Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Rafales by Bernard Lavilliers from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Le vent pousse d'un coup les portes du désert
The wind suddenly pushes the doors of the desert
Quand ses guerriers mongols brûlent les caravanes
When his Mongol warriors burn the caravans
Le vent sculpte les dunes et change les frontières
The wind sculpts the dunes and changes the borders
Déchirant les burkas des princesses nomades
Ripping the burkas of the nomadic princesses
Le chant profond des romantiques échevelé des anarchistes
The deep song of the disheveled romantics of the anarchists
Le vent qui hurle solitaire force le gris dans tes yeux verts
The lonely howling wind forces the gray into your green eyes
En chevauchant debout sur des pur-sang arabes
Riding upright on thoroughbred Arabian horses
Rugissant dans la nuit, cauchemar des marins
Roaring in the night, sailors' nightmare
Tu t'amuses à bercer les palmes du matin
You have fun rocking the morning palms
Innocent tout à coup, miracle des tornades
Suddenly innocent, miracle of tornadoes
Le chant profond des romantiques échevelé des anarchistes
The deep song of the disheveled romantics of the anarchists
Le vent qui hurle solitaire force le gris dans tes yeux verts
The lonely howling wind forces the gray into your green eyes
La rage crucifiée sur la rose des vents
Rage crucified on the compass rose
Toi qui ris de la pluie et te fous de l'amour
You who laugh at the rain and don't care about love
Le fauve d'Amazonie fait patte de velours
The Amazonian beast has a velvet paw
Calme plat, invisible, persécuteur du temps
Dead calm, invisible, persecutor of time
Le chant profond des romantiques échevelé des anarchistes
The deep song of the disheveled romantics of the anarchists
Le vent qui hurle solitaire force le gris dans tes yeux verts.
The lonely howling wind forces the gray into your green eyes
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