"Seuls Et Vaincus" Gaël Faye
Vous finirez seuls et vaincus
Sourds aux palpitations du monde
A ses hoquets, ses hauts ses bas
Ses haussements d'épaules veules
Au recensement des ossements
Qui tapissent le fond des eaux
Vous finirez seuls et vaincus
Aveugles aux débris tenaces
De ces vies qui têtues s'enlacent
De ces amours qui ne se lassent
Même lacérées de se hisser
À la cime des songeries
Vous finirez seuls et vaincus
Grands éructants rudimentaires
Insouciants face à nos errances
Sur la rude écale de la Terre
Indifférents aux pulsations
Qui lâchent laisse à l'espérance
Vous finirez seuls et vaincus
Car longue longue est la mémoire
Des pieds des peaux des au-revoir
Et de ces temps itinérants
Où devisant et divisant
Vous créez un monde en noir et blanc
Vous finirez seuls et vaincus
Vos cris vos cors et vos crédos
Autorité en toc et broc
Ne sauront vous sauver de rien
L'éclat de nos vies entêtées
Eblouira vos en-dedans
Et vos enfants joyeux et vifs
Feront rondes et farandoles
Avec nos enfants et leurs chants
Et s'aimant sans y prendre garde
Vous puniront en vous offrant
Des petits-enfants chatoyants
Vous finirez seuls et vaincus
Car invincible est notre ardeur
Et si ardent notre présent
Incandescent notre avenir
Grâce à la tendresse qui survit
À ce passé simple et composé
While you're holding on to your bones
Holding on to what you know
We won't make the same mistakes
Stakes are high we claim our fates
While you're holding on to your bones (seuls)
Holding on to what you know
We won't make the same mistakes (seuls)
Stakes are high we claim our fates (vaincus)
While you're holding on to your bones (seuls)
Holding on to what you know (vaincus)
We won't make the same mistakes (seuls)
Stakes are high we claim our fates
Vous finirez seuls et vaincus
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gaël faye, small country (2016, translated from the french by sarah ardizzone)
original quote: J'ai vécu mes plus belles années à Kamenge, sans m'en rendre compte, car sans cesse je pensais au jour d'après, espérant que demain serait mieux qu'hier. Le bonheur ne se voit que dans le rétroviseur. Le jour d'après ? Regarde-le. Il est là. À massacrer les espoirs, à rendre l'horizon vain, à froisser les rêves. J'ai prié pour nous, Gaby, j’ai prié autant de fois que j'ai pu. Plus je priais et plus Dieu nous abandonnait, et plus j'avais foi en sa force. Dieu nous fait traverser les épreuves pour qu'on lui prouve qu'on ne doute pas de lui. Il semble nous dire que le grand amour est fait de confiance. On ne doit pas douter de la beauté des choses, même sous un ciel tortionnaire. Si tu n'es pas étonné par le chant du coq ou par la lumière au-dessus des crêtes, si tu ne crois pas en la bonté de ton âme, alors tu ne te bats plus, et c'est comme si tu étais déjà mort.
- Demain, le soleil se lèvera et on essaiera encore, a dit Prothé pour conclure.
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Hello!! I’m trying to expand my music selection and was wondering if you could recommend a few French artists that you like?
This was so hard 😫 I almost sent you a list with like, 30 names, but realized it would be overwhelming lol
I added some song recs from these artists, to give you a starting point
Feu! Chatterton : La Malinche, J'ai tout mon temps
Claude François : Soudain il ne reste qu'une chanson, Magnolias for Ever, Comme d'habitude (original song that Sinatra turned into "My Way"!)
Gaël Faye : Irruption, Paris métèque, Petit Pays
Téléphone : Un autre monde, Ça s'est vraiment toi
Clara Luciani : Respire encore, Nue
Charles Aznavour : Emmenez-moi, For me formidable
La femme : Si un jour, Sacatela, Paradigmes
Christine & The Queens : Christine, Saint-Claude
Niagara : J'ai vu, Je dois m'en aller, L'amour à la plage
Hoshi : Et même après je t'aimerai, Pleurs de fumoir
Eddy de Pretto : Kid, Mamere
Minuit : Flash
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small country.
dialogue prompts from small country: a novel by gaël faye.
you've always been more clear-headed than me.
i never want to define myself again.
everything interests me, but nothing ignites my passion.
i am as gloomy as a motorway service station in winter.
don't confuse desire with love.
life's good?
i can't abide children joining grownup conversations.
when i say god, i mean you.
i was born here and i'll die here.
you always have to make a drama out of everything.
you've never been interested in my side of the story.
it's important to know how to fix things.
do you think you're robin hood or something?
spoiled brat.
the damage is done, kid.
we have to be ready to fight back.
grownups crack me up sometimes.
when did you start to feel scared?
you know exactly who you are. i envy that.
war can only mean sadness and misfortune.
who's talking? i can't see.
come to spy on me?
why do you want them to be afraid of you?
what matters is being respected.
are you ready to leave me?
i pray that nothing ever changes.
peace is merely a brief interlude between two wars.
what's going on? where is everybody?
forgive me, but i don't have the strength to talk.
war always takes it upon itself to find us an enemy.
your curiosity is in a league of its own.
we can only count on ourselves.
come back. don't go.
i didn't know you properly before.
you're not who i thought you were.
losing a parent can make you different. it toughens you up.
you're my blood brother. i love you more than anyone.
no, things are not okay at all.
i'm not holding out much hope.
i'd rather say goodbye now. it's better that way.
we're too old for kids' games.
nobody can be neutral in war.
my books are the great loves of my life.
a book can change you?
you're not going to cry, are you?
happiness is something you only see in the rearview mirror.
i don't recognize you these days.
there are lots of things i never had time to tell you about.
the people we love don't die if we keep thinking about them.
words hold more truth than reality.
there's nothing left to fix, nothing left to save.
never forget where you come from.
some wounds don't heal.
i didn't know how to tell you. i wanted you to find out for yourself.
is that you, [name]?
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