Indie folk pop · TWOLODY ORIGINALS

The Postcard Arrived in a Lobster Pot

“The Postcard Arrived in a Lobster Pot” une os idiomas inglês e francês. Seu gênero musical é Indie folk pop.

Letra e tradução ↓
The Postcard Arrived in a Lobster Pot

inglês ↔ francês

Sobre esta canção

Os primeiros versos correspondentes são “My brother left the mended pot beside the shed.” e “Mon frère posa le casier réparé près du hangar.”. Leia a letra completa nos dois idiomas abaixo e acompanhe as mesmas frases no player.

A fisherwoman finds her own unsent childhood postcard inside a lobster pot her brother secretly repaired. Fresh Irish acoustic folk pop, fingerpicked guitar, concertina, fiddle responses, warm bass, rhythmic hand percussion, bright clear singing

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Ouça cada verso e compare a tradução. Twin alterna para a mesma frase no outro idioma; Echo ajuda a lembrar o significado antes de revelar a tradução.

Twin ⇄Echo ✧Três palavras de cada vez.

Duas línguas. Uma melodia.

Letra e tradução

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Verse

My brother left the mended pot beside the shed.

Mon frère posa le casier réparé près du hangar.

A postcard waited in a clean glass jar.

Une carte postale attendait dans un bocal propre.

I knew the crooked boat I'd drawn at seven.

Je reconnus le bateau tordu dessiné à sept ans.

It promised I would sail beyond the farthest star.

Il promettait un voyage au-delà de la dernière étoile.

Chorus

My postcard came ashore inside a lobster pot.

Ma carte accosta dans un casier à homards.

No foreign stamp, no ocean in its paper.

Aucun timbre étranger, aucun océan dans son papier.

You mended more than broken wire that morning.

Tu réparas davantage que du fil cassé ce matin-là.

You found the little girl beneath the scraper.

Tu retrouvas la petite fille sous le grattoir.

Verse

He found it in our mother's attic cupboard.

Il la trouva dans l'armoire du grenier maternel.

I'd never sent it to my future self.

Je ne l'avais jamais envoyée à mon futur moi.

Now I hauled pots around the same small harbour.

Désormais je relevais les casiers dans le même port.

My dreams lay folded on a kitchen shelf.

Mes rêves reposaient pliés sur une étagère de cuisine.

Chorus

My postcard came ashore inside a lobster pot.

Ma carte accosta dans un casier à homards.

No foreign stamp, no ocean in its paper.

Aucun timbre étranger, aucun océan dans son papier.

You mended more than broken wire that morning.

Tu réparas davantage que du fil cassé ce matin-là.

You found the little girl beneath the scraper.

Tu retrouvas la petite fille sous le grattoir.

Bridge

He said a distant voyage could wait till spring.

Il dit qu'un long voyage pouvait attendre le printemps.

He'd watch the gear and feed my stubborn cat.

Il garderait le matériel et nourrirait mon chat têtu.

I wrote him back upon a fresh blue postcard.

Je lui répondis sur une nouvelle carte bleue.

It showed no stars, just somewhere past the map.

Sans étoiles, elle montrait un lieu hors carte.

Chorus

My postcard came ashore inside a lobster pot.

Ma carte accosta dans un casier à homards.

No foreign stamp, no ocean in its paper.

Aucun timbre étranger, aucun océan dans son papier.

You mended more than broken wire that morning.

Tu réparas davantage que du fil cassé ce matin-là.

You found the little girl beneath the scraper.

Tu retrouvas la petite fille sous le grattoir.

Outro

The old card hangs above my harbour chart.

La vieille carte pend au-dessus de ma carte portuaire.

Next spring the jar will hold a different shore.

Au printemps le bocal contiendra un autre rivage.