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Familiale by J. Prévert La mère fait du tricot Le fils fait la guerre Elle trouve ça tout naturel la mère Et le père qu'est-ce qu'il fait le père? Il fait des affaires Sa femme fait du tricot Son fils la guerre Lui des affaires Il trouve ça tout naturel le père Et le fils et le fils Qu'est-ce qu'il trouve le fils? Il ne trouve rien absolument rien le fils Le fils sa mère fait du tricot son père des affaires lui la guerre Quand il aura fini la guerre Il fera des affaires avec son père La guerre continue la mère continue elle tricote Le père continue il fait des affaires Le fils est tué il ne continue plus Le père et le mère vont au cimetière Ils trouvent ça tout naturel le père et la mère La vie continue la vie avec le tricot la guerre les affaires Les affaires les affaires et les affaires La vie avec le cimetière |
Translation by Colleen Britton The mother makes granny squares The son is fighting Over There The mother finds this not unfair And the father, what's his share? He has his affairs His wife, her granny squares His son is Over There He, his affairs The father finds this not unfair And the son, their son What's his share? He has nothing, nothing nowhere The son, his mother, her granny squares, his father, his affairs, and he is Over There When it's over, Over There He'll share his father's affairs It's still going Over There, the mother, her squares, The father, his affairs The son is killed, he dies Over There The father and the mother, the cemetery, they go there To the father and the mother, this is not unfair Life goes on, a life of granny squares, the strife Over There, and the affairs Affairs, affairs, affairs Life with the cemetery over there |
| My Translation #1 The mother knits The son wages war This seems only natural to her, the mother And the father what is he doing the father? He works His wife knits His son the war Him his work This seems only natural to him the father And the son and the son How does it seem to him the son? It doesn't seem like anything anything at all to him the son The son his mother tends to the knitting his father his work him the war When he will have finished with war He will work with his father The war keeps going the mother keeps going she knits the father keeps going he works The son is killed he doesn't keep going any more The father and the mother go to the cemetery This seems only natural to them the father and the mother Life keeps going life with knitting war work work work and work Life with the cemetery |
My Translation #2 The mother makes the knitting The son makes war She find this completely natural the mother And the father what does he do the father ? He makes business His wife makes the knitting His son war Him business He find this completely natural the father And the son and the son What does he think the son ? He thinks nothing at all the son The son his mother does the knitting his father business him war When he has finished with war He will make business with his father The war goes on the mother goes on she knits The father goes on he makes business The son is killed he no longer goes on The father and the mother go to the cemetery They find this completely natural the father and the mother Life goes on life with the knitting the war the business The business the business and the business Life with the cemetery |