{"id":16504,"date":"2012-09-14T19:50:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T17:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=16504"},"modified":"2017-10-20T14:18:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:18:13","slug":"autour-du-monde-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/autour-du-monde-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Autour du Monde (Around the World)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>When a catchy French song meets a hilarious video coming straight from the wild imagination of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/meet-ze-craziest-french-prankster-on-ze-planet\/\"><em>Ze craziest<\/em>\u00a0Frenchman\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/meet-ze-craziest-french-prankster-on-ze-planet\/\">on ze planet<\/a>&#8220;<\/em>&#8212;Then what happens?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Well,<em> voici le r<strong><em>\u00e9sultat <\/em><\/strong><\/em><strong>(<\/strong>here is the result)!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iqggr1aU6Ok\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iqggr1aU6Ok<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8220;<em>Le Troubadour<\/em>&#8221; by French group &#8220;HK &amp; Les Saltimbanks&#8221;, who are probably not too upset with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/meet-ze-craziest-french-prankster-on-ze-planet\/\">R\u00e9mi\u00a0<\/a>for &#8220;borrowing&#8221; their song to be featured on his video below<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hw00i6TKi0A\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hw00i6TKi0A<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>R\u00e9mi Gaillard is &#8220;The Minstrel&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Notice<\/span>: This is a bit of an improper\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/lost-in-textossms-translation\/\">translation\u00a0<\/a>for which\u00a0<em>Monsieur\u00a0<\/em>Gaillard ought to be forgiven: &#8220;<em>les\u00a0m\u00e9nestrels<\/em><\/strong><strong>&#8221; (&#8220;the minstrels&#8221;) were technically the artists who eventually were replaced by the troubadours&#8212;but then again, R<strong>\u00e9mi, you are still forgiven!<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>&#8220;<em>Le Troubadour<\/em>&#8221; by &#8220;HK &amp; Les Saltimbanks&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>(An exclusive translation into English for the Transparent Language French Blog)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Je n&#8217;suis qu&#8217;un troubadour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I ain&#8217;t nothing but a Troubadour<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>J&#8217;amuse mon monde mais le monde va mal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I entertain my world but the world isn&#8217;t doing too well<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Et la Terre tourne tourne tourne tourne tourne pas rond, mais je n&#8217;peux rien y faire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And Earth turns turns turns turns out not right, but I can&#8217;t do a thing about that<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Rien d&#8217;plus qu&#8217;un troubadour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Nothing more than a troubadour<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>J&#8217;amuse mon monde mais le monde va mal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I entertain my world but the world is in a bad shape<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Mes images tournent tournent tournent autour du pot de ce monde \u00e0 refaire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My images beat beat beat beat around the bush of this world in need of a makeover<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Le monde va mal je m&#8217;en amuse<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The world&#8217;s in a bad shape but I&#8217;m having fun about that<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Insolent, impertinent<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sassy, cheeky<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Quand nos dicateurs abusent<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When our dictators cross the line<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>J&#8217;\u00e9cris une chanson, \u00e7a fait rire les gens<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I write a song, it makes people laugh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Le monde va mal, mais que puis-je y faire?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The world&#8217;s in a bad shape, but what can I do about that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Avec mes coups de gueule, mes calembours<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With my rants, my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/top-50-funniest-french-names-the-letter-a\/\">puns<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ni politicien, ni militaitre<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Neither politician nor military<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Je n&#8217;suis qu&#8217;un troubadour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I ain&#8217;t nothing but a troubadour<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>De toute fa\u00e7on, ce monde n&#8217;est pas le mien<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This world ain&#8217;t mine anyway<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>J&#8217;\u00e9cris des chansons pour fuir cette Terre<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I write songs to escape this Earth<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Au lieu de vivre aujourd&#8217;hui, je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of living today, I&#8217;d rather<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Chanter en attendant demain<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sing while waiting for tomorrow<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Si je me mets \u00e0 chanter l&#8217;amour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If I start singing about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/joyeuse-saint-valentin-a-tous\/\">love<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>On me dit &#8220;Comment tu oses?&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am told &#8220;How dare you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Souffler les p\u00e9tales d&#8217;une rose<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Blowing the petals of a rose<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Alors qu&#8217;il y a dans le monde tous ces morts?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whereas there&#8217;s in this world all these people dying<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Si je me mets \u00e0 chanter la guerre<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If I start singing about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/after-indigenes-french-oh-la-la-about-hors-la-loi\/\">war<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/la-marseillaise-and-la-reintegration-de-lhistoire\/\">Aux armes citoyens<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;To arms, citizens&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Tenant des solgans r\u00e9volutionnaires<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Holding revolutionary slogans<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>On sait comment \u00e7a s&#8217;termine \u00e0 la fin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/basta-with-bastille-day-why-the-real-french-national-holiday-should-be-june-20th\/\">We know how it all ends up<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Et la Terre tourne tourne tourne, et la Terre tourne tourne tourne pas rond!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And Earth turns turns turns turns, and Earth turns turns turns out not right!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/09\/voyage-autour-du-monde-350x306.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/09\/voyage-autour-du-monde-350x306.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/09\/voyage-autour-du-monde.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>When a catchy French song meets a hilarious video coming straight from the wild imagination of &#8220;Ze craziest\u00a0Frenchman\u00a0on ze planet&#8220;&#8212;Then what happens? 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