Guy Beart — Le quidam song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Le quidam" by Guy Beart.
Lyrics
Ecoutez l’histoire à coup sûr obscure
D’un pauvre quidam et de ses tourments
Tout ce qu’il subit comme mésaventure
Pour connaître enfin la gloire du moment
Il était simple quidam
Son père était quidam
Son frère était quidam
Et lui était quidam aussi
Pour gagner l’appui de quelque mécène
Et l’actualité par action d'éclat
Il commença par se jeter dans la Seine
Mais aucun canard ne passait par là
Il fut repêché grelottant de gouttes
Par un vieux passant, un quidam parfait
Qui le réchauffa, lui paya la goutte
Et lui dit Adieu! Sans s'être nommé
Il était simple quidam
Son père était quidam
Son frère était quidam
Et lui était quidam aussi
Jamais ne parut sa photographie
Sur aucun placard, sur aucun trottoir
Alors une nuit, pour corser sa vie
Il brûla le siège d’un journal du soir
Il eut beau clamer qu’il était coupable
On l’ignora car il était trop pâle
Puis on arrêta d’autres misérables
Qui tous avouaient comme il était normal
Il était simple quidam
Son père était quidam
Son frère était quidam
Et lui était quidam aussi
Pourtant un beau jour, il fut pris, c’est bête
Pour un crime qu’il n’avait pas commis
Quand le procureur demanda sa tête
Il fut condamné par chance inouïe
Ce jour-là, on vit partout sa bobine
Dans tous les journaux de notre contrée
Puis elle parut sous la guillotine
Ce fut le début de sa renommée
Il n’est plus simple quidam
Son père reste quidam
Son frère reste quidam
Et lui est mort célèbre, enfin!
Malheureusement une coquille infime
Se glissa dans l’orthographe de son nom
De sorte qu’hélas, toujours anonyme
Il mourut quidam et sans rémission
Il était simple quidam
Son père était quidam
Son frère était quidam
Et lui était quidam aussi
Lyrics translation
Listen to the story for sure obscure
Of a poor quidam and his torments
All that he suffers as misadventure
To finally know the glory of the moment
It was simple quidam
His father was quidam
His brother was quidam
And he was quidam too
To win the support of some patron
And news by Shine action
He began by throwing himself into the Seine
But no duck passed through there
He was caught shivering with drops
By an old passerby, a perfect quidam
Who warmed him, paid him the drop
And says goodbye! Without being named
It was simple quidam
His father was quidam
His brother was quidam
And he was quidam too
Never appeared his photograph
On no closet, on no sidewalk
So one night, to spice up his life
He burned the seat of an evening newspaper
He claimed he was guilty.
He was ignored because he was too pale
Then we stopped other wretches
Who all confessed as it was normal
It was simple quidam
His father was quidam
His brother was quidam
And he was quidam too
Yet one fine day, he was caught, it's stupid
For a crime he didn't commit
When the prosecutor asked for his head
He was condemned by unheard of chance
That day, we live everywhere its reel
In all the newspapers of our country
Then she appeared under the guillotine
This was the beginning of his fame
It is no longer simple quidam
His father remains quidam
His brother remains quidam
And he died famous, finally!
Unfortunately a tiny shell
Slipped into the spelling of his name
So that alas, always anonymous
He died quidam and without remission
It was simple quidam
His father was quidam
His brother was quidam
And he was quidam too