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Artist: Alan Stivell
Canonical path: /alan-stivell/negro-song
Related lyric paths: 6
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Negro Song
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Negro Song
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Me zo Breizhad.
Me zo bet sklav.
Galeour ez on bet e bagoù ar Roue Loeiz.
Toullet em eus hentoù, douget va samm a vein,
Savet em eus, en o c'herbenn, o falezioù.
Me zo bet soudard.
Va obidoù em eus kanet e lannegi Plañwour
Breinet em eus en erc'hegi Rusia,
Breinet em eus e rizegi Hanoï ;
Tufet va gwad e forzioù pri Verdun.
Lazhet'm eus ar re zu
Ha distrujet an doueed a azeulent.
Me zo bet mevel.
Mousc'hoarzh ar re faezhet em eus bet o servij
Desket em eus d'an dud komz evel va mistri.
Ruzet em eus va zreid war bavezioù Pariz.
Ha great em eus dezho c'hoarzhiñ
Rak me zo bet farouell.
Me zo bet merzher.
Pêr Denez
Je suis Breton.
J'ai été esclave.
J'ai été bagnard dans les galères du Roi Louis
J'ai percé, des routes, porté mon fardeau de pierres
Dans leur capitale, je leur ai bâti des palais.
J'ai été soldat.
J'ai chanté mes obsèques dans les landes de Ploemeur.
J'ai pourri dans les champs de neige de Russie,
J'ai pourri dans les rizières d'Hanoï,
J'ai craché le sang dans les tranchées argileuses de Verdun.
J'ai tué les noirs
Et détruit les dieux qu'ils adoraient.
J'ai été valet.
J'ai eu pour servir le sourire des vaincus.
J'ai appris aux hommes à parler comme mes maîtres.
J'ai traîné les pieds sur les pavés de Paris.
Et je les ai fait rire
Car j'ai été bouffon.
J'ai été martyr.
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Alan Stivell performs "Negro Song", and this lyric page sits inside the Alan Stivell catalog on LyroVerse.
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