Jeff Wayne Featuring Original Piano Demo) - Dead London (Early Version, - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation Jeff Wayne Featuring Original Piano Demo) - Dead London (Early Version,




Dead London (Early Version,
Londres Mort (Version Précoce, Démo de Piano Originale)
[Journalist:] There were a dozen dead bodies in the Euston road, their bodies softened by the black dust. All was still, houses locked and empty, shops closed but looters had helped themselves to wine and food, and outside a jewellers some gold chains and a watch were scattered on the pavement.
[Journaliste :] Il y avait une douzaine de corps sans vie dans la rue d’Euston, leurs corps ramollis par la poussière noire. Tout était calme, les maisons fermées et vides, les magasins fermés mais les pillards s’étaient servis de vin et de nourriture, et devant une bijouterie, quelques chaînes en or et une montre étaient éparpillées sur le trottoir.
[Martians:] Ulla!
[Martiens :] Ulla !
[Journalist:] I stopped, staring toward to sound. It seemed as if that mighty desert of house had found a voice for its fear and solitude.
[Journaliste :] Je me suis arrêté, regardant vers le son. Il semblait que ce puissant désert de maisons avait trouvé une voix pour sa peur et sa solitude.
[Martians:] Ulla!
[Martiens :] Ulla !
[Journalist:] The desolating cry worked upon my mind. The wailing took possession of me. I was intensely weary, footsore, hungry and thirsty. Why was I wandering alone in this city of the dead? Why was I alive, when London in state in its black shroud? I felt intolerably lonely, drifting from street to empty street, drawn inexorably towards that cry.
[Journaliste :] Le cri désolant a travaillé sur mon esprit. Les lamentations se sont emparées de moi. J’étais extrêmement fatigué, les pieds endoloris, affamé et assoiffé. Pourquoi errerais-je seul dans cette ville des morts ? Pourquoi suis-je en vie alors que Londres est dans un état de deuil ? Je me sentais incroyablement seul, dérivant d’une rue vide à l’autre, inexorablement attiré par ce cri.
[Martians:] Ulla!
[Martiens :] Ulla !
[Journalist:] I saw, over the trees on Primrose hill, the fighting machine from which the howling came. I crossed Regents Canal. There stood a second machine, upright, but as still as the first.
[Journaliste :] J’ai vu, au-dessus des arbres sur Primrose Hill, la machine de guerre d’où venait le hurlement. J’ai traversé le canal Regent. se tenait une deuxième machine, droite, mais aussi immobile que la première.
[Martians:] Ulla! Ul-!
[Martiens :] Ulla ! Ul- !
[Journalist:] Abruptly, the sound ceased. Suddenly, the desolation, the solitude, became unendurable. While that voice sounded, London had still seemed alive. Now, suddenly, there was a change, the passing of something and all that remained was this gaunt quite.
[Journaliste :] Soudain, le son a cessé. Soudain, la désolation, la solitude, sont devenues insupportables. Tant que cette voix résonnait, Londres semblait encore vivante. Maintenant, soudain, il y a eu un changement, le passage de quelque chose et tout ce qui restait était ce silence squelettique.
I looked up and saw a third machine. It was erect and motionless, like the others. An inane resolve possessed me. I would give my life to the Martians, here and now. I marched recklessly towards the titan and saw a multitude of black birds was circling and clustering about the hood. I began running along the road, I felt no fear, only a wild trembling exultation, as I ran up the hill towards the motionless monster. Out of the hood hung red shreds, at which the hungry birds now pecked and tore.
J’ai levé les yeux et j’ai vu une troisième machine. Elle était droite et immobile, comme les autres. Une résolution inepte s’est emparée de moi. Je donnerais ma vie aux Martiens, ici et maintenant. J’ai marché sans réfléchir vers le titan et j’ai vu une multitude d’oiseaux noirs tourner et se rassembler autour du capot. J’ai commencé à courir le long de la route, je n’ai ressenti aucune peur, seulement une exaltation sauvage et tremblante, alors que je montais la colline vers le monstre immobile. Des lambeaux rouges pendaient du capot, que les oiseaux affamés picoraient et déchiraient maintenant.
I scrambled up to the crest of Primrose Hill, and the Martians camp was below me. A mighty space it was, and scattered about it, in their overturned machines, were the Martians - [dead]... slain, after all man's devices had failed, by the humblest things upon the Earth, Bacteria. Minute, invisible bacteria!
Je me suis hissé jusqu’au sommet de Primrose Hill, et le camp des Martiens était en contrebas. Un espace immense, et éparpillés autour, dans leurs machines renversées, se trouvaient les Martiens - [morts]... tués, après que tous les dispositifs de l’homme eurent échoué, par les humbles choses sur la Terre, les bactéries. Des bactéries minuscules et invisibles !
Directly the invaders arrived and drank and fed, our microscopic allies attacked them. From that moment they were doomed!
Dès que les envahisseurs sont arrivés et ont bu et mangé, nos alliés microscopiques les ont attaqués. À partir de ce moment, ils étaient condamnés !





Writer(s): Jeff Wayne


1 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
2 The Red Weed (Mister Joy Boy Remix)
3 The Eve of the War (1980 Disco Steve Thompson Remix)
4 The Spirit of Man (Max Mondo Remix)
5 The Eve of the War (Ben Liebrand Remix)
6 Brave New World (Dario G Remix)
7 The Eve of the War (Original Unused Intro)
8 The Eve of the War (Early Band Take)
9 The Eve of the War (Stripped Down Mix)
10 Forever Autumn (Original 1972 Version)
11 Brave New World (Todd Terry Remix)
12 The Eve of the War (Hybrid's Fire In the Sky Mix -)
13 The Eve of the War (Hani Remix)
14 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Early Version)
15 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Early Band Take,
16 Forever Autumn (Early Version)
17 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Max Mondo Remix)
18 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Max Mondo Remix)
19 Forever Autumn (N-Trance remix)
20 The Eve of the War
21 The Spirit of Man (Beth & Parson Out-Takes, Including Original Unused Script)
22 The Spirit of Man (Beth Is Killed - Original Out Take)
23 Dead London (Early Version,
24 The Spirit of Man (Guitar Solo)
25 Parson Nathaniel (Original Unused Song)
26 Brave New World (Early Band Take)
27 Brave New World (Acoustic Alternative)
28 Brave New World (Early Piano Demo)
29 The Spirit of Man (Jerry, Doreen & Phil Acting Out-Takes)
30 Thunder Child (Later Version)
31 The Spirit of Man (Early Version Guide Vocals)
32 Dead London (Mister JoyBoy Remix)
33 The Spirit of Man (Early Version With Unused Acting Parts)
34 The Red Weed (Early Version)
35 Thunder Child
36 Forever Autumn
37 The Spirit of Man
38 Dead London
39 Brave New World
40 The Artilleryman Returns
41 Epilogue, Pt. 2 (N.A.S.A.)
42 Forever Autumn (Dark Autumn Dub Tom Frederikse / Gaëtan Schurrer Remix)
43 Original Spanish Parson Scream Out-takes
44 Original Parson Scream Out-takes
45 Parson Nathaniel Scream Out-Takes (From the Spirit of Man)
46 Tea for Two: Jerry & Phil's Late Night Cabaret
47 The Spirit of Guitars (guitars and strings from The Spirit of Man)
48 The Spirit of Man (Beth Out-Takes)
49 The Spirited Man (strings and acoustic guitar alternative)
50 German Journalist and Parson Out-takes
51 'Outcries' (from The Spirit of Man)
52 The Spirit of Man (Beth is killed)
53 The Spirit of 'Mayan' (Parson outtakes)
54 The Spirit of Man (Out-Takes, Including Original Unused Script)
55 "Are You Ready Jeff?" (Acting Out-Takes from the Spirit of Man)
56 The Spirit of Man (Alternate Version)
57 Spanish Journalist and Parson Scream Out-take
58 "And There Was Nothing I Could Do to Prevent It" (out-takes and master)
59 Murderous Out-Takes (From Dead London)
60 Dead London (Early Band Run-Through)
61 Regressing Bar Count
62 Original 40" Radio Commercial
63 Acting Out Takes (From Brave New World)
64 The Spanish Artilleryman's Plan (from Brave New World)
65 Brave New World (Alternate Version)
66 The Artilleryman's "I've Got a Plan!" Out-takes (from Brave New World)
67 The the Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World)
68 The Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World) [Continued]
69 The Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World)
70 The Artilleryman Returns (With Unused Parts)
71 "Less Piano and More Air, Please!"
72 Parson Nathaniel (2005 revisited version)
73 The Eve of the War Versus Animal and Man (Forrest / Schurrer / Wayne remix)
74 The Spirt of Destiny (The Parson Versus Palene) [Cassidy / Langan / Wayne Remix]
75 The Spirit of Man: Spirit of Dub (Tom Frederikse / Gaëtan Schurrer remix)
76 ULLAdubULLA (Papa Ootzie remix)
77 Epilogue, Pt. 1
78 The Red Weed, Pt. 2
79 The Red Weed, Pt. 1
80 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
81 The Four Narrators (opening passage)
82 Bar Count (from Dead London)
83 'That' Laugh
84 Out-Takes (From Horsell Common and the Heat Ray)
85 Original 75" Radio Commercial
86 Jeff's "Worth A Listen" Red Weed Alternative
87 The Red Weed (Original Unused Parts)
88 Unused Out-Take (From The Red Weed)
89 The Four Narrators (The Red Weed)
90 The Four Narrators (The Earth Belonged to the Martians)
91 Thunder Child (Early Version Version)
92 "Ugly Brutes!" and "See Them" (Original Unused Out-Takes)
93 Paperboy Shouts and Panicking Crowd (Original Unused Out-Take from Forever Autumn)
94 Paperboys (Original Unused Out-Take)
95 Bar Count Continues (from Forever Autumn)
96 Bar Count - Under Attack (from Forever Autumn)
97 Lego Toys (Original 1969 Radio Commercial)
98 Richard Burton Out-take
99 The Heatray Versus the Jangle Piano (Martian Versus Man)
100 Out-Takes (From Horsell Common)
101 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
102 The Falling Star (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
103 The Eve of the War (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
104 Spanish Narrator Out-Takes
105 NASA Epilogue Spanish Version
106 Unused Alternate N.A.S.A. Epiliogue Out-Takes
107 The Four Narrators (Epiliogue)
108 Epilogue 1 (Early Bird Take)
109 Breathless Out-take (from Dead London)

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