{"id":18867,"date":"2013-04-11T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T11:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=18867"},"modified":"2017-10-20T14:48:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:48:17","slug":"la-plume-francaise-the-french-quill-pen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/la-plume-francaise-the-french-quill-pen\/","title":{"rendered":"La Plume Fran\u00e7aise (The French Quill Pen)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Unlike what their name may suggest to some at first, the French group &#8220;<em>Louise <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Attack<\/span><\/em>&#8221;\u00a0is no Heavy Metal band <em>\u00e0-la-Rammstein<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>In fact, their songs are for the most part <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>relax\u00e9es <\/em><\/span>(chill) and rather mellow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>One of such songs is &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>la Plume<\/em><\/span>&#8220;, meaning &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Quill Pen<\/span>&#8220;, which we feature today, together with an exclusive translation of its lyrics from\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>le fran\u00e7ais<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em>into <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">English<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La Plume - Louise Attaque\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QX_RynUa9YI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>La Plume<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0(&#8220;The Quill Pen&#8221;) &#8211; Louise Attaque<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Je te donne la plume pour que tu dessines<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I give you the quill pen so that you draw<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>La plus belle ville que tu aies connue<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The most beautiful city you have known<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Le plus bel hymne que tu aies voulu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The most beautiful hymn you ever wanted<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Je te donne la plume<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I give you the quill pen<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Moi, je n&#8217;en veux plus<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Me, I don&#8217;t want it anymore<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Je te donne la plume pour savoir vivre<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I give you the quill pen to know how to live<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Parler, \u00e9crire et dessiner<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To speak, write, and draw<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pour rester ivre, bien \u00e9veill\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To stay inebriated, wide awake<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Je te donne la plume et mes conneries<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I give you the quill pen and my silly stuff<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Garde-les<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Keep them<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Je te donne la plume pour que tu inscrives<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I give you the quill pen so that you engrave<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Perp\u00e9tuellement la vie \u00e0 construire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Perpetually the life to be built<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Le mouvement si dur<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The movement so hard<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Je te donne la plume<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I give you the quill pen<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Moi, je n&#8217;en veux plus<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Me, I don&#8217;t want it anymore<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Voil\u00e0 une heure<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an hour now<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Que je t&#8217;attends<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since I&#8217;m waiting<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Voil\u00e0 mon c\u0153ur<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is my heart<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Prudence en sortant<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Careful when going out<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Compter les heures<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To count the hours<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Depuis longtemps<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since a long time<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et revenir, mon c\u0153ur<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And to come back, my heart<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dispos\u00e9 en sortant<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Available when going out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/04\/4246538713_3edc6fafee-350x190.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\/2013\/04\/4246538713_3edc6fafee-350x190.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/04\/4246538713_3edc6fafee.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Unlike what their name may suggest to some at first, the French group &#8220;Louise Attack&#8221;\u00a0is no Heavy Metal band \u00e0-la-Rammstein. In fact, their songs are for the most part relax\u00e9es (chill) and rather mellow. One of such songs is &#8220;la Plume&#8220;, meaning &#8220;The\u00a0Quill Pen&#8220;, which we feature today, together with an exclusive translation of its&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/la-plume-francaise-the-french-quill-pen\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":23708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[108,13],"tags":[222,275812,367,415,275811,275810,55389,249992,275809],"class_list":["post-18867","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-vocabulary","tag-chanson-francaise","tag-chanson-relaxee","tag-french-music","tag-french-songs","tag-imagination","tag-la-plume","tag-louise-attaque","tag-musique-francaise","tag-the-quill-pen"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18867"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28468,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18867\/revisions\/28468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}