Julien Clerc — Le Marteau song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Le Marteau" by Julien Clerc.
Lyrics
Encore une fois de son marteau
Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
Encore une fois de son marteau
Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
Quand le soleil secouait enfin la nuit
Il allumait un tres grand feu
D’ou il faisait jaillir son pain, sa vie
De fond de ses dix doigts noueux…
Et d’une montagne d’efforts
Il faisait ruisseler de l’or
Et a ca metal en fusion
Il imposait sa raison
Encore une fois de son marteau
Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
Encore une fois de son marteau
Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
Quand le grillon saluait enfin la nuit
Quand s’eteignait le tres frand feu
Il regagnait en paix son vieux logis
Et son tres tres grand lit de buis
Comme un vieux fleuve détourné
Ce qu’il forgeait lui échappait
Ce qui jaillissait de ses bras
Faisait la fortune des rois, mais…
Encore une fois de son marteau
Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
Encore une fois de son marteau
Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
Et pourtant dans cette vie
Tout ce qu’il forge est a lui
Les joies, les jours et les nuits…
Lyrics translation
Again from his hammer
He was hitting the Iron quit it was hot oh…
Again from his hammer
He was hitting the Iron quit it was hot oh…
When the sun finally shook at night
He lit a very big fire
From where he sprang his bread, his life
Bottom of her ten knotted fingers…
And a mountain of effort
He was running gold
And a CA molten metal
He imposed his reason
Again from his hammer
He was hitting the Iron quit it was hot oh…
Again from his hammer
He was hitting the Iron quit it was hot oh…
When the cricket finally greeted the night
When the very frand fire went out
He returned in peace to his old lodge
And its very very large boxwood bed
Like an Old River diverted
What he forged escaped him
What gushed from his arms
Made the fortune of Kings, but…
Again from his hammer
He was hitting the Iron quit it was hot oh…
Again from his hammer
He was hitting the Iron quit it was hot oh…
And yet in this life
Everything he's forging is his
Joys, days and nights…