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La Fête foraine de Scarborough (La Version complète) For the medieval English poet and Simon and Garfunkel - In admiration - Allez-vous à Scarborough fête foraine ? (Sur la côte d'une colline dans le vert intense d'une forêt) Persil, sauge, romarin et thym Parlez de moi à une fille d'antan (Suivant un passereau sur la terre comblée de la neige) Elle fut jadis mon amie intime Dites-lui de me coudre un Cambric chemise (Couvertures et linge du lit l'enfant de la montagne) Persil, sauge, romarin et thym Sans bordure ni de la finesse (Dormait-il ne rendant pas compte de l'appel du clarion) Et sûr elle restera mon amie intime Dites : faites-le dans une ruelle de sycomore/recoltez-le dans une faucille en cuir* (Sur la côte d'une colline, les feuilles des arbres éparpillées) Persil, sauge, romarin et thym Et le recueillir dans un panier des fleurs/dans un bouquet de bruyère** (En lavant la tombe avec des larmes en argent) Ainsi elle restera mon amie intime Dites : lavez-le dans ce puit sec (Un soldat nettoie et fait briller son fusil) Persil, sauge, romarin et thym Où l'eau ne monte pas ni pluie tombe raide (La guerre résonne, éclatant parmi des bataillons sanglantes) Ainsi elle restera mon amie intime Dites : trouvez-lui un acre de terre (Les généraux requirent leurs soldats de tuer) Persil, sauge, romarin et thym Entre les flots et sur le rivage sableux (Et de batailler pour une cause dont ils avaient depuis longtemps bien oublié) Ainsi soit-elle mon amie intime NOTES *Variant version of the line : " Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather " ** Variant version : " And gather it all in a bunch of heather " Persil/Parsley stands for " comfort " ; sauge/sage for " strength " ; romarin/rosemary for " love " and thym/thyme for " courage " Scarborough Fair Are you going to Scarborough Fair? (On the side of a hill in the deep forest green) Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there (Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground) For once she was a true love of mine Have her make me a cambric shirt (Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain) Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Without no seam nor fine needle work (Sleeps unaware of the clarion call) And then she'll be a true love of mine Tell her to weave it in a sycamore wood lane (On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves) Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme And gather it all with a basket of flowers (Washes the grave with silvery tears) And then she'll be a true love of mine Have her wash it in yonder dry well (A soldier cleans and polishes a gun) Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Where water ne'er sprung nor drop of rain fell (War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions) And then she'll be a true love of mine Have her find me an acre of land (Generals order their soldiers to kill) Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Between the sea foam and over the sand (And fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten) And then she'll be a true love of mine © Translation : T. Wignesan - Paris, April 12, 2019
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