La Guerre De 14-18 (Reprise Brassens Cover with english translation)

Encore une de Brassens avec paroles et traductions de mon cru. Si vous n'êtes pas satisfait de celle-ci, je vous invite à m'envoyer vos corrections. <br />Bonne écoute. <br /> <br />traduction: <br />Since mankind writes History (understand : the winners write History) <br />since it battles wholeheartedly <br />among one thousand and one notorious wars if I had to make a choice <br />In opposition to old Homer I'd declare right now <br />Me, colonist/colonel, the one I prefer is the war of 1914-1918 <br /> <br /> <br />does it mean that I despise the noble wars of yesteryear <br />That I care like a cherry about the one of 1870 <br />on the contrary, I revere it <br />and give it a glowing report / good grade / good mark <br />but, colonist/colonel, … <br /> <br />I know that Sparta's warriors <br />didn't stab their swords in water (saying : didn't waste their time) <br />That Bonaparte's "grumbler" (gnognard : Bonapart's soldiers) didn't shot the birds with their gunpowder (waste their resources…) <br />their feat of arms are epic <br />Standing to attention, I congratulate them <br /> <br /> <br />Of course, the 1940's one didn't disapoint me at all <br />It was long and slaughtering and I don't spit on it (I don't deny it?) <br />But in my opinion, it isn't barely worth more than a honorable mention <br /> <br /> <br />My point is not about looking for troubles with guerrila warfare, no, gosh, no <br />Holy wars, sneaky wars which don't dare to tell their name (that have no names) <br />each one has something appealing each one has its own little merit <br /> <br /> <br />from deep in his bag of tricks Mars will doubtless, sometime <br />avoir plus d'un tour dans son sac : have more than one trick up its sleeve <br />get out one, a real delight which will give me a big impression <br />until then, I persevere to say that my favorite war <br />The one, collon, I'd like to do… is war of 1914-1918