Note: Over a career spanning more than five decades, she has established herself as an icon in French pop/rock music as well as the neo-classical genre.
Do you know "Graal "? Probably not, it's not a very known french musical (because it never was on scene) but I find it very good. You only have 12 songs but you can perfectly hear the psychology of every character and each one was at the same time loving and deserving to be slapped. (I don't know if I am clear but...).
Whatever, I find this song, " La promesse", awesome, it could almost be a fan song of Merlin too. I'm maybe too obsessed by this show but I really see the song as a Mergana one. It's almost the relationship they can have it they was most honest with their feelings.
Catherine Lara’s GRAAL album translated in English
I finally finished translating all the songs from the 2004 arthurian musical-like album GRAAL by Catherine Lara. The album is a French arthurian selection of 12 songs about the legends of the Holy Grail.
The characters (and singers) are:
Patrice Carmona as Lancelot
Jenny Mackay as Guenièvre
Curt Close as Merlin
Julie Vustor as Viviane
Thierry Eliez as Gauvin (Gawain)
Pascal Lafa as Perceval
Audrey Lavergne as Morgane
Pablo Villafranca as Arthur
And these are the songs (and the characters that sing them)
I am not French, so I did my best with a mix of google translating and my knowledge of Italian (a language with a similar structure to French).In case I had doubts regarding the translation of a specific line, I added another option of translation between parenthesis.Have fun!
TRANSLATIONS (12 songs) + links (youtube)
1. ALL THE SECRETS OF THE WORLD (Tous les secrets du monde)
LINK (Lancelot)
All the secrets of the world are there
you can read them on my lips
like a prayer, a voice that raises
All the cries of the war are there
on your dancing spear
life cries tears of blood
far away from dreams
To love the fools, the wise ones, the helpless*
to finally love everything, the lamb and the wolves
to love the fools, the wise ones, the helpless
to love, without end, the lamb and the wolves, until the end
All the secrets of the world are there
you will find them all deep inside of you
love will free them
Tonight you are taking with you
the tomorrows of all the pains
for the last battle
To love the fools, the wise ones, the helpless *
to finally love everything, the lamb and the wolves
to love the fools, the wise ones, the helpless
to love, without end, the lamb and the wolves, until the end
* I think it was “the weak knees”? or something?
2. GO FURTHER (Va pluis loin) (yes I had so much more difficulty with this one and some parts … were translated without too much confidence on my part)
LINK (Lancelot, Percival, Gawain)
It’s your turn
To go through the hills, at the highest of peaks,
you’ll renew the love
It’ll always (go always?) be where the road is lightened
your intimate dream will reveal itself in broad daylight
It’s my turn to get out of the oblivium
Yes, it’s your turn to get out of the oblivium
and all the challenges arise
It’s your turn to save from the abyss this unsteady world
(go) always hunted by vultures
Yes, the evil is deeply seated like a thorn in a velvet glove
Go further (?) all the magicians, come closer to the divine
take the flame that is burning my hand
Go further up the heroes’ stars (?) and the one taking the flame gives us new breath
It’s your turn to read between the lines
the shadow of the signs planted in your journey
(go) always towards the sublime
there where the true meaning of love reigns/prevails.
3. THE ALLIANCE (L'alliance)
LINK (Everyone)
Knights, brothers of the Round Table
our alliance is the only truth
It’s Heaven which entrusts the world to us
We’ll defend humanity and freedom.
Children of what is ephemeral
Arm yourself with light
and leave to the dust te shadows of misery
Knights, brothers of the Round Table
our alliance is the only truth
It’s Heaven which entrusts the world to us
We’ll defend humanity and freedom.
Children of the Universe
forget the boundaries (of the countries)
Love a legendary love in broad daylight
4. DO NOT TRUST THE ANGELS (Mefie-toi des anges)
LINK (Guinevere)
Even the stars abandoned me as if I was a flower of the Evil
I fly, I’m confused in an ideal sky
they taught me to not trust the angels
and the foreign paths
that lead to infinity
but the madness of our hearts mix
and love gets revenge of all it’s forbidden
such an false one, whose body falls to pieces and rebels
he attracts me till he makes me delirious
far away from the unreality
they taught me to not trust the angels
and the foreign paths
that lead to infinity
but the madness of our hearts mix
and love gets revenge of all it’s forbidden
Even if the crystal predicts us a fatal future
to survive I want to follow
the places where our games happaned
they taught me to not trust the angels
and the foreign paths
that lead to infinity
but the madness of our hearts mix
and love gets revenge of all it’s forbidden
5. THE NIGHT OF TIME (Nuit Des Temps)
LINK (Merlin)
I love
the colors of the mystery
I love
the smells of the forbidden
I love
the millenary secrets
I love
The invisible and the life
I love
the magic
born from a flower
in the heart of Satan
I laugh
I am healing
your fears
since the dawn of time
I love
passing through the mirros
I love
guiding the men led astray
I love the silence of the accursed
I love
the magic
born from a flower
in the heart of Satan
I laugh
I heal
your fears
since the dawn of time
I love
breathing the universe
I love
the divine comedy
I love
the transient wisdom
I love
the infinite madness
I am
the magic born from a flower
in the heart of Satan
I laugh
I heal
your fears
since the dawn of time.
6. THE PROMISE (Promesse)
LINK (Vivian)
I owe you my powers
my knowledge
and my feelings
You taught me to see
in the darkness
and through illusions
Even if your destiny is not
to blend with me
in the forests' shadows
Promise that at the end of the fights
You will reveal to me
your last secret
You, who can change everything,
Change
the meaning of my life
Let me possess you
CombineLove and magic
Even if your destiny is not
to blend with me
in the forests' shadow
Promise me that at the end of the fights
You will reveal to me
Your last secret
In the bottom of my eyes
you can see
The brightness of my name
Even if you destiny is not
to blend with me
in the forests' shadows
Promise me that at the end of fights
You will reveal to me
Your last secret
7. THE SON OF THE KING (Fils De Roi)
LINK (Lancelot, Merlin, Morgana, Vivian, Percival, Gawain)
On behalf of these woods
We built crosses
On behalf of this beating heart
On behalf of this iron
Which will bring us/deliver us
We want another Law
Glory to all the Brothers
and to all the sisters here below
It's the time to fight
Not a city
Will resist us
All the men are the sons of the King
All the sons of the King
Outlaw
King of the Angels of heaven
Living in an eternal snow
No cold will defeat us
King of the blood of iron
Forged in the depths of Hell
to the heart of this land
Glory to all Brothers
to all the sisters here below
It's the time to fight
On behalf of this iron
We made wars
And braved all the Laws
For the sons of the King
Outlaw
Poor lost children
in the profession of war (who make war for a living)
In the dust
Found at the edge of tears
Brave knights
Of a world that declares
that we must bend our spine
And even the spirit (soul)!
Even the spirit!
Poor lost children
in a world without the charm
of a great love
Who surrendered
all the weapons
8. FORBIDDEN LOVE (L'amour Interdit)
LINK (Guinevere, Lancelot)
Come only once
live in my arms
The love that we are forbidden to have
comes only one time
lives at the same time
The force of storm and wind
There where the earth ignites
Where the desire points at us
We would make the Queen into a woman (We would make of the Queen a woman)
And of a man, we will make a King
If your heart is mine
My life will become
The hell of those without choice
If my body is yours
Then, you will know that our love does't exist
There, where our souls are damned
Where the pleasure shows us the Way
We would make of the Queen a woman
And of a man, we will make a King
Forbbiden love
Just one day, one night
It made us lose our reason
As a challenge to our demons
For the forbbiden love
of an instant of life
It is left to fly away (?)
Our illusions, our past
To throw oneself into infinity
In the name of the forbbiden love
Come, break all the chains
Your body is mine
And let's share the same bread
In the shadow of a King
The light is born again
Of a love that changes the world
There, where our eyes are revealed
where the heart is upside down
We would make of the Queen a woman
And of a man, we will make a King
9. THE REAL LIFE (Vraie Vie)
LINK (Percival)
I leave the fields of birds,
for the din of wars.
(I leave) The words of my rivers,
for a valley of tears.
The clarity of my forests,
for the treachery of weapons.
The perfume of my mother,
for the feelings of the strong.
And so what, if you tell me
that this is madness!
From today,
I want another life!
And so what, if you tell me
that this is an heresy!
For me, the real life
is the one we choose!I abandon the calm night,
for doubt and adventure.
The majesty of the big oaks,
for a man named Arthur.
The countryside and the lights,
to get tempt the Devil.
The poverty of my land,
for an untouchable treasure.
And so what, if you tell me
that this is madness!
From today,
I want another life!
And so what, if you tell me
that this is an heresy!
For me, the real life
is the one we choose!
And so what, if you tell me
that this is madness!
From today,
I want another life!
And so what, if you tell me
that this is an heresy!
For me, the real life
is the one we choose!I leave my care freeness
for the forbidden pleasures
The intimacy of silence
for the call of the unknown
The bravery of ghosts
for enemies without mercy
And the worst is in my hands
for a tormented destiny.
And so what, if you tell me
that this is madness!
From today,
I want another life!
And so what, if you tell me
that this is an heresy!
For me, the real life
is the one we choose!
And so what, if you tell me
that this is madness!
From today,
I want another life!
And so what, if you tell me
that this is an heresy!
For me, the real life
is the one we choose!
10. MY CHALLENGES (Mes Defis)
LINK (Morgana)
I want to send winds against you
the world I love turns upside down
I draw the snakes into your heart
The worst can make you into something better
It is said that I devour
That I destroy
Everyone whom I love
But beyond the bad luck
Thanks to my challenges
You will be stronger
Go through, challenge your limits
Evil has some cursed virtues
The body and the spirit are made One
Suffering takes you further
It is said that I devour
That I destroy
Everyone whom I love
But beyond the bad luck
Thanks to my challenges
You will be stronger
Leave the depths of your dreams
Follow the Devil, disguised as Eve
Fall into the trap of my arms
Come to shape a new world with me
It is said that I devour
That I destroy
Everyone whom I love
But beyond the bad luck
Thanks to my challenges
You will be stronger
11. BEYOND THE SILENCE (Au-Dela Du Silence)
LINK (Arthur)
Beyond the silence
She gave him everything
More than her soul
The keys of her modesty
Her most beautiful weapons
Each one of their kisses is a blade
That drags my heart to feel
The taste of tears
Beyond the silence
Immense silence
I hear demons' shouts
But the most beautiful revenge
starts
when we have forgiven
He took everything away
More than just my queen
The brightness of my honor
My oxygen
The anger and the ruin
are burning my veins
God, make my pain
erase my hate
They all burned
more than how I burned
My inner screams
turn into blasphemy
I am sick with madness
that chain them
and wants to betray me
because I love.
12. MY LAST CONFESSION (Mon Dernier Aveu)
LINK (Guinevere)
Wait,Just a little bit
before closing your eyes
Hear
if you can
My last confession
I loved you my best
My heart
I should have to
Break it in half
An angel
has come
To set (it?) on fire
I loved you my best
It is too late
For our story
For words
It is too early
I will tell them up there
Burn me
If you want
The cold makes you shiver
I am afraid
I feel guilty (I am sorry)
of only being me
But I did my best
I carry
like a cross
my heaviest secrets
Carry
with you
My sweetest regrets
You loved me for two
It is too late
For our story
For some words
It is too early
I will tell them up there
I will tell them up there
Wait
Just a little bit
before closing the eyes
I say goodbye to you
