La Bête Est Revenue Lyrics in English Pierre Perret
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Bête Est Revenue by Pierre Perret from French to English.
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Sait-on pourquoi, un matin
Do we know why, one morning
Cette bête s'est réveillée
This beast has woken up
Au milieu de pantins
In the middle of puppets
Qu'elle a tous émerveillés
That she amazed everyone
En proclamant partout, haut et fort
By proclaiming everywhere, loud and clear
'Nous mettrons l'étranger dehors'
'We will throw the foreigner out'
Puis cette ogresse aguicheuse
Then this seductive ogress
Fit des clones imitatifs
Fit imitative clones
Leurs tirades insidieuses
Their insidious tirades
Convainquirent les naïfs
Convinced the naive
Qu'en suivant leurs dictats xénophobes
That by following their xenophobic dictates
On chasserait tous les microbes
We would chase away all the germs
Attention mon ami, je l'ai vue
Be careful my friend, I saw it
Méfie-toi, la bête est revenue!
Be careful, the beast has returned!
C'est une hydre au discours enjôleur
It's a hydra with a flirtatious speech
Qui forge une nouvelle race d'oppresseurs
Who forges a new breed of oppressors
Y a nos libertés sous sa botte
There are our freedoms under his boot
Ami, ne lui ouvre pas ta porte
Friend, don't open your door to him
D'où cette bête a surgi
Where did this beast arise from?
Le ventre est encore fécond
The womb is still fertile
Bertold Brecht nous l'a dit
Bertold Brecht told us
Il connaissait la chanson
He knew the song
Celle-là même qu'Hitler a tant aimée
The very one Hitler loved so much
C'est la valse des croix gammées
It's the waltz of the swastikas
Car, pour gagner quelques voix
Because, to win a few votes
Des nostalgiques de Pétain
Nostalgic for Pétain
C'est les juifs, encore une fois
It's the Jews, again
Que ces dangereux aryens
That these dangerous Aryans
Brandiront comme un épouvantail
Will wave like a scarecrow
Dans tous leurs sinistres éventails
In all their sinister fans
Attention mon ami, je l'ai vue
Be careful my friend, I saw it
Méfie-toi, la bête est revenue!
Be careful, the beast has returned!
C'est une hydre au discours enjôleur
It's a hydra with a flirtatious speech
Qui forge une nouvelle race d'oppresseurs
Who forges a new breed of oppressors
Y a nos libertés sous sa botte
There are our freedoms under his boot
Ami, ne lui ouvre pas ta porte
Friend, don't open your door to him
N'écoutez plus, braves gens
Don't listen anymore, good people
Ce fléau du genre humain
This scourge of humankind
L'aboiement écœurant
The sickening bark
De cette bête à chagrin
Of this beast of sorrow
Instillant par ces chants de sirène
Instilling with these siren songs
La xénophobie et la haine
Xenophobia and hatred
Laissons le soin aux lessives
Leave it to the laundry
De laver plus blanc que blanc
To wash whiter than white
Les couleurs enjolivent
The colors embellish
L'univers si différent
The universe so different
Refusons d'entrer dans cette ronde
Let's refuse to enter this round
Qui promet le meilleur des mondes
Who promises the best of all worlds
Attention mon ami, je l'ai vue
Be careful my friend, I saw it
Méfie-toi, la bête est revenue!
Be careful, the beast has returned!
C'est une hydre au discours enjôleur
It's a hydra with a flirtatious speech
Dont les cent mille bouches crachent le malheur
Whose hundred thousand mouths spit misfortune
Y a nos libertés sous sa botte
There are our freedoms under his boot
Ami, ne lui ouvre pas ta porte
Friend, don't open your door to him
Car, vois-tu, petit, je l'ai vue
Because, you see, little one, I saw her
La bête. La bête est revenue
The beast. The beast has returned
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