apocalypse
Boxant
dans
l'ombre
l'Apocalypse
And
wandering
the
land.
Et
errant
à
travers
le
pays.
Esau
holds
a
blessing;
Esaü
détient
une
bénédiction
;
Brother
Esau
bears
a
curse.
Frère
Esaü
porte
une
malédiction.
I
would
say
that
the
blame
is
mine
Je
dirais
que
le
blâme
est
le
mien
But
I
suspect
it's
something
worse.
Mais
je
soupçonne
que
c'est
quelque
chose
de
pire.
The
more
my
brother
looks
like
me,
Plus
mon
frère
me
ressemble,
The
less
I
understand
Moins
je
comprends
The
silent
war
that
bloodied
both
our
hands.
La
guerre
silencieuse
qui
a
ensanglanté
nos
deux
mains.
Sometimes
at
night,
I
think
I
understand.
Parfois
la
nuit,
je
crois
comprendre.
It′s
brother
to
brother
and
it's
man
to
man
C'est
frère
à
frère
et
c'est
homme
à
homme
And
it's
face
to
face
and
it′s
hand
to
hand...
Et
c'est
face
à
face
et
c'est
main
à
main...
We
shadowdance
the
silent
war
within.
Nous
dansons
dans
l'ombre
la
guerre
silencieuse
à
l'intérieur.
The
shadowdance,
it
never
ends...
La
danse
des
ombres,
elle
ne
finit
jamais...
Never
ends,
never
ends.
Ne
finit
jamais,
ne
finit
jamais.
Shadowboxing
the
Apocalypse,
yet
again...
Boxant
dans
l'ombre
l'Apocalypse,
encore
une
fois...
Yet
again.
Encore
une
fois.
Shadowboxing
the
Apocalypse,
Boxant
dans
l'ombre
l'Apocalypse,
And
wandering
the
land
Et
errant
à
travers
le
pays
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Writer(s): Weir Robert Hall, Barlow John
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