Rive Gauche Lyrics in English by Vianney
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Rive Gauche by Vianney from French to English.
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Verse 1
Les chansons de Prévert me reviennent
Prévert's songs come back to me
De tous les souffleurs de verslaine
Of all the worm blowers...wool
Du vieux Ferré les cris, la tempête
From old Ferré the cries, the storm
Boris Vian s'écrit à la trompette
Boris Vian is written on the trumpet
Chorus 1
Rive Gauche à Paris
Left Bank in Paris
Adieu mon pays
Goodbye my country
De musique et de poésie
Of music and poetry
Verse 2
Les marchands de malappris
The merchants of the unlearned
Qui d'ailleurs ont déjà tout pris
Who, moreover, have already taken everything
Viennent vendre leurs habits en librairie
Come to sell their clothes in bookstores
En librairie en librairie
In bookstore in bookstore
Verse 3
Si tendre soit la nuit
So tender is the night
Elle passe
She passes
Ma Zelda c'est fini, Montparnasse
my Zelda is over, Montparnasse
Miles Davis qui sonne sa Greco
Miles Davis ringing his Greco
Tous les Morrison leur Nico
All the Morrisons their Nico
Chorus 2
Rive Gauche à Paris
Left Bank in Paris
Mon île, mon pays
my island, my country
De musique et de poésie
Of music and poetry
Bridge
D'art et de liberté éprise
Of art and freedom in love
Elle s'est fait prendre, elle est prise
She got caught, she's caught
Elle va mourir quoi qu'on en dise
She's going to die no matter what anyone says
Et ma chanson la mélancolise
And my song melancholy
Verse 4
La vie c'est du théâtre et des souvenirs
Life is theater and memories
Et nous sommes opiniâtres à ne pas mourir
And we are stubborn not to die
À traîner sur les berges venez voir
Hanging out on the banks come and see
On dirait Jane et Serge sur le Pont des Arts
It looks like Jane and Serge on the Pont des Arts
Chorus 3
Rive Gauche à Paris
Left Bank in Paris
Adieu mon pays
Goodbye my country
Adieu le jazz, adieu la nuit
Goodbye jazz, goodbye night
Outro
Un état dans l'état d'esprit
A state within the state of mind
Traité par le mépris
Treated with contempt
Comme le Québec par les États-Unis
Like Quebec by the United States
Comme nous aussi
Like us too
Le mépris, le mépris
contempt, contempt
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