Paroles et traduction Jacob Desvarieux - Euphrasine's Blues

Euphrasine's Blues

An ni gadé
Sa ki ka rivé lè
Ti bonomn lé fè gran nonm
Kon an gran nonm
Mwen jen' gason
Mwen pa té ni ven tan
Ka rété kay manman mwen
Kon ti bononm
Nou té ka viv
Adan on ti koté
Yo ka kriyé fon zonbi
Sé sa yo di

Dèyè kay nou
Nou té ni menm lakou
É pi manzèl Euprasine
On bèl chabin'
Pèson' pa té vlé diy bonjou davwè
I ka menné mové la vi
Cé sa ou di
Fanm komin' la
Jis rakonté
Kè i volé mari a yo
Cé sa yo di

An bon maten
Manman mwen té pati
Alé lavé la rivyè
Bonnè bonnè
Sa mwen ka vwè
Papan mwen ka rentré
A ka manzè euphrasine
Voisin' voisin'
Mwen ay kaché
Pou mwen té véyé
Sa ki té kay pasé
Cé sa ki vré

Epi on jou
Mwen enni désidé
Alè fè kon papan mwen
An bistankwen
Lè mwen rivé
Kay manzè euphrasine
I wouvè pot' ay ban mwen
Pa ni djen djen
Men lèw gadè
Mpa sav' say pasé
An pa jen' rive pale
Estébékwé

Ti gason di mwen sa ou pè ya
Poutchiw ka tranblé kon sa
Siw pa sa di mwen sa ou lé ya
Ritouné la kay manman'w

Euphrasine's Blues

My darling, look
What happens when
Little boys play like big men
Like big men
My boy
I didn't have the time yet
To stay at my mother's house
Like a little boy
We used to live
In a little place
They call it the zombie forest
That's what they say

Behind our house
We had the same yard
And that neighbor Euphrasine
A pretty damsel
No one wanted to say hello to her
She lives a bad life
That's what you said
Women like that
Just tell stories
That they steal their husbands
That's what they say

One fine morning
My mother had gone
To go and wash at the river's
Very early
What I see
My father is coming back
And he is eating Euphrasine
Neighbors, neighbors
I've hidden
So I could watch
What was going to happen
That's the truth

And one day
I finally got up the courage
To do like my father
At 8 PM
When I arrived
At Euphrasine's neighbor's place
She opened the door for me
No hesitation
But when I looked
I don't know what happened
I couldn't even speak
Gosh

Little boy tell me what scares you so
Why are you trembling like that
If you're not going to tell me what you want
Go back to your mother's house