Vaya Con Dios » Vaya Con Dios general room » Pauvre Diable (Lyrics, + english translation) » Hello Guest [Login|Register] Last Post | First Unread Post Print Page | Recommend to a Friend | Add Thread to Favorites Pauvre Diable (Lyrics, + english translation) Author Post « Previous Thread | Next Thread » Päivi Vallo Member Registration Date: 07-31-2007 Posts: 30 Location: Finland Pauvre Diable (Lyrics, + english translation)        Please, anyone. Where could I find the lyrics of Pauvre Diable in English ... or even better, in Finnish? __________________ paivi 07-31-2007 17:23 Frederick webmaster Registration Date: 05-05-2007 Posts: 19 Location: Brussels RE: Pauvre Diable        These lyrics are available on the albums section of the website http://www.vayacondios.be/main.html (lower part) Last album (Ultimate Collection) there you'll hear the song sample and you just have to click on "download the lyrics" under the album cover... it's in PDF format so you can either print it or copy it. Same goes for all lyrics on every other album. Have a nice day ! Frederick 07-31-2007 19:54 Päivi Vallo Member Registration Date: 07-31-2007 Posts: 30 Location: Finland Thread Starter RE: Pauvre Diable        Thanks for the help. Still I´m uncertain how the lyrics go (don’t know French) but with some amount of imagination and after listening to the song several (hundred!? ) times I think I got the essence. Here is my endeavour (tell me if I´m even close?…) PAUVRE DIABLE: “I met the devil. He saw how desperate I was and tried to sell me space in the world without tears. I told him it`s an illusion and kept on walking. Poor devil, men´s world, filled with repetition of routines, hunt for perfection. Women´s world reaching deep dimensions, also in dancing and loving. So I turned my back to the devil, went on walking with no object in view, crying and dancing.” I´ll buy the album. With kindest regards. PV 08-01-2007 21:33 Frederick webmaster Registration Date: 05-05-2007 Posts: 19 Location: Brussels more or less translation        Pauvre Diable is more like a way to say "a Poor Guy", more like a little looser than an evil person. Here's an essay of a translation from french to english. Of course some expressions are more subtle in the original text than in my translation: Incroyable Incredible (amazing) On t'a vu errer dans les rues one saw you drifting down the streets A des heures improbables at wicked late hours Hurler à tes amours déçues owling at your disapointed lovers Pour un misérable for a miserable guy Une pauvre fille anéantie a poor wiped out girl Par un pauvre diable by a poor guy Pitoyable pityful Tu noies tes illusions perdues you drown your lost illusions Dans des bistrots minables in shabby pubs Tu pleures dans des bras inconnus you cry in unknown arms Que tu crois charitables you think they're so kind Une pauvre fille qui se maudit a poor girl that curses herself Pour un pauvre diable for a poor guy Pour un fils de salaud for a bastard's son Qui tue avec des mots who kills with words Un frimeur, un macho a show-off, a macho Que tu avais trouvé beau that you found gorgeous Un petit escroc a little swindler A qui tu donnais trop whom you gave too much Qui t'a pas fait de cadeau who didn't spare you Quand il t'a tourné le dos when he turned his back on you Pleurer crying Tu ne fais que pleurer all you do is crying Tu vis dans tes pensées you live in your thoughts Et ça te fait pleurer and it makes you cry Pleurer crying Tu ne fais que pleurer all you do is crying C'est fini de danser off with the dance La fête est terminée the party's over 08-05-2007 20:39 Päivi Vallo Member Registration Date: 07-31-2007 Posts: 30 Location: Finland Thread Starter RE: more or less translation        THANKS! 08-06-2007 20:03 Päivi Vallo Member Registration Date: 07-31-2007 Posts: 30 Location: Finland Thread Starter Yours was better...        Would you please be kind and destroy my "translation" from the website now that it has done it´s function. However, I enjoyed greatly making an effort to guess the story just by listening to Dani´s voice. Thanks again for the lyrics. Päivi 08-07-2007 18:38 holly Viking Registration Date: 05-05-2007 Posts: 503 Hi Païvi Vallo, in my eyes it's really not necessary to remove your text, it's your own intepretation which I personally really liked reading, and there's nothing wrong with it, so why not keep sharing it? 08-07-2007 21:35 Tree Structure | Board Structure Jump to: Please select: -------------------- Official Band's SectionLive concertsVaya Con Dios general roomAlbums / singlesPhotosYour place, your subjects-- Everything else-- Requests & Questions about VCDArchives of the forum Vaya Con Dios » Vaya Con Dios general room » Pauvre Diable (Lyrics, + english translation) Forum Software: Burning Board 2.3.6, Developed by WoltLab GmbH