Act 1: Scene 4: France in Disarray - Roger Waterstranslation in French
The
winger
of
eight-eight
and
nine
L'hiver
de
quatre-vingt-huit
et
quatre-vingt-neuf
Was
aching
cold,
it
chilled
the
very
soul
Était
glacial,
il
glaçait
l'âme
même
They
came
from
the
country
in
twos
and
threes
Ils
sont
venus
de
la
campagne
par
deux
et
par
trois
A
trickle,
a
river,
a
torrent,
a
sea,
Un
filet,
une
rivière,
un
torrent,
une
mer,
Driven
by
hunger,
driven
by
pain
Poussés
par
la
faim,
poussés
par
la
douleur
Company...
Halt!
Compagnie...
Halte
!
A
hundred
thousand
reached
the
barricade
Cent
mille
ont
atteint
la
barricade
Present...
Fire!
Présent...
Feu
!
Three
hundred
dead,
shot
down
like
rats
Trois
cents
morts,
abattus
comme
des
rats
Three
hundred
lives,
snuffed
out
like
that
Trois
cents
vies,
éteintes
comme
ça
Have
a
care
if
you
treat
your
people
like
vermin
Faites
attention
si
vous
traitez
votre
peuple
comme
des
vermines
You
could
end
up
with
bloodstained
ermine
Vous
pourriez
vous
retrouver
avec
de
l'hermine
tachée
de
sang
But
soft
Mais
doucement
As
ever
in
the
ebb
and
flow
Comme
toujours
dans
le
flux
et
reflux
Sweet
reason,
deft
and
incorrupt
La
douce
raison,
habile
et
incorruptible
Adoring
of
the
human
kind
illuminates
man′s
plight
Adorant
le
genre
humain
éclaire
le
sort
de
l'homme
Should
be
embrace
Devrait-on
embrasser
The
brute
and
base
Le
brutal
et
le
bas
Tilt
blindly
at
the
carousel
S'inclinant
aveuglément
devant
le
carrousel
Or
note,
at
least,
the
other
voice
Ou
noter,
au
moins,
l'autre
voix
And
entertain
the
choice
Et
envisager
le
choix
Between
the
darkness
and
the
light?
Entre
les
ténèbres
et
la
lumière
?
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Act 3: Scene 2: The National Assembly Is Confused
2 Act 2: Scene 4: The Papal Edict
3 Act 2: Scene 3: To the Windward Isles
4 Act 3: Scene 4: Marie Antoinette – The Last Night on Earth
5 Act 3: Scene 3: The Execution of Louis Capet
6 Act 2: Scene 3: Silver, Sugar and Indigo
7 Act 2: Scene 2: The Ship of State Is All at Sea
8 Act 1: Scene 4: To Laugh Is to Know How to Live
9 Act 3: Scene 1: To Take Your Hat Off
10 Act 3: Scene 1: But the Marquis of Boulli Has a Trump Card Up His Sleeve
11 Act 2: Scene 2: My Dear Cousin Bourbon of Spain
12 Act 2: Scene 1: Now Hear Ye!
13 Act 1: Scene 2: Let Us Break All the Shields
14 Act 2: Scene 1: Dances and Marches
15 Act 1: Scene 5: So to the Streets in the Pouring Rain
16 Act 1: Scene 5: To Freeze in the Dead of Night
17 Act 1: Scene 5: The Fall of the Bastille
18 Act 1: Scene 4: France in Disarray
19 Act 1: Scene 4: Slavers, Landlords, Bigots at Your Door
20 Act 3: Scene 1: The Fugitive King
21 Act 3: Scene 4: Adieu My Good and Tender Sister
22 Act 1: Scene 2: I Want to Be King
23 Act 1: Scene 2: Honest Bird, Simple Bird
24 Act 1: Scene 2: Kings, Sticks and Birds
25 Act 1: Scene 1: Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine
26 Act 1: Scene 1: A Garden in Vienna 1765
27 Act 1: Scene 3: The Grievances of the People
28 Act 3: Scene 5: And in the Bushes Where They Survive
29 Act 3: Scene 2: The Commune de Paris
30 Act 2: Scene 1: Flushed With Wine
31 Act 3: Scene 5: Liberty
32 Act 3: Scene 2: Vive la Commune de Paris
33 Act 3: Scene 3: Adieu Louis for You It’s Over
34 Act 3: Scene 1: The Echoes Never Fade From That Fusillade
35 Overture
36 The Gathering Storm
37 Act 2: Scene 4: In Paris There’s a Rumble Under the Ground
38 Act 2: Scene 2: The Letter
39 The Making of Ça Ira
2 Act 2: Scene 4: The Papal Edict
3 Act 2: Scene 3: To the Windward Isles
4 Act 3: Scene 4: Marie Antoinette – The Last Night on Earth
5 Act 3: Scene 3: The Execution of Louis Capet
6 Act 2: Scene 3: Silver, Sugar and Indigo
7 Act 2: Scene 2: The Ship of State Is All at Sea
8 Act 1: Scene 4: To Laugh Is to Know How to Live
9 Act 3: Scene 1: To Take Your Hat Off
10 Act 3: Scene 1: But the Marquis of Boulli Has a Trump Card Up His Sleeve
11 Act 2: Scene 2: My Dear Cousin Bourbon of Spain
12 Act 2: Scene 1: Now Hear Ye!
13 Act 1: Scene 2: Let Us Break All the Shields
14 Act 2: Scene 1: Dances and Marches
15 Act 1: Scene 5: So to the Streets in the Pouring Rain
16 Act 1: Scene 5: To Freeze in the Dead of Night
17 Act 1: Scene 5: The Fall of the Bastille
18 Act 1: Scene 4: France in Disarray
19 Act 1: Scene 4: Slavers, Landlords, Bigots at Your Door
20 Act 3: Scene 1: The Fugitive King
21 Act 3: Scene 4: Adieu My Good and Tender Sister
22 Act 1: Scene 2: I Want to Be King
23 Act 1: Scene 2: Honest Bird, Simple Bird
24 Act 1: Scene 2: Kings, Sticks and Birds
25 Act 1: Scene 1: Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine
26 Act 1: Scene 1: A Garden in Vienna 1765
27 Act 1: Scene 3: The Grievances of the People
28 Act 3: Scene 5: And in the Bushes Where They Survive
29 Act 3: Scene 2: The Commune de Paris
30 Act 2: Scene 1: Flushed With Wine
31 Act 3: Scene 5: Liberty
32 Act 3: Scene 2: Vive la Commune de Paris
33 Act 3: Scene 3: Adieu Louis for You It’s Over
34 Act 3: Scene 1: The Echoes Never Fade From That Fusillade
35 Overture
36 The Gathering Storm
37 Act 2: Scene 4: In Paris There’s a Rumble Under the Ground
38 Act 2: Scene 2: The Letter
39 The Making of Ça Ira
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