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vendredi 18 janvier 2013

TAGUER LES MURAILLES - TAG THE WALLS


                                                      A L'APPROCHE.....

                                         Nous quittons notre douce campagne.

                                  Pendant quelques arrêts, elle nous accompagne.

                                  Et  puis, au fur et à mesure, disparaît la nature

                                  ......lorsque le  béton se met en structures.........

                                    L'urbanisme devient rapidement oppressant.

                                    Et, j'imagine qu'il n'y a pas plus alléchant,

                                        Que de "taguer" toute cette grisaille :

                                 Les mots jaillissent comme autant de mitrailles.

                                  Le train arrive aux abords de la grande cité,

                               Nous avançons dans un couloir aux murs dessinés,

                                  C'est le tableau noir des nouveaux gavroches.

                              Ils attendent la nuit, sortent leurs lampes de poche,

                                         Et là, avec le sang de leurs entrailles,

                                     Ils s'inscrivent sur ces nouvelles murailles.

                                         Grand show ou musée des horreurs ?

                                    Je préfère y voir les cris d'une grande peur :

                                         Angoisse de ne pas pouvoir devenir ?

                                       ....... Ou de ne pas avoir d'avenir......... !

                                          Enfin, je vous laisse seuls deviner :









                                       Ces messages qui nous sont destinés.....


 MY TRANSLATION


                                                   AT THE APPROACH .....
 

                                             We leave our sweet campaign.

                                          For a few stops,
it accompanies us.
 
                                     And then, progressively disappears nature

                                     ...... when concrete gets structures .........

                                   The urban planning quickly becomes oppressive.

                                        And I imagine there is no more tempting,


                                            That "tagging" all this gloom:

                                          Words gush as much grapeshot.

                              The train arrives at the surrounding of the great city,

                                We are moving in a corridor with walls drawn

 
                                  This is the new blackboard of street urchins.


                                    They wait the night, light their flashlights,

                                     And then, with the blood of their bowels

                                  They impress themselves on these new walls.

                                        Big show or museum of horrors?

                                    I prefer to see the shouts of a great fear:

                                     Anguish of not being able to become?

                                         ....... Or have no future ......... !

                                          Finally, I leave you alone guess :


 







                                        These messages which are for us .....

lundi 14 janvier 2013

LE TRAIN DE REFORME DE LA SNCF - CURRENT REFORMS OF THE SNCF (*)



                                                                         SNCF, JE T'AIME


                                                                      Le train, le tien, le mien,

                                                                    Celui qui m'attend au quai

                                                           Ou celui que je scrute d'un oeil inquiet.

                                                                Pour ma part, il vient d'Amiens.

                                                             Chaque jour est un nouveau combat :

                                                             Passera...................ne passera pas ?

                                                               C'est un sujet qui délie les langues.

                                                       Malgré tout, cette fièvre nous rend exsangue,

                                                           Peu ou pas d'informations de la SNCF

                                                                Laissés pour compte....en bref !

                                                               Retards, suppressions de trains,

                                                         Pannes de matériel : voilà notre quotidien.

                                                            Que nous déplaçons-nous en TGV ?

                                                                30 l'état vient d'en commander,

                                                   Entrons dans la danse et tout le monde en vacances !

                                                         Puisque les courtes et moyennes distances

                                                                 Ne sont plus d'un bon rapport,

                                                                Inutile de penser à notre confort.

                                                                   Contre les lois de la finance,

                                                                  Nous n'avons aucune chance.

                                                                Il faudra certainement s'habituer

                                                                 A se rendre au travail à pieds !



MY TRANSLATION




                                                                      SNCF, I LOVE YOU
 

                                                                     The train, yours, mine,

                                                          The one is waiting for me at the platform

                                                        Or the one I scrutinize with an anxious eye.

                                                             For my part, it comes from Amiens.

                                                                  Every day is a new struggle

                                                            Will arrive................. will not pass?

                                                            This is a topic that loosens tongues.


                                                      Nevertheless, the fever makes us bloodless

                                                          Little or no information from the SNCF

                                                            We are left abandoned...... in short!

                                                                  Delays, train cancellations,

                                                          Equipment failures: that is our daily lives.

                                                             What do we move by TGV train ?

                                                                30, the state has just to order


                                                          Enter the dance and everyone on vacation!

                                                             Since the short and medium distances

                                                                   Are no longer earning money

                                                            Needless to think about our comfort.

                                                                   Against the laws of finance,

                                                                         We have no chance.

                                                                     It will certainly get used

                                                                     To go to work on foot!




(*) S.N.C.F.:  National Society of French Railway