Lyrics and translation Pete Seeger - The Titanic Disaster

The Titanic Disaster

It was on one Monday morning just about one o'clock
When that great ship Titanic began to reel and rock
People began to scream and cry saying, Lord I'm a-goin to die
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down.
When that ship left England it was making for the shore
The rich refused to associate with the poor
So they put the poor below; they were the first to go
It was sad when that great ship went down
It was sad
It was sad
It was sad when that great ship went down.
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down.
While they were building they said what they would do
We will build a ship that the water can't go through
But God with power in hand showed the world that it could not stand
It was sad when that great ship went down
It was sad
It was sad
It was sad when that great ship went down.
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down.
Those people on that ship were a long ways from home
With friends all around they didn't know that the time had come
Death came riding by, sixteen hundred had to die
It was sad when that great ship went down
It was sad
It was sad
It was sad when that great ship went down.
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down.
While Paul was sailing, his men all around
God told him that not a man should drown
If you trust in me and obey I will save you all today
It was sad when that great ship went down
It was sad
It was sad
It was sad when that great ship went down.
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down.
You know it must have been awful with those people on the sea
They say that they were singing "Nearer My God to Thee"
While some were homeward bound sixteen hundred had to drown,
It was sad when that great ship went down
It was sad
It was sad
It was sad when that great ship went down.
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down.

Le desastre du Titanic

C'était un lundi matin, vers une heure
Quand ce grand navire Titanic a commencé à tanguer et à rouler
Les gens ont commencé à crier et à pleurer en disant : "Seigneur, je vais mourir"
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
C'était triste, c'était triste, c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
Les maris et les femmes, les petits enfants, ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
Quand ce navire a quitté l'Angleterre, il se dirigeait vers la côte
Les riches refusaient de s'associer aux pauvres
Alors, ils ont mis les pauvres en bas; ils ont été les premiers à partir
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
C'était triste
C'était triste
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
Les maris et les femmes, les petits enfants, ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
Pendant qu'ils construisaient, ils ont dit ce qu'ils feraient
Nous construirons un navire que l'eau ne pourra pas traverser
Mais Dieu, avec le pouvoir en main, a montré au monde qu'il ne pouvait pas résister
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
C'était triste
C'était triste
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
Les maris et les femmes, les petits enfants, ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
Ces gens sur ce navire étaient loin de chez eux
Avec des amis tout autour, ils ne savaient pas que le moment était venu
La mort est venue à cheval, seize cents ont dû mourir
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
C'était triste
C'était triste
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
Les maris et les femmes, les petits enfants, ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
Pendant que Paul naviguait, ses hommes tout autour
Dieu lui a dit qu'aucun homme ne se noierait
Si tu as confiance en moi et que tu obéis, je vous sauverai tous aujourd'hui
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
C'était triste
C'était triste
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
Les maris et les femmes, les petits enfants, ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
Tu sais que cela devait être horrible pour ces gens en mer
Ils disent qu'ils chantaient "Plus près de toi, mon Dieu"
Alors que certains étaient en route vers leur foyer, seize cents ont dû se noyer
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
C'était triste
C'était triste
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
Les maris et les femmes, les petits enfants, ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.