Ballade Des Dames Du Temps Jadis Lyrics in English Georges Brassens
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ballade Des Dames Du Temps Jadis by Georges Brassens from French to English.
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Dites-moi où, n'en quel pays
Tell me where, in which country
Est Flora, la belle Romaine
Is Flora, the beautiful Roman
Archipiades, né Thaïs
Archipiades, born Thaïs
Qui fut sa cousine germaine
Who was his first cousin
Écho parlant quand bruit on mène
Echo speaking when noise we lead
Dessus rivière ou sur étang
Above river or pond
Qui beauté eu trop plus qu'humaine
Who beauty had too much more than human
Mais où sont les neiges d'antan
But where are the snows of yesteryear
Qui beauté eu trop plus qu'humaine
Who beauty had too much more than human
Mais où sont les neiges d'antan
But where are the snows of yesteryear
Où est la très sage Hélloïs
Where is the very wise Helloïs
Pour qui châtré fut et puis moine
For who was castrated and then a monk
Pierre Esbaillart à Saint-Denis
Pierre Esbaillart in Saint-Denis
Pour son amour eu cette essoine
For his love had this essay
Semblablement, où est la reine
Similarly, where is the queen
Qui commanda que Buridan
Who commanded that Buridan
Fut jeté en un sac en Seine
Was thrown in a bag in the Seine
Mais où sont les neiges d'antan
But where are the snows of yesteryear
Fut jeté en un sac en Seine
Was thrown in a bag in the Seine
Mais où sont les neiges d'antan
But where are the snows of yesteryear
La reine blanche comme lis
The lily-white queen
Qui chantait à voix de sirène
Who sang with the voice of a siren
Berte au grand pied, Bietris, Alis
Big-footed Berte, Bietris, Alis
Harembourgis qui tint le Maine
Harembourgis who held Maine
Et Jeanne la bonne Lorraine
And Jeanne the good Lorraine
Qu'Anglais brûlèrent à Rouen
That the English burned in Rouen
Où sont-ils Vierge souveraine
Where are they Sovereign Virgin
Mais où sont les neiges d'antan
But where are the snows of yesteryear
Où sont-ils Vierge souveraine
Where are they Sovereign Virgin
Mais où sont les neiges d'antan
But where are the snows of yesteryear
Prince, n'enquérez de semaine
Prince, don't inquire any week
Où elles sont, né de cet an
Where they are, born this year
Que ce refrain ne vous remaine
May this chorus not remain with you
Mais où sont les neiges d'antan
But where are the snows of yesteryear
Que ce refrain ne vous remaine
May this chorus not remain with you
Mais où sont les neiges d'antan
But where are the snows of yesteryear
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