Autre guitare

Comment, disaient-ils,

How, said the men,

Avec nos nacelles,

in our small craft

Fuir les alguazils?

can we flee the alguazils?

– Ramez, disaient-elles.

– Row, said the women.

Comment, disaient-ils,

How, said the men,

Oublier querelles,

can we forget feuds,

Misère et périls?

poverty and peril?

– Dormez, disaient-elles.

– Sleep, said the women.

Comment, disaient-ils,

How, said the men,

Enchanter les belles

can we bewitch the fair

Sans philtres subtils?

without rare potions?

– Aimez, disaient-elles.

– Love, said the women.

Comment, disaient-ils,

How, said the men,

Oublier querelles,

can we forget feuds,

Misère et périls?

poverty and peril?

– Dormez, disaient-elles.

– Sleep, said the women.

Comment, disaient-ils,

How, said the men,

Enchanter les belles

can we bewitch the fair

Sans philtres subtils?

without rare potions?

– Aimez, disaient-elles.

– Love, said the women.

Comment, disaient-ils,

How, said the men,

Enchanter les belles

can we bewitch the fair

Sans philtres subtils?

without rare potions?

– Aimez, disaient-elles.

– Love, said the women.