{"id":31704,"date":"2019-12-24T05:38:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T04:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31704"},"modified":"2019-12-17T23:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T22:47:44","slug":"french-music-a-christmas-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-music-a-christmas-song\/","title":{"rendered":"French Music &#8211; A Christmas Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is\u00a0<strong>le r\u00e9veillon de No\u00ebl<\/strong> (<em>Christmas eve) &#8230; <\/em><strong>et demain c&#8217;est No\u00ebl\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>tomorrow is Christmas)<\/em>. And while it is a time of joy and celebrations for many, it is also a time to remember those who cannot fully enjoy the <strong>saison des f\u00eates<\/strong> (<em>holiday season<\/em>) for whatever reason.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31715\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/green-christmas-tree-with-orange-bauble-1734436-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/green-christmas-tree-with-orange-bauble-1734436-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/green-christmas-tree-with-orange-bauble-1734436.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the French singer <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-music-michel-polnareff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michel Polnareff<\/a> released this song, his first since 2007, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/musique\/2015\/12\/18\/03006-20151218ARTFIG00133--l-homme-en-rouge-de-michel-polnareff-vivement-critique-sur-internet.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">less than stellar reviews<\/a>. Maybe some were disappointed by the song, maybe some were put off by the subject &#8230; whatever the case, I found it to be a moving reminder to be grateful for the love and good fortunate that I have and to spare <strong>une pens\u00e9e\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>a thought)\u00a0<\/em>for those who might have less. What ever your situation, religion, or beliefs, I would like to wish you\u00a0<strong>un tr\u00e8s joyeux No\u00ebl\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>a very happy\/merry Christmas).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michel Polnareff - L&#039;Homme en Rouge\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7C7GAbDcNvs?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<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Sapin<\/strong><strong> \u00e9teint ,<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>The (Christmas) tree is switched off,<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Les boules tombent et cassent au son des ohohoh<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>The (decorative) balls fall and break to the sound of ohohoh<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Les parents dorment indiff\u00e9rents ohoh ohohoh<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>The parents sleep indifferently ohoh ohohoh<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Fait noir dedans et blanc dehors ohohohoh<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>Black inside and white out ohohohoh<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>J&#8217;ai faim,<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>I&#8217;m hungry,<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>J&#8217;ai froid,<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>I&#8217;m cold,<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>J&#8217;ai peur,<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>I&#8217;m scared,<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Je pleure,<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>I weep,<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Je suis seul<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>I am alone<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>(Il) y a pas d(e) soleil dans mon hiver<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>There is no sunshine in my winter<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>L&#8217;homme en rouge n&#8217;a rien pour moi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>The man in red has nothing for me<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Pas d(e) cadeau dans le sac \u00e0 dos<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>No presents\u00a0in the sack<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>L&#8217;homme en rouge ne passera pas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>The man in red won&#8217;t by coming<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>J(e) suis personne<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>I am nobody<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Je n&#8217;existe pas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>I don&#8217;t exist<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>L&#8217;homme en rouge ne viendra pas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>The man in red won&#8217;t be coming<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Il se moque<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"1\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_31704\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_31704-1\">1<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_31704-1\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"1\"><em>se moquer de quelqu&#8217;un <\/em>or <em>de quelque chose<\/em> can also mean <em>to make fun <\/em>of but here it is used in the sense of <em>to not care about \/ not have a care for<\/em><\/span>\u00a0de gens comme moi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>He doesn&#8217;t care about people like me<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>L&#8217;homme en rouge ne m(e) conna\u00eet pas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>The man in red doesn&#8217;t know me<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Qu&#8217;on n(e) me dise pas que j&#8217;ai m\u00e9rit\u00e9 d&#8217;\u00eatre ignor\u00e9 \u00e0 ce point l\u00e0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>Don&#8217;t tell me that I deserve to be ignored this way<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Que les gosses d&#8217;en face g\u00e2t\u00e9s pourris sont bien, bien mieux que moi <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>That the spoiled rotten kids across the way are good, much better than me<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Ils dansent,<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>They dance<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Ils chantent,<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>They sing<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Et me narguent au son des ohohoh<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>And tease me with their ohohoh<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Je suis seul sur une terre qui tourne sans moi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>I am alone in a world that turns without me<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>(Il) y a pas de soleil dans ma mis\u00e8re<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>There is no sunshine in my misery<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>L&#8217;homme en rouge ne m(e) r\u00e9chauffera pas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>The man in red will not warm me<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>(Il) y a pas de lumi\u00e8re dans mon tunnel<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>There is no sunlight<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"2\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_31704\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_31704-2\">2<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_31704-2\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"2\">soleil lit. means sun but it can also <\/em><em>mean<\/em><em style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">, depending on the context, sunshine or sunlight<\/span> in my tunnel<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>L&#8217;homme en rouge ne l&#8217;allumera pas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>The man in red won&#8217;t light it (up)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Il n&#8217;y a plus de mensonges pour le soir<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>There will be no more lies tonight<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>L&#8217;homme en rouge ne viendra pas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>The man in red won&#8217;t be coming<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Tout le monde m\u00e9rite d&#8217;\u00eatre heureux<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>Everyone deserves to be happy<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Tout le monde et pourquoi pas moi?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>Everyone \u2026 so why not me?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>(Il) y a pas de soleil dans mon d\u00e9sert<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>There is no sunlight in my desert<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Il ne le traversera pas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>He won&#8217;t cross it<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Je pleure un fleuve pas trop tranquille<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>I cry a turbulent river<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Jamais il ne le s\u00e9chera<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>That he will never dry<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Je suis seul ce soir de linceul<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>I am alone on this night of mourning<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"3\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_31704\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_31704-3\">3<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_31704-3\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"3\">linceul lit. means shroud<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>M\u00eame pas un petit jouet cass\u00e9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>Not even a small broken toy<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>L&#8217;ann\u00e9e prochaine ce sera pareil<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>Next year it will be the same<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>L&#8217;homme en rouge il n&#8217;existe pas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"335\"><em>The man in read doesn&#8217;t exist<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Photo by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@iriser?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Irina Iriser\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/green-christmas-tree-with-orange-bauble-1734436\/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Pexels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"modern-footnotes-list modern-footnotes-list--show-only-for-print\"><li><span>1<\/span><div><em>se moquer de quelqu&#8217;un <\/em>or <em>de quelque chose<\/em> can also mean <em>to make fun <\/em>of but here it is used in the sense of <em>to not care about \/ not have a care for<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>2<\/span><div>soleil lit. means sun but it can also <\/em><em>mean<\/em><em style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">, depending on the context, sunshine or sunlight<\/div><\/li><li><span>3<\/span><div>linceul lit. means shroud<\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/green-christmas-tree-with-orange-bauble-1734436-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/green-christmas-tree-with-orange-bauble-1734436-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/green-christmas-tree-with-orange-bauble-1734436.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Today is\u00a0le r\u00e9veillon de No\u00ebl (Christmas eve) &#8230; et demain c&#8217;est No\u00ebl\u00a0(tomorrow is Christmas). And while it is a time of joy and celebrations for many, it is also a time to remember those who cannot fully enjoy the saison des f\u00eates (holiday season) for whatever reason. 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