Jacques Douai — Pauvre Rutebeuf song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Pauvre Rutebeuf" by Jacques Douai.

Lyrics

Que sont mes amis devenus
Que j’avais de si près tenus
Et tant aimés
Ils ont été trop clairsemés
Je crois le vent les a ôtés
L’amour est morte
Ce sont amis que vent emporte
Et il ventait devant ma porte
Les emporta
Avec le temps qu’arbre défeuille
Quand il ne reste en branche feuille
Qui n’aille en terre
Avec pauvreté qui m’atterre
Qui de partout me fait la guerre
Au temps d’hiver
Ne convient pas que vous raconte
Comment je me suis mis en honte
En quelle manière
Que sont mes amis devenus
Que j’avais de si près tenus
Et tant aimés
Ils ont été trop clairsemés
Je crois le vent les a ôtés
L’amour est morte
Le mal ne sait pas seul venir
Tout ce qui m'était à venir
M’est avenu
Pauvre sens et pauvre mémoire
M’a Dieu donné le roi de gloire
Et pauvre rente
Et droit au cul quand bise vente
Le vent me vient le vent m'évente
L’amour est morte
Ce sont amis que vent emporte
Et il ventait devant ma porte
Les emporta
Espérances des lendemains
Se sont défaites

Lyrics translation

What are my friends become
That I had so closely held
And so beloved
They were too sparse
I think the wind took them away.
Love is dead
These are friends that wind takes away
And it was windy outside my door
Took them away
With the time that tree defies
When it does not remain in leaf branch
Who does not go to Earth
With poverty that terrifies me
Who from everywhere makes war on me
In winter time
Not suitable that tells you
How I put myself in shame
In what way
What are my friends become
That I had so closely held
And so beloved
They were too sparse
I think the wind took them away.
Love is dead
Evil does not know how to come alone
All that was coming to me
Came to me
Poor sense and poor memory
God gave me the king of glory
And poor income
And right to the ass when kiss sale
The wind comes to me the wind blows me away
Love is dead
These are friends that wind takes away
And it was windy outside my door
Took them away
Expectations of the next days
Defeated