Ton Ombre Lyrics in English MPL
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ton Ombre by MPL from French to English.
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Et tu vois comme le ciel est sombre?
And you see how dark the sky is?
Et tu vois comme s'allonge ton ombre?
And you see how your shadow lengthens?
Le grand nuage que voilà et bien tu vois, il attendra
The big cloud there, well you see, it will wait
Car il a fait sa part du boulot
Because he did his part of the job
Pour une petite part du gâteau
For a small piece of the pie
Il traîne la patte sur son chemin
He drags his paw on his way
Le bâton à la main
Stick in hand
L'homme au canif, bien affûté
The man with the sharp penknife
Pour partager le pain
To share the bread
Est toujours un peu fatigué
Is always a little tired
Mais il dormira mieux demain
But he will sleep better tomorrow
Sans parler de grasse matinée
Not to mention a lie-in
Et ni de vacances au sommeil
And no vacation to sleep
Ils n'auront pas sa dignité
They won't have his dignity
Lui, tant qu'il veille
Him, as long as he watches
Et tu vois comme le ciel est sombre?
And you see how dark the sky is?
Et tu vois comme s'allonge ton ombre?
And you see how your shadow lengthens?
Le grand nuage que voilà et bien tu vois, il attendra
The big cloud there, well you see, it will wait
Que lui finisse son assiette
Let him finish his plate
Elle qui les mains à la cuisine
She who has her hands in the kitchen
À sa cuisine toujours prête
To his kitchen always ready
Le cœur au régime
The heart on a diet
Il a vu dans ses yeux marron
He saw in her brown eyes
Que c'était la femme de sa mort
That it was the woman of his death
La maman de son grand garçon
The mother of her big boy
Il a pas eu tort
He wasn't wrong
Devoir de femme ou marque d'affection
A woman's duty or mark of affection
Quand le goût de te verser la goutte s'efface
When the taste of giving you the drop fades
C'est la vie droite comme deux sillons
It's life as straight as two furrows
Pour seule trace
For only trace
Et tu vois comme le ciel est sombre?
And you see how dark the sky is?
Et tu vois comme s'allonge ton ombre?
And you see how your shadow lengthens?
Le grand nuage que voilà et bien tu vois, il attendra
The big cloud there, well you see, it will wait
Qu'on brûle le vieux cerisier
Let's burn the old cherry tree
Pour passer le dernier décembre
To spend the last December
Tous ces après-midis d'été
All these summer afternoons
Réduits en cendre
Reduced to ashes
Et même s'il lui manque des dents
And even if he's missing teeth
Il a le sourire vrai
He has a real smile
Il a le verbe juste quand il ne se tait
He has the right words when he is not silent
L'homme qui pisse le nez au ciel
The man who pisses with his nose in the sky
Quand d'autre regardaient leurs pieds
When others looked at their feet
Et comme la vie peut être belle
And how beautiful life can be
Quand elle s'y met
When she starts
Si sa langue s'endort doucement
If his tongue falls asleep gently
Sa tête s'éveille au passé
His head wakes up to the past
Ses pas rétrécissent tant et tant
His steps shrink so and so
Que l'homme se tait
Let the man be silent
Et tu vois comme le ciel est sombre?
And you see how dark the sky is?
Et tu vois comme s'allonge ton ombre?
And you see how your shadow lengthens?
Le grand nuage que voilà et bien tu vois, il attendra
The big cloud there, well you see, it will wait
La vie ne sait pas dire merci
Life doesn't know how to say thank you
Il l'a compris, tant pis
He understood it, too bad
Il a regardé en arrière
He looked back
Comme d'habitude, sans avoir l'air
As usual, without seeming
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