Update 2013.01.11 13:20 MST: Mes amis! Je regrette, que nous n'avons pas de classe aujourd'hui. Voici quelques informations très important!
I have printed the final exam. On it, I include passages from the following songs:
I am taking the passages for translation from the first half or first couple verses of each song (plus the chorus, the repeated part). Note that "La route de la paix" really just has two verses along with its chorus.
I have printed the final exam. On it, I include passages from the following songs:
- Aïcha
- Avec le vent
- Echo
- Elle me dit
- La route de la paix
- Le jour après la fin du monde
I am taking the passages for translation from the first half or first couple verses of each song (plus the chorus, the repeated part). Note that "La route de la paix" really just has two verses along with its chorus.
Below is a YouTube playlist of the nine Francophone artists/songs French 3 students chose to present in class:
On the written final, CAH will give you passages from each song and ask you to translate those lyrics into English. Preserving meaning is important; preserving rhyme is an optional poetic challenge.
1. Cheb Khaled, "Aïcha," Sahra, 1996
2. Anggun, "Echo (You and I)" Eurovision, 2012 (lyrics also here)
You and I, you and I3. Plastic Bertrand, "Ça plane pour moi," écrit Yvan Yacomblez, 1977 (Try lyrics here also)
J'entends l'écho de nos pas
Tous en cadence
Marche au pas
Jamais dans le même sens
On avance mais on court après quoi ?
J'entends l'écho de nos rêves,de nos envies
Au delà du jour, jusqu'à la nuit
On s'entraine et on court après quoi ?
On se perd, on s'espère
Quelque part on s'égare
Un jour au delà
On se retrouvera
In my dreams, in my dreams
In my heart, in my mind
There is you and I, there is you and I
J'entends l'écho de nos pas qui se balancent
Ça et là
Toujours sur la même danse
On avance mais on court après quoi ?
On se perd, on s'espère
Quelque part on s'égare
Un jour au delà
On se retrouvera
In my dreams, in my dreams
In my heart, in my mind
There is you and I, there is you and I
Ahh...
There is you and I, there is you and I
J'entends l'écho de ta voix s'éloigner de moi
L'écho d'un amour
Un jour reviendra, il montera
Et je cours après quoi ?
On se perd, on s'espère
Quelque part on s'égare
Un jour au delà
On se retrouvera
In my dreams, in my dreams
In my heart, in my mind
There is you and I, there is you and I
4. Anis, "Avec le vent," 2003
5. Corneille, "Le Jour après la fin du monde," Les inséparables, 2011
6. Mika, "Elle me dit," 2011
7. Alpha Blondy, "La route de la paix," Jah Victory, 2007
8. Eiffel, "Place de mon cœur," Foule monstre, 2012
9. Baaba Maal, "Baayo"... oh! trick question! It's in Wolof! CAH will not include this song on the exam.
