Le portugais Lyrics in English Joe Dassin
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Le portugais by Joe Dassin from French to English.
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Avec son marteau piqueur
With his stinging hammer
Il creuse le sillon
He digs the furrow
De la route de demain
From the road of tomorrow
Il y met du coeur
He puts his heart into it
Le soleil et le gel
The sun and frost
Sont écrits sur ses mains
Are written on his hands
Le portugais dans son cire tout rouge
Portuguese in his all-red wax
Qui ressemble à un épouvantail
Who looks like a scarecrow
As-tu vu l'étrange laboureur
Have you seen the strange ploughman
Des prairies de béton
Concrete meadows
Et des champs de rocaille?
What about rocky fields?
Il faut en faire des voyages
You have to make trips
Il faut en faire du chemin
We've got to get a long way
Ce n'est plus dans son village
It's no longer in his village
Qu'on peut gagner son pain
That you can earn your bread
Loin de son toit, de sa ville
Away from its roof, from its city
À cinq cent lieux vers le nord
Five hundred places to the north
Le soir dans un bidonville
Evening in a slum
Le portugais s'endort
Portuguese falls asleep
Il est arrivé
It's happened
À la gare d'austerlitz
At austerlitz station
Voilà deux ans déjà
Two years ago
Il n'a qu'une idée
He has only one idea
Gagner beaucoup d'argent
Making a lot of money
Et retourner là-bas
And go back there
Le portugais dans son cire tout rouge
Portuguese in his all-red wax
Qui ressemble à un épouvantail
Who looks like a scarecrow
Il ne t'entend pas
He can't hear you
Il est sur le chemin qui mène au portugal
He's on the way to the Portuguese
Il faut en faire des voyages
You have to make trips
Il faut en faire du chemin
We've got to get a long way
Ce n'est plus dans son village
It's no longer in his village
Qu'on peut gagner son pain
That you can earn your bread
Loin de son toit, de sa ville
Away from its roof, from its city
À cinq cent lieux vers le nord
Five hundred places to the north
Le soir dans un bidonville
Evening in a slum
Le portugais s'endort
Portuguese falls asleep
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Lyrics © MUSIC 18
Joe DASSIN, Richelle DASSIN, Pierre DELANOE
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