Pete Seeger - Two From Shakespeare: Full Fathom Five/ Perchance to Win - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation Pete Seeger - Two From Shakespeare: Full Fathom Five/ Perchance to Win




Two From Shakespeare: Full Fathom Five/ Perchance to Win
Deux de Shakespeare : Cinq brasses en profondeur / Peut-être gagner
Full fathom five thy father lies;
À cinq brasses de profondeur, ton père repose ;
Of his bones are coral made:
Ses os sont devenus du corail :
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Ces perles étaient ses yeux :
Nothing of him that doth fade,
Rien de lui ne disparaît,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Mais subit une métamorphose marine
Into something rich and strange.
En quelque chose de riche et d’étrange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell, Ding-dong.
Les nymphes de la mer sonnent ses glas toutes les heures, Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them, ding-dong, bell.
Écoute ! Je les entends maintenant, ding-dong, la cloche.
To fight, perchance to win, aye, there′s the rub
Combattre, peut-être gagner, oui, est le hic
For victory brings power and prestige
Car la victoire apporte puissance et prestige
And the children of the children of the fighters
Et les enfants des enfants des combattants
Take all for granted, and, in turn, oppress.
Prennent tout pour acquis, et, à leur tour, oppriment.





Writer(s): Mu: Pete Seeger


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