Les Croix Lyrics in English Juliette Gréco
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Croix by Juliette Gréco from French to English.
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Mon Dieu, qu'il y en a des croix sur cette terre
My God, there are crosses on this earth
Croix de bois, croix de fer, humbles croix familières
Wooden crosses, iron crosses, humble familiar crosses
Petites croix d'argent pendues sur des poitrines
Small silver crosses hung on chests
Vieilles croix des couvents
Old convent crosses
Perdues parmi les ruines
Lost among the ruins
Mais moi, pauvre de moi
But me, poor me
J'ai ma croix dans la tête
I have my cross in my head
L'immense croix de plomb
The immense lead cross
Vaste comme l'amour
Vast as love
J'y accroche le vent
I hang the wind there
J'y retiens la tempête
I hold back the storm
J'y prolonge le soir et j'y cache le jour
I prolong the evening there and hide the day there
Mais moi, pauvre de moi
But me, poor me
J'ai ma croix dans la tête
I have my cross in my head
Un mot y est gravé
A word is engraved there
Qui ressemble à 'souffrir'
Which sounds like 'suffering'
Et ce mot familier
And this familiar word
Que mes lèvres répètent
Let my lips repeat
Est si lourd à porter
Is so heavy to carry
Que j'en pense mourir
That I think I'll die
Mon Dieu qu'il y en a sur les routes profondes
My God there are some on the deep roads
De silencieuses croix qui veillent sur le monde
Silent crosses that watch over the world
Hautes croix du pardon tendues vers les potences
High crosses of forgiveness stretched towards the gallows
Croix de la déraison
Cross of Unreason
Ou de la délivrance
Or deliverance
Mais moi, pauvre de moi
But me, poor me
J'ai ma croix dans la tête
I have my cross in my head
L'immense croix de plomb
The immense lead cross
Vaste comme l'amour
Vast as love
J'y accroche le vent
I hang the wind there
J'y retiens la tempête
I hold back the storm
J'y prolonge le soir et j'y cache le jour
I prolong the evening there and hide the day there
Mais moi, pauvre de moi
But me, poor me
J'ai ma croix dans la tête
I have my cross in my head
Un mot y est gravé
A word is engraved there
Qui ressemble à 'souffrir'
Which sounds like 'suffering'
Mais ce mot familier
But this familiar word
Que mes lèvres répètent
Let my lips repeat
Est si lourd à porter
Is so heavy to carry
Que j'en pense mourir
That I think I'll die
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