Les Misérables-02-L'Air De La Misère

French version of Les Misérables, original concept album. I don't own anything, all belongs to the creative geniuses of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil.

FANTINE
J'avais de si jolis défauts
J'étais rêveuse, j'étais coquette
Un peu naïve mais pas trop
Pour ne jamais perdre la tête
Et je me faisais fête
D'un chant d'oiseau, d'un jour nouveau
Je n'ai plus qu'un robe grise
Qui sert aussi de couverture
Quand le vent glacé de l'hiver
Tourne la nuit dans ma masure
Et plus beaucoup d'honneur
De dignité au fond du cœur

La misère n'est mère de personne
La misère est pourtant sœur des hommes
Mais personne sur terre n'en veut pour fille
Comme bâtarde née dans un cachot de la Bastille
La misère enfante la détresse
Bien des vices et toutes les faiblesses
La misère lâche la bête en l'homme
Et la mésange alors en chienne errante se transforme

Il faut qu'on se sente survivre
Dans un enfant qu'on a fait vivre
Et qu'en sa source d'innocence
On noie notre désespérance
Pour ne pas mettre fin
à cette vie sans lendemain

La misère n'est mère de personne
La misère est pourtant sœur des hommes
Mais personne sur terre n'en veut pour fille
Comme bâtarde née dans un cachot de la Bastille
Le misère enfante la détresse
Bien des vices et toutes les faiblesses
La misère lâche la bête en l'homme
Et la mésange alors en chienne errante se transforme.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• les
• misérables
• french
• air
• misère

[morgolvale]

I cant understand a word but DAMN!! the french language is sex for the ears first off, then make them sing ..Orgasm

[nighthawknina86]

@MichaelJavert

technically, you are seeing what this user is all about. their love for this music makes it so that the viewers can see what this person is all about. it's not a difficult concept for most people understand. it is obvious that in your case, the concept is rocket science

[76modonnell]

I understand it just fine--took a bit but you just need to work on it!

[TheFunnyStitch]

j'aime pas trop sa voix mais j'aime la chanson 

[ShaiHuludisCool]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[LibertangoVieenrose]

hervorragend und emotional gesungen - eine herausragende Stimme mit (für meinen Geschmack) ein wenig zu viel Vibrato - aber genau das macht wahrscheinlich den Reiz dieser Version aus.

Fantastisch... fantastique... fantastic...

[thib8500]

@rexebuza That's not a matter of preferance. L'air de la misère deals with poverty (not only as a lack of money, but as the whole poverty) that concerns everyone of us, whereas on my own is just a love song. It doesn't mean that On my own is a bad song, it's just less strong. Maybe you don't understand the french lyrics, specially the chorus when she says that the outcasts are considered like bastards born in jail.

[rexebuza]

@thib8500 thats your opinion... i prefer on my own....

[rexebuza]

@nasugbubatangas these songs have more in common though, than "oh what a circus" and "dont cry for me argentina". Whithout understanding the lyrics this could actually be the same song. the emotions conveyed here are also very similar. oh what a circus has a total different rythem than dont cry for me argentina

[cruising44]

sung by rose laurens original french cast 1980, the same rose laurens was famous across europe in the 80's with the song africa

[nasugbubatangas]

@thib8500 The only same thing about this song and "On My Own" is the Tune. But they are two different songs. Lyrics play an important part in making a song. Consider "FANTINE'S DEATH" and "ON MY OWN". Same tune, different songs. The same is true with Evita's "OH! WHAT A CIRCUS" and "DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA".

[jp3813]

To everyone who's wondering: this song was about poverty. And when the lyricists tried to translate that to english, it just didn't sound right. Try singing "poverty" in place of "la misere" and you'll realize how awkward it sounds. So the decision was made to rearrange certain melodies around for different characters.