Original Title: "Le Temps de vivre"
Text: Henri Gougaud
Year: 1973,1982 (Bertin's version)
Barely do we have the time to liveHenri Gougaud's version:
that we find ourselves ash and frost
Farewell !
And though I'd have so much to do
before the hands of the earth
close my eyes forever
I'd like to make a day of glory
from a woman and a guitar
from a tree and a summer sun
I would like to do a clear dawn
to see to the end of the earth
men who live free
Sitting between two balances
In this world which believes itself free
And which built watchtowers
I would like that noone dies
before having one day, one hour
loved in full sail
Barely do we have the time to live
that we find ourselves ash and frost
Farewell !
And though I'd have so much to do
before the hands of the earth
close my eyes forever
With my two hands color of clay
I'd like to build a city
White to the rooftops and above
It'd be beautiful like a
song of the time of the Commune
filled with an outlawed happiness
And then let Spring come back
I'd like to see Prague and Athen
like a child bursting with laughter
Lorca wandering in Barcelona
While the bee buzzes
In the fresh perfume of the lilacs
Barely do we have the time to live
that we find ourselves ash and frost
Farewell !
And though I'd have so much to do
before the hands of the earth
close my eyes forever
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