Fortaleza Lyrics in English Bernard Lavilliers
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Fortaleza by Bernard Lavilliers from French to English.
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Elle avait les tarots tatoués
She had the tarot cards tattooed
Sur l'épaule droite encadrés
On the right shoulder framed
Par deux cicatrices au couteau
By two knife scars
Elle était née à Buenos Aires
She was born in Buenos Aires
Métisse d'indienne et de SS
Mixture of Indian and SS
Elle portait à son poignet droit
She wore on her right wrist
Lembrança do Senhor do Bonfim
Lembrança do Senhor do Bonfim
Da BahiaDa Bahia, da Bahia
Da BahiaDa Bahia, da Bahia
Elle te laissait un goût amer
She left you with a bitter taste
De coco et de citron vert
Coconut and lime
Elle m'attendait sous la véranda
She was waiting for me on the veranda
A Fortalerza
In Fortalerza
On meurt parfois pour un rien
Sometimes we die for nothing
Une mygale ou un chagrin
A tarantula or a sorrow
Un scorpion, un américain
A scorpion, an american
Elle travaillait dans un hôtel
She worked in a hotel
Restaurant essence et bordel
Petrol restaurant and brothel
Mode de Paris Winchester
Winchester Paris Fashion
Lembrança do Senhor do Bonfim da Bahia
Lembrança do Senhor do Bonfim da Bahia
Da Bahia, da Bahia
Da Bahia, da Bahia
Elle glissait son regard oblique
She slid her oblique gaze
Sur tes épaules et sur ton fric
On your shoulders and on your money
Et tu restais à moisir là
And you lay there rotting
A Fortaleza
In Fortaleza
Elle souriait sous la véranda
She smiled on the veranda
Les yeux mi-clos on y voit
Eyes half-closed we see
Un après-midi de chaleur
A hot afternoon
Je suis passé vers les cinq heures
I went around five o'clock
Immobile au milieu des fleurs
Motionless among the flowers
Elle ne me répondit pas
She did not answer me
Il manquait à son poignet droit
His right wrist was missing
Lembrança do Senhor do Bonfim da Bahia
Lembrança do Senhor do Bonfim da Bahia
Da Bahia, da Bahia
Da Bahia, da Bahia
Elle souriait sous la véranda
She smiled on the veranda
Du sang dans sa bouche en cœur
Blood in his mouth in heart
Sais-tu pour qui et pour quoi?
Do you know for whom and for what?
A Fortaleza
In Fortaleza
J'ai tellement pleuré que tu vois
I cried so much you see
J'en ai un voile sur la voix
I have a veil over my voice
Mais qui se souvient de tout ça
But who remembers all this
Traversé par l'Equateur
crossed by the equator
Les grands vents soufflant du noroît
The great winds blowing from the noroît
J'ai noué à mon poignet droit
I tied my right wrist
Lembrança do Senhor do Bonfim da Bahia
Lembrança do Senhor do Bonfim da Bahia
Da Bahia, da Bahia
Da Bahia, da Bahia
Alizés qu'on prend de travers
Trade winds that we take sideways
Barrières de coraux sous la mer
coral reefs under the sea
Pour s'en aller vers le Cap Vert
To go to Cape Verde
Est-ce qu'on se souvient de tout ça, à Fortaleza
Do we remember all that, in Fortaleza
Est-ce qu'on se souvient de tout ça, à Fortaleza
Do we remember all that, in Fortaleza
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