Paroles et traduction Dick Annegarn - Robert Caillet

Robert Caillet

Robert Caillet,
Sans domicile,
Sautait dans le doubs,
Pour quelques centimes.

Il savait nager, il? tait ma? tre nageur,
Et savait nager, par mis? re et pour l′honneur.
Quarante-huit ans, il a sauv? beaucoup d'enfants,
Quarante-huit ans qui ne l′ont pas sauv? pourtant.

Robert Caillet,
Sans domicile,
Sautait dans le Doubs,
Pour quelques centimes.

Du pont battant, en aval de Besancon,
Du pont battant, des gens lui jettent de l'argent.
L'eau? tait son lot, et l′air ce que son? me esp? re.
L′eau? tait son lot, et les raseaux sont cimeti? re.

Robert Caillet,
Sans domicile,
Sautait dans le Doubs,
Pour quelques centimes.

Il avait flamb? tout son argent et sa sante.
N'avait plus plong? depuis le d? but de l′? t?.
Le Doubs est en crue, tellement qu'il a beaucoup plu.
Le Doubs est en crue, personne ne l′a vraiment voulu.

Robert Caillet,
Sans domicile,
Sautait dans le Doubs,
Pour quelques centimes.

Une premiere fois, il remonte? la surface.
Une seconde fois, il remonte? la surface.
Une derniere fois, il remonte a la surface.
Une derniere fois, il remonte,

Et leur fait face

Robert Caillet

Robert Caillet,
Homeless,
Leapt into the Doubs
For a few cents.

He knew how to swim. He was a master swimmer,
And knew how to swim through hardship and for honor.
Forty-eight years old, he saved many children,
Forty-eight years that didn't save him though.

Robert Caillet,
Homeless,
Leapt into the Doubs
For a few cents.

From the Pont Battant, downstream from Besançon
From the Pont Battant, people throw him money.
Water was his fate, and air what his soul hoped for.
Water was his fate, and the currents are a cemetery.

Robert Caillet,
Homeless,
Leapt into the Doubs
For a few cents.

He had burnt out all his money and his health.
Hadn't dived since the beginning of summer.
The Doubs is in flood, so much that it has rained a lot.
The Doubs is in flood, no one really wanted it.

Robert Caillet,
Homeless,
Leapt into the Doubs
For a few cents.

A first time, he comes back up to the surface.
A second time, he comes back up to the surface.
A last time, he comes back up to the surface.
A last time, he comes back up,

And faces them