Woody Guthrie - The Great Dust Storm - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation Woody Guthrie - The Great Dust Storm




The Great Dust Storm
La Grande Tempête de poussière
On the 14th day of April of 1935,
Le quatorzième jour d'avril 1935,
There struck the worst of dust storms that ever filled the sky.
A frappé la pire des tempêtes de poussière qui ait jamais rempli le ciel.
You could see that dust storm comin', the cloud looked deathlike black,
On pouvait voir cette tempête de poussière arriver, le nuage ressemblait à la mort, noir,
And through our mighty nation, it left a dreadful track.
Et à travers notre grande nation, elle a laissé une trace horrible.
From Oklahoma City to the Arizona line,
De la ville d'Oklahoma City à la frontière de l'Arizona,
Dakota and Nebraska to the lazy Rio Grande,
Du Dakota et du Nebraska au paresseux Rio Grande,
It fell across our city like a curtain of black rolled down,
Elle est tombée sur notre ville comme un rideau noir qui descend,
We thought it was our judgement, we thought it was our doom.
On a pensé que c'était notre jugement, on a pensé que c'était notre perte.
The radio reported, we listened with alarm,
La radio a rapporté, on a écouté avec alarme,
The wild and windy actions of this great mysterious storm;
Les actions sauvages et venteuses de cette grande tempête mystérieuse ;
From Albuquerque and Clovis, and all New Mexico,
D'Albuquerque et de Clovis, et de tout le Nouveau-Mexique,
They said it was the blackest that ever they had saw.
Ils ont dit que c'était la plus noire qu'ils aient jamais vue.
From old Dodge City, Kansas, the dust had rung their knell,
De la vieille Dodge City, Kansas, la poussière avait sonné leur glas,
And a few more comrades sleeping on top of old Boot Hill.
Et quelques camarades de plus dormaient au sommet de la vieille colline de Boot Hill.
From Denver, Colorado, they said it blew so strong,
De Denver, Colorado, ils ont dit que ça soufflait si fort,
They thought that they could hold out, but they didn't know how long.
Ils ont pensé qu'ils pourraient tenir le coup, mais ils ne savaient pas combien de temps.
Our relatives were huddled into their oil boom shacks,
Nos proches se sont blottis dans leurs cabanes en bois de l'essor pétrolier,
And the children they was cryin' as it whistled through the cracks.
Et les enfants pleuraient alors que ça sifflait à travers les fissures.
And the family it was crowded into their little room,
Et la famille était entassée dans sa petite chambre,
They thought the world had ended, and they thought it was their doom.
Ils ont pensé que le monde était fini, et ils ont pensé que c'était leur perte.
The storm took place at sundown, it lasted through the night,
La tempête a eu lieu au coucher du soleil, elle a duré toute la nuit,
When we looked out next morning, we saw a terrible sight.
Quand on a regardé dehors le lendemain matin, on a vu un spectacle terrible.
We saw outside our window where wheat fields they had grown
On a vu à l'extérieur de notre fenêtre, les champs de blé avaient poussé
Was now a rippling ocean of dust the wind had blown.
Était maintenant un océan ondulant de poussière que le vent avait soufflé.
It covered up our fences, it covered up our barns,
Elle a recouvert nos clôtures, elle a recouvert nos granges,
It covered up our tractors in this wild and dusty storm.
Elle a recouvert nos tracteurs dans cette tempête de poussière sauvage.
We loaded our jalopies and piled our families in,
On a chargé nos voitures et on a entassé nos familles dedans,
We rattled down that highway to never come back again.
On a dévalé cette autoroute pour ne jamais revenir.





Writer(s): Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie - Iconic Folk Legends
Album
Iconic Folk Legends
date of release
05-06-2012

1 Talking Fishing Blues
2 Dust Bowl Refugee
3 New York Town
4 Dusty Old Dust
5 When the Yanks Go Marching In
6 Ramblin' Round
7 Little Darling
8 The Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done
9 Stackolee
10 Columbus Stockade
11 Hobo's Lullaby
12 Dust Storm Disaster
13 Dust Pneumonia Blues
14 Bed On the Floor
15 I Ride an Old Paint
16 The Great Dust Storm
17 Sowing On the Mountain
18 I Ain't Got No Home
19 New Found Land
20 Hard, Ain't It Hard
21 Hard Travelin'
22 Grand Coulee Dam
23 John Henry
24 Goin' Down That Road Feeling Bad
25 Do Re Mi
26 Jesse James
27 More Pretty Girls Than One
28 Cumberland Gap
29 Buffalo Skinners
30 Blowin' Down This Road
31 This Land is Your Land
32 Foggy Mountain Top
33 Dust Bowl Blues
34 Worried Man Blues
35 Vigilante Man
36 Talking Dust Bowl Blues
37 So Long, It's Been Good to Know You
38 Pretty Boy Floyd
39 Poor Boy
40 Henry Martin
41 Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
42 Man Smart, Woman Smarter
43 What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby
44 Girl of Constant Sorrow
45 Mary Hamilton
46 John Riley
47 The Cherry Tree Carol
48 Dark As a Dungeon
49 Lonesome Road
50 Told My Captain
51 Pal of Mine
52 Silkie
53 So Soon in the Morning
54 O What a Beautiful City
55 I Gave My Love a Cherry
56 Lowlands
57 Oh Freedom
58 Railroad Boy
59 The Lily of the West
60 The Trees They Do Grow High
61 Rake And Rambling Boy
62 Careless Love
63 Sail Away Ladies
64 Water Boy
65 Scarlet Ribbons
66 Fare Thee Well
67 Barbara Allen
68 House of the Rising Sun
69 Banks of the Ohio
70 Wildwood Flower
71 Silver Dagger
72 Plaisir D'amour
73 Kitty
74 Engine 143
75 Old Blue
76 Wagoner's Lad
77 Annie Had a Baby
78 Once I Knew a Pretty Girl
79 Donna Donna
80 Every Night
81 Don't Weep After Me
82 Island In the Sun
83 All My Trials
84 East Virginia
85 Young Blood
86 Chain Around My Leg
87 Boll Weevil Song
88 Pick A Bale Of Cotton
89 California Blues
90 Red River
91 Rock Me Momma
92 Chain Gang Special

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