Helene Segara - Les Vallées d'Irlande [Fr - En]

Could anybody help me translate this chanson into anglais ? Merci beaucoup

Les Vallées d'Irlande

Des flamants roses allumaient le ciel
Tout semblait presque iréel
Nous seuls au monde face à ce ballet
A peine si l'on osait parler

Il est des choses qu'on n'oublie pas
Des odeurs de grand vent
Et quand l'absence a repris le pas
On voyage hors du temps

Et je revois les vallées d'Irlande
Où les herbes sont un lit aux jupes qui s'étendent
Et la brume dans les vallées d'Irlande
Venait bien souvent nous surprendre

Les flamants roses ont quitté le ciel
Et moi je suis qu'une fille sans nouvelles
Pourquoi l'automne vient tout nous voler
Et laisse aux regrets

Et je revois les vallées d'Irlande
Où les herbes sont un lit aux jupes qui s'étendent
Et la brume dans les vallées d'Irlande
Venait bien souvent nous surprendre

C'est vrai que ma peine est tellement grande
Mais que faut-il comprendre
Si rien ne dure il reste à se dire
Qu'il y a les souvenirs

The valleys of Ireland

Pink flamingos shine in the sky
Everything seemed almost unreal
We are alone in the world whatching this ballet
We hardly ever dare to speak

There are things that we'll never forget
Smells of strong wind
And when the absence comes again
We travel out of time

And I see the valleys of Ireland
Where the grass is a place where they spread out they spread out the skirts
And mist in the valleys of Ireland
Come to surprise us very often

Pink flamingos shine in the sky
And I'm a girl without news
Why the Fall always take us away
And leave us in regrets

And I see the valleys of Ireland
Where the grass is a place where they spread out they spread out the skirts
And mist in the valleys of Ireland
Come to surprise us very often

It's true that my pain is really strong
But I need do understand
If nothing lasts remains to be said
That the souvenirs will always be here

Merci beaucoup gps1970 )))

I have two questions:

Et quand l'absence a repris le pas - Does the absence means "the absence of the wind" ?

Et moi je suis qu'une fille sans nouvelles - Is there other understanding of the expression "une fille sans nouvelles" ?

Hi!

Most of the times, it is very hard to translate such song, but
this lyrics is all about loneliness, so when she talks about "absence", i think she is talking about a inner feeling of
loneliness, maybe someone looks at a peaceful landscape and feel well for a while, but suddenly "L'absence reprend le pas", the person feels all alone again.

In french, "to be someone without news", it means someone who hasn't anything to tell, in this case, when flamingos leave, the girl doesn't have at least one news to tell. If there is another way to undestand this sentence, maybe someone else could help us...

ok?

Originally Posted by helenefan

Merci beaucoup gps1970 )))

I have two questions:

Et quand l'absence a repris le pas - Does the absence means "the absence of the wind" ?

Et moi je suis qu'une fille sans nouvelles - Is there other understanding of the expression "une fille sans nouvelles" ?

Tu es tres bien at explaining things ))) Merci again )))

Hi,
Here's my version:

Pink flamingos lit the sky
Everything seemed almost surreal
All alone in the world before this ballet
We hardly dared to speak

There are things that we'll never forget
The smells, the strong wind
And when the melancholy comes again [loneliness]
We travel out of time

And I see once more* the valleys of Ireland [*again]
Where the grass is a bed for skirts spread wide
And the mists of the valleys of Ireland
Often rise to take us by surprise

Pink flamingos lit the sky
And me, I'm that woman with nothing to say
Why does the autumn come to steal everything
And leave us only regrets

And I see once more the valleys of Ireland
Where the grass is a bed for skirts spread wide
And the mists of the valleys of Ireland
Often rise to take us by surprise

It's true that my pain is overwhelming [lit: very strong]
But what needs to be understood is
If nothing [else] remains, it has to be said
There are [still] the memories.