{"id":18127,"date":"2013-02-01T14:07:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T13:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=18127"},"modified":"2014-06-17T17:01:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T15:01:28","slug":"under-the-wing-of-the-french-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/under-the-wing-of-the-french-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Wing of the French Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Phoenix\"<\/a>
\nIn France, the word “Eiffel<\/strong><\/em>” used to only bring to mind Paris<\/strong>‘s most celebrated monument: la Tour Eiffel <\/em><\/strong>(the Eiffel Tower.)<\/p>\n

Today, however, it also refers to a young and dynamic music band which has successfully reinvigorated the French Rock scene, after years of torpor and\u00a0somnolence <\/em><\/strong>(the same as in English: sleepiness!)<\/p>\n

* * *
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LGIfmXLpR7U<\/a><\/p>\n

Eiffel – “Sous ton aile<\/em>” (“Under Your Wing”)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Partons en tyrolienne<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s cross a Zip-line<\/p>\n

Tr\u00e9mousser en \u00e9cume \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Jiggling in foam<\/p>\n

Maintenant que<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Now that<\/p>\n

Nos chouettes f\u00ealures cr\u00e2niennes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Our awesome cranial cracks<\/p>\n

Logent un rayon de lune<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Host a moon ray<\/p>\n

Avec cette \u00e9pitaphe en vrac<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

With this higgledy-piggledy epitaph<\/p>\n

\u00c0 graver au large d’Ithaque:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

To be engraved off the coasts of Ithaca [Allusion\u00a0<\/a>to the Greek Island, conquered by\u00a0Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a>\u00a0after being for a time a Venetian property]<\/p>\n

Ph\u00e9nix<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Phoenix<\/p>\n

Prends-moi sur-le-champ \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Take me right away<\/p>\n

Couvre-moi d’\u00e9tincelles<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Cover me with sparks<\/p>\n

Et de ta clameur arque le ciel<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And through your clamor bend the sky<\/p>\n

Prends-moi sur-le-champ<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Take me right away<\/p>\n

Oiseau rare \u00e9ternel<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Rare eternal bird
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prends-moi sous ton aile<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Take me under your wing
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Porn sex-bombs, ayez piti\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Porn sex-bombs, have mercy<\/p>\n

Je carillonne la f\u00eate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I ring the celebration bells<\/p>\n

\u00c0 vous voir<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

To see you<\/p>\n

Sur le b\u00fbcher embras\u00e9es<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Set ablaze on the stake<\/p>\n

Afin de loin en loin rena\u00eetre<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

To be reborn afar<\/p>\n

Comme vous<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Like you<\/p>\n

Je perdrai conscience de mon corps<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I’ll lose conscience of my body<\/p>\n

Pour m’en aller faire corps avec<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

To go and be one with<\/p>\n

Le Ph\u00e9nix<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The phoenix<\/p>\n

Prends-moi sur-le-champ<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Take me right away<\/p>\n

Couvre-moi d’\u00e9tincelles\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Cover me with sparks<\/p>\n

Et de ta clameur arque le ciel
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And through your clamor bend the sky<\/p>\n

Fais couler la s\u00e8ve nue<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Let flow the pure sap<\/p>\n

Des immortels<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Of immortals<\/p>\n

Prends-moi sous ton aile<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Take me under your wing<\/p>\n

L’arase des ondes \u00e0 fleur de connerie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

On the verge of stupidity<\/p>\n

Pour les dance-floors de la jeunesse<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For the dance-floors of youth<\/p>\n

Comme la promesse au pays<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Like the promise extended to the country<\/p>\n

D’un pitbull au\u00a0Fouquet’s<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Of a Pit Bull at The Fouquet’s<\/p>\n

Quand les nations immigrent \u00e0 la cha\u00eene<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

When nations immigrate\u00a0en masse<\/em><\/p>\n

Cognant aux vitraux d’ADN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Banging against the DNA stained glasses<\/p>\n

Un dernier v\u0153u sur le tarmac<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A last wish on the tarmac<\/p>\n

Cette \u00e9pitaphe en vrac:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This\u00a0higgledy-piggledy epitaph:
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prends-moi sur-le-champ<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Take me right away
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Couvre-moi d’\u00e9tincelles<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Cover me with sparks<\/p>\n

Et de ta clameur arque le ciel<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And through your clamor bend the sky<\/p>\n

Fais couler la s\u00e8ve nue<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Let flow the pure sap<\/p>\n

Des immortels<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Of immortals<\/p>\n

Prends-moi sous ton aile \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Take me under your wing\u00a0
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sous ton aile
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Under your wing
\n\"Phoenix-Symbol\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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In France, the word “Eiffel” used to only bring to mind Paris‘s most celebrated monument: la Tour Eiffel (the Eiffel Tower.) Today, however, it also refers to a young and dynamic music band which has successfully reinvigorated the French Rock scene, after years of torpor and\u00a0somnolence (the same as in English: sleepiness!) * * *…<\/p>\n

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