Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel

Sur La Place Lyrics English translation

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Jacques Brel - Sur La Place

Paroles et musique : Jacques Brel
(c) MCA/CARAVELLE MUSIC FRANCE (Catalogue CARAVELLE)
1Sur la place chauffe au soleil
Une fille s'est mise danse
Elle tourne toujours pareille
Aux danseuses d'antiquits
Sur la ville il fait trop chaud
Hommes et femmes sont assoupis
Et regardent par le carreau
Cette fille qui danse midi
RAinsi certains jours parat
Une flamme nos yeux
l'glise o j'allais
On l'appelait le Bon Dieu
L'amoureux l'appelle l'amour
Le mendiant la charit
Le soleil l'appelle le jour
Et le brave homme la bont.
2Sur la place vibrante d'air chaud
O pas mme ne parat un chien
Ondulante comme un roseau
La fill' bondit, s'en va, s'en vient
Ni guitare, ni tambourinJacques Brel - Sur La Place - http://motolyrics.com/jacques-brel/sur-la-place-lyrics-english-translation.html
Pour accompagner sa danse
Elle frappe dans ses mains
Pour se donner la cadence
3Sur la place o tout est tranquille
Une fille s'est mise chanter
Et son chant plane sur la ville
Hymne d'amour et de bont
Mais sur la ville il fait trop chaud
Et pour ne point entendre son chant
Les hommes ferment leurs carreaux
Comme une porte entre morts et vivants
RAinsi certains jours parat
Une flamme en nos coeurs
Mais nous ne voulons jamais
Laisser luire sa lueur
Nous nous bouchons les oreilles
Et nous nous voilons les yeux
Nous n'aimons point les rveils
De notre coeur dj vieux.
Sur la place un chien hurle encore
Car la fille s'en est alle
Et comme le chien hurlant la mort
Pleurent les hommes leurs destines

English translation

Jacques Brel - On the square (English translation)

On the square that's warmed by the sun
A girl has started dancing
She's always turning around like
dancers from way back
Over the city, it's too warm
Men and women are numb
and out the window, they watch
the girl dancing at noon

On days like this,
a flame in our eyes appears
In the church where I used to go
They called it the Good Lord
the loving calls it love
the beggar calls it charity
The sun calls it day
And the good man calls it kindness

On the square trembling with warm air
Where probably no dog would appear
ondulating like cane
The girl leaps, comes and goes
nor guitar, nor tambourine
to go with her dance
She claps in her hands
To give herself the cadence

On days like this,
a flame in our eyes appearsJacques Brel - Sur La Place - http://motolyrics.com/jacques-brel/sur-la-place-lyrics-english-translation.html
In the church where I used to go
They called it the Good Lord
the loving calls it love
the beggar calls it charity
The sun calls it day
And the good man calls it kindness

On the square, where everything is quiet
A girl has started singing
And her singing floats over the city
A hymn of love and goodness
But over the city, it's too warm
To not hear her singing
People close their windows
Like a door between the living and the dead

On days like this,
a flame in our hearts appears
But we would never want
To let it shine
We block our ears
and veil our eyes
We don't like to awake
our hearts that are already old

On the square, a dog's still crying
because the girl is gone
And as the dog is crying to death
People cry about their fate

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