plus rien

j'ai trouvé une chanson des Cowboy Fringants. il s'appelle 'plus rien'. l'idée est que le chanteur est le dernier homme sur la planète. tous les autres gens sont morts parce que les anciens (nous) avaient détruit la planète afin qu'ils puissent avoir toutes les choses qu'ils voulaient. les paroles m'a fait triste. il y a la chanson (youtube)



pour les gens qui ne peuvent pas comprendre la chanson j'ai essayé de la traduire. la voilà

there are only a few minutes left in my life
for the last few hours, I've felt myself fade away
my brother died yesterday in the middle of the desert
now I'm the last human on the planet

I was told a long time ago, when I was a child
that when it seemed the world would last a long long time
when my great-grand father was alive
and when the snow still fell in the winter

that in those times people lived in rythme with the seasons
and that the end of summer brought harvest.
a pure and clear water ran in the streams,
where the deer and the moose came to drink.

But me, I've only seen a desolated planet
a sufficatingly hot and moon-like countryside
and all my friends die of thirst or hunger
like the flies falling until there are no more
no more, no more

there are only a few minutes left for my life
that last few hours I've felt myself fade away
my brother died yesterday in the middle of the desert
now I'm the last human on the planet

all this began many years ago
just because my ancesters where obsessed
by pieces of paper that they called money
that made certain men truly rich and powerful

and these new Gods didn't succomb to anything
they were ready to find their end,
to enrich themselves more they razed the earth,
polluted the air, and dried up the rivers

but at the end of 100 years some rose
and told these people that they must stop
but they didn't understand this wise prophecy
they only spoke in terms of profits

It was years later before they realized their nonsense
in the panic they declared a state of emergency
when all the oceans had covered the islands
and the floods and hit the large cities

for the following decade
there were hurricanes and then fires
earthquakes and the great drought
on every face you could read the distress

The people had to battle with pandemics
decimated by the millions by these atrocities
then the others died of thirst and hunger
like the flies falling until there are no more

no more, no more

my brother died yesterday in the middle of the desert
now I'm the last human left on the earth
in the end our intelligence has brought us
nothing but a wonderful poisoned gift

all that remains is a few minutes of life
the last few hours I've felt myself fade
I can no longer walk; I can hardly breath

goodbye humanity, goodbye humanity