La complainte de la butte
By Georges Van Parys, Jean Renoir
En haut de la rue St-Vincent
Un poète et une inconnue
S'aimèrent l'espace d'un instant
Mais il ne l'a jamais revue
Cette chanson il composa
Espérant que son inconnue
Un matin d'printemps l'entendra
Quelque part au coin d'une rue
La lune trop blême
Pose un diadème
Sur tes cheveux roux
La lune trop rousse
De gloire éclabousse
Ton jupon plein d'trous
La lune trop pâle
Caresse l'opale
De tes yeux blasés
Princesse de la rue
Soit la bienvenue
Dans mon coeur blessé
Les escaliers de la butte sont durs aux miséreux
Les ailes des moulins protègent les amoureux
Petite mendigote
Je sens ta menotte
Qui cherche ma main
Je sens ta poitrine
Et ta taille fine
J'oublie mon chagrin
Je sens sur tes lèvres
Une odeur de fièvre
De gosse mal nourri
Et sous ta caresse
Je sens une ivresse
Qui m'anéantit
Les escaliers de la butte sont durs aux miséreux
Les ailes des moulins protègent les amoureux
Mais voilà qu'il flotte
La lune se trotte
La princesse aussi
Sous le ciel sans lune
Je pleure à la brune
Mon rêve évanoui
Lament of the mound
Roughly translated by C. Marcotte with help from Alex, Diane and Laeti
At the top of St-Vincent street
A poet and a (female) stranger
Loved each other the space of a moment
But he never saw her again
This song he wrote
Hoping that his (female) stranger
Will hear it on a spring morning
Somewhere on a street corner
The moon too wan
Puts a diadem
On your red hair
The moon too red
Blinds gloriously
Your underskirt full of holes
The moon too pale
Caresses the opal
Of your tired eyes
Princess of the street
Be welcome
In my broken heart
The steps of the mound are hard to the destitute
The wings of the windmills protect lovers
Little beggar
I feel your shackle
That seeks my hand
I feel your chest
And your slim waist
I forget my sorrow
I smell on your lips
The smell of fever
Of a malnourished child
And under your caress
I feel a rapture
That destroys me
The steps of the mound are hard to the destitute
The wings of the windmills protect lovers
But see he floats
The moon scampers
The princess too
Under the moonless sky
I cry to the fog
My vanishing dream
Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor and filmmaker. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his service to drama and charity.
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