{"id":8310,"date":"2011-07-25T13:29:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T17:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=8310"},"modified":"2017-10-19T14:28:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:28:50","slug":"a-touching-french-song-for-all-exiles-and-expats-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/a-touching-french-song-for-all-exiles-and-expats-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A Touching French Song For All Exil\u00e9s and Expats of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alain Souchon<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>, a major figure on the French song scene, dedicated this song to all les exil\u00e9s <\/em>of the world\u00a0who, for a reason or another, had to leave their own countries behind…<\/span>
\nDespite the political changes occurring in France, past and present, la France<\/em> still remains une terre d’accueil <\/em>(a welcoming country).<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jBIWL9S32QQ<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Alain Souchon: “C’est D\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00c7a<\/span>” <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em>(<\/span><\/strong>“It’s Already Something”<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Je sais bien que, rue d’Belleville,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I know well that, on rue de Belleville \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rien n’est fait pour moi<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Nothing is made for me<\/span><\/p>\n

Mais je suis dans une belle ville :<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

But I’m in a beautiful city:<\/span><\/p>\n

C’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s already something<\/span><\/p>\n

Si loin de mes antilopes,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

So far away from my antilopes<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Je marche tout bas
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I walk low
\n
\nMarcher dans une ville d’Europe,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

To walk in a European city<\/span><\/p>\n

C’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

That’s already something<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, oh, et je r\u00eave \u00a0\"\"<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, oh, and I dream,<\/span><\/p>\n

Que Soudan, mon pays, soudain, se soul\u00e8ve…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

That Sudan, my country, suddenly, raises up<\/span><\/a>…<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh,<\/span><\/p>\n

R\u00eaver,\u00a0c’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a,\u00a0c’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

To dream, it’s already something, it’s already something<\/span><\/p>\n

Y a un sac de plastique vert<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

There’s a green plastic bag<\/span><\/p>\n

Au bout de mon bras.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

That I’m holding<\/span><\/p>\n

Dans mon sac vert, il y a de l’air :<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In my green bag, there’s air<\/span><\/p>\n

C’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s already something<\/span><\/p>\n

Quand je danse en marchant
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

When I dance while walking<\/span><\/p>\n

Dans ces djellabas,
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In these djellabas<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c7a fait sourire les passants :<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It makes the passerbies smile<\/span><\/p>\n

C’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s already something<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, oh, et je r\u00eave<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, oh, and I dream\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Que Soudan, mon pays, soudain, se soul\u00e8ve…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

That Sudan, my country, suddenly, raises up<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh<\/span><\/p>\n

R\u00eaver,\u00a0c’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a,\u00a0c’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

To dream, it’s already something<\/span><\/p>\n

C’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a,\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s already something, already something\u00a0<\/span>
\n
\nD\u00e9j\u00e0…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Already<\/span><\/p>\n

Pour vouloir la belle musique,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

For wanting the beautiful music<\/span><\/p>\n

Soudan, mon Soudan,
\n<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/em>Sudan, my Sudan<\/span><\/p>\n

Pour un air d\u00e9mocratique,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For a democractic air
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

On t’casse les dents.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

You get beaten up<\/span><\/p>\n

Pour vouloir le monde parl\u00e9,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

For wanting the people spoken<\/span><\/p>\n

Soudan, mon Soudan,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Sudan, my Sudan \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Celui d’la parole \u00e9chang\u00e9e,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The one of the exchanged words<\/span><\/p>\n

On t’casse les dents.
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

You get beaten up<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, oh, et je r\u00eave<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, oh, and I dream<\/span><\/p>\n

Que Soudan, mon pays, soudain, se soul\u00e8ve…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

That Sudan, my country, suddenly, raises up<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh,<\/span><\/p>\n

R\u00eaver,\u00a0c’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a,\u00a0c’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

To dream, it’s already something, it’s already something<\/span><\/p>\n

Je suis assis rue d’Belleville<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m sitting rue de Belleville<\/span><\/p>\n

Au milieu d’une foule,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In the middle of a crowd \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Et l\u00e0, le temps, h\u00e9mophile,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

And here, the time, hemophiliac,<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Flows<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, oh, et je r\u00eave<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, oh, and I dream \u00a0\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Que Soudan, mon pays, soudain, se soul\u00e8ve…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

That Sudan, my country, suddenly, raises up<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh<\/span><\/p>\n

R\u00eaver,\u00a0c’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a,\u00a0c’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

To dream, it’s already something, it’s already something<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, oh, et je r\u00eave<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, oh, and I dream \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Que soudain, mon pays, Soudan se soul\u00e8ve…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

That all of a sudden, my country, Sudan raises up<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh,<\/span><\/p>\n

R\u00eaver,\u00a0c’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a,\u00a0c’est\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0\u00e7a.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

To dream, it’s already something, it’s already something\u00a0\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

C’est… d\u00e9… j\u00e0… \u00e7a.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s already… Some… thing<\/span><\/p>\n


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Alain Souchon, a major figure on the French song scene, dedicated this song to all les exil\u00e9s of the world\u00a0who, for a reason or another, had to leave their own countries behind… Despite the political changes occurring in France, past and present, la France still remains une terre d’accueil (a welcoming country). Alain Souchon: “C’est…<\/p>\n

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