Текст и перевод песни Émile Proulx-Cloutier - Le Grillon et la Luciole

Le Grillon et la Luciole

Dans une ville minière
Bâtie trop loin de tout
Des hommes cherchent la lumière
En piochant dans un grand trou

Sur le petit terrain vague
Entre l'usine et l'école
Un grillon chante et drague
Une jolie luciole

Les journées sont bien longues
Sans voir son amoureuse
Mais quand enfin la nuit tombe
Elle offre une rumba lumineuse

Tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois, tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus
Tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois, tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus
Tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois, tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus
Tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois, tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus

Un jour l'usine meurt
Et des milliers d'hommes chôment
S'exilent, la rage au cœur
Loin de la ville fantôme

Quand vient la première nuit
Sans lampadaire ni fanal
Le grillon voit, tout ébloui
S'allumer 100 milliards d'étoiles

Tandis qu'il chante la sérénade
À toutes ces lueurs nouvelles
La luciole se rend malade
À vouloir briller plus fort qu'elles

Tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois, tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus
Tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois, tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus
Tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois plus
Tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois même plus

Dans ses larmes, la luciole
Voit passer un satellite
Qui clignote et caracole
Tout le long de son orbite

On dirait qu'il me veut
On dirait qu'il m'invite
Elle fait ni une ni deux
Et se lance à sa poursuite

À travers monts et rivières
Le grillon traque sa concubine
"Reviens ma lumière"
"J'vaux mieux qu'cette pauvre machine"

Mais quand s'éteint le crépuscule
C'qu'il trouve au bout de ses peines
C'est la danse trop lointaine
D'un amour qui pulse

Tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois, tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus
Tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois, tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus
Tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois, tu m'vois, tu m'vois plus
Moi, j'te vois toi, mais toi tu m'vois plus, tu m'vois-tu?, non j'te vois plus, eh

Reviens

À l'orée d'une ville côtière
Le grillon gémissant
Lève les yeux vers la mer
Décidé à se jeter dedans

Mais au large, y a une bouée
Qui brille depuis la nuit des temps
II s'dit contre vents et marées
Elle sera encore là dans 100 ans

Depuis ce jour, sur la grève
Il contemple sa chimère
Et quand enfin la nuit se lève
Chante au tempo de sa lumière

The Cricket and the Firefly

In a mining town
Built too far from everything
Men seek light
By digging in a big hole

On the small vacant lot
Between the factory and the school
A cricket sings and flirts
With a pretty firefly

The days are very long
When you can't see your love
But when finally night falls
She offers a luminous rumba

You see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me
You see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me
You see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me
You see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me

One day the factory dies
And thousands of men are unemployed
They go into exile, their hearts filled with rage
Far from the ghost town

When the first night comes
Without streetlamps or lanterns
The cricket sees, dazzled
100 billion stars light up

As he sings the serenade
To all these new lights
The firefly gets sick
From wanting to shine brighter than them

You see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me
You see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me
You don't see me, you don't see me, you don't see me, you don't see me, you don't see me
You don't see me, you don't see me, you don't see me, you don't even see me

In her tears, the firefly
Sees a satellite passing by
Which blinks and prances
All along its orbit

It seems to want me
It seems to invite me
She doesn't hesitate
And sets off in pursuit

Through mountains and rivers
The cricket tracks his concubine
"Come back, my light"
"I'm better than this poor machine"

But when twilight fades
What he finds at the end of his troubles
Is the distant dance
Of a love that pulses

You see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me
You see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me
You see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me, you see me, you don't see me
I see you, but you don't see me, do you see me?, no I don't see you, hey

Come back

At the edge of a coastal town
The moaning cricket
Looks up at the sea
Determined to throw himself into it

But offshore, there's a buoy
Which has been shining since the beginning of time
He tells himself against the winds and tides
It will still be there in 100 years

Since that day, on the beach
He contemplates his dream
And when finally night falls
He sings to the rhythm of its light