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Chanson d'autumn

from 52 Songs by Bernard Houston

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This track is a collaboration with writer Freddy Komp. We went on to use this song in a cabaret show celebrating the poetry of Jacques Prevert.

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Chanson d’ autumn

French English translation

VERSE 1
Alonge-toi dans la paix... du fleuve Lay yourself down into the peace... of the stream
Passant à travers les méandres de la vie passing through the bends of life
Je tiens ta main au point du jour I take your hand until the break of day
Et jusque là, je me moquerai du temps And up until then, I'll make fun of time

VERSE 2
Les saisons s'ensuivent sans cesse, et tant que... t'es jeune The seasons follow each other without cease, and as long as... you're young
Ces petits recoins de ta vie te semblent éternelles Those little niches of your life to you seem eternal
Les aiguilles qui ne font qu'avancer nous poussent en avant The {clock-face-}hands which do nothing but advance push us forward
Et le temps, comme ça, il se moque de nous And Time, like that, (he) makes fun of us

CHORUS
Vis ta vie, mon ami, Live your life, my friend
Sourie quand on se retrouve, Smile when we will find each other again
Et point de douleur d’adieu And no pain of goodbye
Même si la vie, mon ami, Even if life, my friend
Nous sépare, toujours, il nous restera Pulls us {apart}, There will always remain for us
L’ardeur et la chaleur de notre flame et feu The embers and the warmth of our flame and our fire

VERSE 3
Il me fallait courir toute ma vie, pour m’aper-...cevoir It took me running all my life to realise/see
qu’il n’y a pas de concours, ni bataille, ni medaille, ni de guerre that there is no competition, nor battle, nor medal, nor war
Chantons les saisons que nous partagions, Let us sing [of] the seasons which we shared
Le printemps, l’été, – Car maintenant, l’hiver s’installe. [of] springtime, [of] summer, - for now, winter settles in.

CHORUS

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from 52 Songs, released January 1, 2015
Vocals - Alison St Ledger

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Bernard Composer Brisbane, Australia

Bernard has composed music for numerous films including “The Foal” (2010 Cannes Film Festival). Bernard has also produced music for theatrical productions at Brisbane’s Judith Wright Centre and Metro Arts. His credits include “Flicking the Flint” with an ambient electronic score that in the words of the Courier Mail “underscored the dual atmospheres of nature’s splendours and menace”. ... more

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