Paroles et traduction Dominique A - Douanes

Douanes

Reniflés par un chien
Les poches retournées
On nous dévisageait
A la douane on cherchait
A ne oas avoir l'air
Ni fier ni trop aimable
L'air de ce qu'on était
Comme nous, stationnait le ciel
On attendait quelque chose, un orage

Et chcun repensait
A ceux qui l'attendait
Aux promesses de retour
Que tous on avait fait
Tandis qu'on nous jaugeait
Qu'on nous regardait bien
On se concentrait pour
Ne ressembler à rien

De fro, tières en frontières
Et de Douanes en douanes
Certains ont tout passé déjà
Ils ont fait le grand tour
Sans s'en être aperçu
Repassant dans des villes
Qui ont changé de nom
Qu'ils n'ont pas reconnues

Surveillés par un chien
Les poches retournées
Presque méconnaissables
Tant nos visages
A force d'être dévisagés
Ne savent plus se reprendre
Tant nos cartes
A force d'être manipulées
Tendent à s'éffacer

Customs

Sniffed by a dog
Pockets turned inside out
We were being scrutinized
At customs they were looking
For us not to look
Neither proud nor too friendly
Looking like what we were
Like us, the sky was parked
We were waiting for something, a storm

And each one thought
Of those who were waiting for him/her
Of the promises of return
That we had all made
While we were being judged
While we were being closely watched
We concentrated so as
Not to resemble anything

From borders to borders
And from customs to customs
Some have already passed through everything
They've done the grand tour
Without even realizing it
Repassing through cities
That have changed their names
That they did not recognize

Watched by a dog
Pockets turned inside out
Almost unrecognizable
So much our faces
From being scrutinized so much
No longer know how to compose themselves
So much our cards
From being handled so much
Tend to fade away