Lyrics and translation Ian Anderson - The Engineer (demo)
All
along
the
new
straight
track
we
Tout
au
long
de
la
nouvelle
voie
droite,
nous
Plough
the
old
fields
under.
Labourons
les
vieux
champs
en
dessous.
Seven
good
feet
and
a
quarter
inch,
Sept
bons
pieds
et
un
quart
de
pouce,
Broad
rails
to
steal
the
thunder.
De
larges
rails
pour
voler
le
tonnerre.
100
picks
in
'36
sent
navvies
to
meet
their
maker
100
pioches
en
36
ont
envoyé
les
terrassiers
à
leur
créateur
As
black
Box
Tunnel
worms
its
way
Alors
que
le
tunnel
de
la
boîte
noire
se
fraye
un
chemin
Past
the
Company
undertaker.
Passé
l'entrepreneur
des
pompes
funèbres.
Hard,
cast
in
iron,
that
engineer:
Dur,
moulé
en
fer,
cet
ingénieur :
God
bless
Isambard!
Dieu
bénisse
Isambard !
Piston-scraping,
furnace-busting,
Grattage
de
pistons,
éclatement
des
fours,
(He)
plays
the
winning
card.
(Il)
joue
la
carte
gagnante.
Rain,
Steam,
Speed
at
Maidenhead
-
Pluie,
vapeur,
vitesse
à
Maidenhead
-
Turner's
vision
wide.
Vision
large
de
Turner.
Over
bridges,
girders,
hot-driven
Sur
les
ponts,
les
poutres,
les
rivets
Rivets
safely
guide
Guidés
en
toute
sécurité
Passenger
wagons
from
Paddington
Wagons
de
passagers
de
Paddington
To
Bristol's
briny
blue.
Au
bleu
salé
de
Bristol.
On
to
break
the
waves,
with
a
thousand
Pour
briser
les
vagues,
avec
un
millier
de
Horses,
turn
the
churning
screw.
Chevaux,
faire
tourner
la
vis
qui
tourne.
Hard,
cast
in
iron,
that
engineer:
Dur,
moulé
en
fer,
cet
ingénieur :
God
bless
Isambard!
Dieu
bénisse
Isambard !
Piston-scraping,
furnace-busting,
Grattage
de
pistons,
éclatement
des
fours,
(He)
plays
the
winning
card.
(Il)
joue
la
carte
gagnante.
But
those
bonnie
lads
from
way
'oop
Mais
ces
braves
gars
du
nord
North,
had
to
have
the
final
laugh:
Durent
avoir
le
dernier
mot :
The
ripe
new
age
was
the
standard
Le
nouvel
âge
mûr
était
la
norme
Gauge,
four
foot,
eight
and
a
half.
Jauge,
quatre
pieds,
huit
et
demi.
And
rolling
out
across
all
Europe,
Et
se
répandant
à
travers
toute
l'Europe,
Across
the
mad,
bad
Empire
world
À
travers
le
monde
fou
et
mauvais
de
l'Empire
Came
the
age
of
steam
and
the
engines
Est
venu
l'âge
de
la
vapeur
et
des
moteurs
Roaring,
bold
brazen
Jack
unfurled.
Rugissant,
audacieux
Jack
déplié.
Arching
palaces
at
Praed
Street,
Palais
arqués
à
Praed
Street,
Stand
lofty
and
serene;
Se
tiennent
hauts
et
sereins ;
Home
to
their
maker
and
his
last
two
Accueil
à
leur
créateur
et
à
ses
deux
derniers
Miles
to
sleepy
Kensal
Green.
Miles
jusqu'à
la
paisible
Kensal
Green.
Hard,
cast
in
iron,
that
engineer:
Dur,
moulé
en
fer,
cet
ingénieur :
God
bless
Isambard!
Dieu
bénisse
Isambard !
Piston-scraping,
furnace-busting,
Grattage
de
pistons,
éclatement
des
fours,
(He)
plays
the
winning
card.
(Il)
joue
la
carte
gagnante.
Rate the translation
1
The Turnpike Inn
2 Spoken Introduction to Demos
3 Puer Ferox Adventus (5.1 mix)
4 Meliora Sequamur (5.1 mix)
5 The Turnpike Inn (5.1 mix)
6 The Engineer (5.1 mix)
7 The Pax Britannica (5.1 mix)
8 Tripudium Ad Bellum (5.1 mix)
9 After These Wars (5.1 mix)
10 New Blood, Old Veins (5.1 mix)
11 In for a Pound (5.1 mix)
12 The Browning of the Green (5.1 mix)
13 Per Errationes Ad Astra (5.1 mix)
14 Cold Dead Reckoning (5.1 mix)
15 Creations (The Making of Homo Erraticus)
16 Conversations (Jerry Ewing Interview)
17 Illustrations (Artwork with Carl Glover)
18 Enter the Uninvited (5.1 mix)
19 Articulations (Band Interviews)
20 Heavy Metals (5.1 mix)
21 Loose Talk (Track by Track Commentary of the album)
22 Doggerland (demo)
23 Heavy Metals (demo)
24 Enter the Uninvited (demo)
25 Puer Ferox Adventus (demo)
26 Meliora Sequamur (demo)
27 The Turnpike Inn (demo)
28 The Engineer (demo)
29 The Pax Britannica (demo)
30 Tripudium Ad Bellum (demo)
31 After These Wars (demo)
32 New Blood, Old Veins (demo)
33 In for a Pound (demo)
34 The Browning of the Green (demo)
35 Per Errationes Ad Astra (demo)
36 Cold Dead Reckoning (demo)
2 Spoken Introduction to Demos
3 Puer Ferox Adventus (5.1 mix)
4 Meliora Sequamur (5.1 mix)
5 The Turnpike Inn (5.1 mix)
6 The Engineer (5.1 mix)
7 The Pax Britannica (5.1 mix)
8 Tripudium Ad Bellum (5.1 mix)
9 After These Wars (5.1 mix)
10 New Blood, Old Veins (5.1 mix)
11 In for a Pound (5.1 mix)
12 The Browning of the Green (5.1 mix)
13 Per Errationes Ad Astra (5.1 mix)
14 Cold Dead Reckoning (5.1 mix)
15 Creations (The Making of Homo Erraticus)
16 Conversations (Jerry Ewing Interview)
17 Illustrations (Artwork with Carl Glover)
18 Enter the Uninvited (5.1 mix)
19 Articulations (Band Interviews)
20 Heavy Metals (5.1 mix)
21 Loose Talk (Track by Track Commentary of the album)
22 Doggerland (demo)
23 Heavy Metals (demo)
24 Enter the Uninvited (demo)
25 Puer Ferox Adventus (demo)
26 Meliora Sequamur (demo)
27 The Turnpike Inn (demo)
28 The Engineer (demo)
29 The Pax Britannica (demo)
30 Tripudium Ad Bellum (demo)
31 After These Wars (demo)
32 New Blood, Old Veins (demo)
33 In for a Pound (demo)
34 The Browning of the Green (demo)
35 Per Errationes Ad Astra (demo)
36 Cold Dead Reckoning (demo)
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