Charles Trenet
Les Bulldozers lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- French Pop, Tradicional
- Length
- 2:53
Les bulldozers
The bulldozers
J'entends ma mie
I hear my love
Les grands bulldozers
The big bulldozers
Dans la prairie
In the meadow
Ils donnent un concert
They're giving a concert
Et leurs chenilles
And their tracks
Qui s'éparpillent
That scatter away
Vont transformer en enfer
Will turn into hell
Les coins champêtres
The country corners
Que nous aimons tant,
That we love so much,
Le bois de hêtres
The beech woods
La source d'antan
The spring of yesteryear
Et la piscine
And the swimming pool
Qu'on assassine
That we assassinate
Nous dit: Adieu mes enfants
Tells us: Farewell my children
Dans la poussière,
In the dust,
Spectacle navrant,
A lamentable sight,
On voit des pierres
We see stones
Qu'un monstre savant,
That a learned monster,
Triste machine
Sad machine
Courbant l'échine
Bending my back
Choisit et cueille dans le vent
Choosing and gathering in the breeze
Adieu la vigne
Farewell the vineyard
Adieu cerisiers
Farewell cherry trees
Qui restez dignes
You who remain dignified
Comme des fusillés
Like those who were shot
On vous emporte
You are taken away
La vie est morte
Life is dead
Adieu chemins et sentiers
Farewell paths and trails
À coups de pelle,
With shovels' blows,
À coups de marteau,
With blows of a hammer,
Tombe la chapelle
Falls the chapel
En haut du coteau...
At the top of the hill...
Et sur la roche
And on the rock
Se meurt la cloche
The bell is dying
En disant: Gratias Deo;
Saying: Thanks be to God;
Voilà ma mie
Here is my dear one,
Les grands bulldozers
The mighty bulldozers
Dans la prairie
In the meadow
Où plus rien n'est vert
Where nothing is green anymore.
Demain sans doute
Tomorrow without a doubt
Quelqu'autoroute
Some highway
Passera dans ce lieu désert.
Will pass through this empty place.
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Key vocabulary
- triste
- sadA1
- vent
- windA1
- voit
- seesA1
- entends
- hear
- poussière
- dustA2
- deo
- God
- voilà
- hereA1
- plus
- moreA1
- chenilles
- tracksC1
- mie
- crumbC1
About this song
Charles Trenet was a French singer-songwriter associated with French chanson, active for more than 60 years. He wrote both music and lyrics for nearly 1,000 songs, including “La Mer,” and collaborated with musicians Michel Emer and Léo Chauliac.