Thursday, April 22, 2010

Vois sur ton Chemin

Vois sur ton chemin, gamins oubliés égarés.
Donne leur la main pour les mener vers d'autres lendemains.
Sens au coeur de la nuit l'onde d'espoir, ardeur de la vie, sentier de gloire.
Bonheurs enfantins trop vite oubliés effacés.
Une lumière dorée brille sans fin tout au bout du chemin.
Sens au coeur de la nuit l'onde d'espoir, ardeur de la vie, sentier de gloire.


That was Vois sur ton Chemin from Les Choristes. It is quite easily one of my favourite songs.

It also has the most beautiful lyrics. They translate as such:
See upon your path, childhood forgotten and lost.
Give them a hand to lead them to further tomorrows.
Feel in the heart of the night the wave of hope, the spirit of life, which marks the way to glory.
Childhood joys abandoned and forgotten too soon.
A golden light shines endlessly at the end of the path.
Feel in the heart of the night the wave of hope, the spirit of life, which marks the way to glory.

It's certainly a stark contrast to one of my other favourite songs: No Leaf Clover by Metallica.
The chorus goes:
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel was just a freight train coming your way.

They both deal with the concept of the light at the end of the tunnel, and they're both fantastic songs. One just manages to be so much more optmistic than the other.

1 comment:

  1. I've been meaning to watch Les Choristes for so long. Do you have it?

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