Grand Jacques Lyrics in English Jacques Brel
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Grand Jacques by Jacques Brel from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
C'est trop facile d'entrer aux églises
It's too easy to get into churches
De déverser toute sa saleté
To dump all his dirt
Face au curé qui, dans la lumière grise
Facing the priest who, in the grey light
Ferme les yeux pour mieux nous pardonner
Close your eyes to better forgive us
Tais-toi donc grand jacques
So shut up, great jacques
Que connais-tu du bon dieu
What do you know about the good god
Un cantique une image
A song an image
Tu n'en connais rien de mieux
You don't know anything better
C'est trop facile, quand les guerres sont finies
It's too easy when the wars are over
D'aller gueuler que c'était la dernière
To go and shout that it was the last
Amis bourgeois, vous me faites envie
Bourgeois friends, you make me envy
Vous ne voyez donc point vos cimetières
So you don't see your cemeteries
Tais-toi donc grand jacques
So shut up, great jacques
Laisse-les donc crier
So let them scream
Laisse-les pleurer de joie
Let them cry with joy
Toi qui ne fus même pas soldat
You who weren't even a soldier
C'est trop facile, quand un amour se meurt
It's too easy when a love dies
Qu'il craque en deux parce qu'on l'a trop plié
Let it crack in half because it has been folded too much
D'aller pleurer, comme les hommes pleurent
To go cry, as men cry
Comme si l'amour durait l'éternité
As if love lasted forever
Tais-toi donc grand jacques
So shut up, great jacques
Que connais-tu de l'amour
What do you know about love
Des yeux bleus des cheveux fous
Blue eyes of crazy hair
Tu n'en connais rien du tout
You don't know anything about it
Outro
Et dis-toi donc grand jacques
And say yourself great jacques
Dis-le-toi bien souvent
Tell yourself often
C'est trop facile
It's too easy
C'est trop facile
It's too easy
De faire semblant
Pretending
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