Triviale Poursuite Lyrics in English Tryo
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Triviale Poursuite by Tryo from French to English.
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Question d'histoire d'abord
History question first
Où est la Palestine?
Where is Palestine?
Sous quelle botte étoilée?
Under which starry boot?
Derrière quels barbelés?
Behind which barbed wire?
Sous quel champ de ruines?
Under what field of ruins?
Question d'histoire encore
Question of history again
Combien de victimes
How many victims
Combien milliers d'enfants
How many thousands of children
Dans les décombres des camps
In the rubble of the camps
Deviendront combattants
Will become fighters
J'en sais rien, j'donne ma langue au chagrin
I don't know, I give my tongue to sorrow
Si tu sais, toi, souffle-moi
If you know, blow me away
Question d'géographie
Geography question
Où est la Kanaky?
Where is Kanaky?
Combien de flics, de soldats
How many cops, soldiers
Pour tenir Nouméa
To hold Nouméa
Pour flinguer Eloi?
To shoot Eloi?
Combien de petits blancs
How many little whites
De colons arrogants
Of arrogant settlers
Se partagent la terre
Share the land
Et combien de misère
And how much misery
Pour le peuple kanak?
For the Kanak people?
Combien de coups de matraque?
How many baton blows?
J'en sais rien, j'donne ma langue au chagrin
I don't know, I give my tongue to sorrow
Si tu sais, toi, souffle-moi
If you know, blow me away
Question de sport
Sports question
Qui détiendra le record
Who will hold the record
Et restera vivant
And will stay alive
Libre et innocent
Free and innocent
Derrière les barreaux?
Behind bars?
Vingt ans pour Otelo
Twenty years for Otelo
Autant pour Mandela
So much for Mandela
Combien de hors-la-loi
How many outlaws
Chez ces p'tits juges en bois
At these little wooden judges
Dont on fait les salauds?
Who are the bastards?
J'en sais rien, j'donne ma langue au chagrin
I don't know, I give my tongue to sorrow
Si tu sais, toi, souffle-moi
If you know, blow me away
Question science et nature
Science and nature question
Où balancer ces ordures?
Where to throw this garbage?
Allez, à la Vologne!
Go to Vologne!
Ces chiens qui assassinent
These dogs that murder
Ces rats qui emprisonnent
These rats that imprison
Question d'littérature
Question of literature
Qui a écrit que les hommes
Who wrote that men
Naissaient libres et égaux?
Were born free and equal?
Libres mais dans le troupeau
Free but in the herd
Égaux devant les bourreaux?
Equal before the executioners?
J'en sais rien, j'donne ma langue au chagrin
I don't know, I give my tongue to sorrow
Si tu sais, toi, souffle-moi
If you know, blow me away
J'en sais rien, j'donne ma langue au chagrin
I don't know, I give my tongue to sorrow
Si tu sais, toi, souffre-moi
If you know, suffer me
Souffre-moi
Suffer me
Souffre-moi
Suffer me
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