Act 3: Scene 1: The Fugitive King - Roger Waterstranslation in French
And
high
above,
Et
là-haut,
Homing
in
the
restless
sky,
Dans
le
ciel
agité,
se
dirigeant,
Rooks,
melancholy,
proclaim
a
schism
between
Les
corneilles,
mélancoliques,
proclament
un
schisme
entre
God,
sacred,
and
the
Crown,
profane
Dieu,
sacré,
et
la
Couronne,
profane
Between
the
heavens
and
the
King
Entre
le
ciel
et
le
Roi
The
dark
horizon
cracks
a
crooked
grin,
L'horizon
sombre
se
fend
d'un
sourire
oblique,
Admitting
one
small
grain
of
change
Admettant
un
petit
grain
de
changement
Then
two,
then
four,
then
bit
by
bit,
Puis
deux,
puis
quatre,
puis
petit
à
petit,
Then
tock
by
tick
Puis
tic
par
tac
All
the
old
presumptions
hove
in
rings
Toutes
les
vieilles
présomptions
se
sont
élevées
en
anneaux
The
King
is
afraid
that
his
kingdom
is
slipping
away
Le
Roi
craint
que
son
royaume
ne
lui
échappe
The
Queen
pines
for
the
good
times
at
Versailles
La
Reine
languit
pour
les
bons
moments
à
Versailles
He
works
on
his
locks
to
the
sound
of
the
ticking
of
clocks
Il
travaille
sur
ses
serrures
au
son
du
tic-tac
des
horloges
The
children
play
in
a
garden
that′s
ringed
with
steel
Les
enfants
jouent
dans
un
jardin
cerné
d'acier
They
wanted
to
visit
St.
Cloud
to
be
able
to
Ils
voulaient
visiter
Saint-Cloud
pour
pouvoir
Breathe
in
the
air
Respirer
l'air
The
National
Guard
forbad
them
to
leave
La
Garde
Nationale
leur
a
interdit
de
partir
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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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