Epic Irish folk · TWOLODY ORIGINALS
The Old Map Smells of Coffee
“The Old Map Smells of Coffee” brings together French and English. Its musical genre is Epic Irish folk.
Lyrics & translation ↓
French ↔ English
About this song
The first paired lines are “Grand-mère a laissé cette vieille carte” and “Grandmother left this old map behind”. Read the complete lyrics in both languages below, then follow the same phrases in the player.
A traveler spills coffee on an inherited map and follows the stain to a village her grandmother
Learn with this song
Listen to each line and compare its translation. Use Twin to switch to the same phrase in the other language; use Echo to recall its meaning before revealing the translation.
Two languages. One melody.
Lyrics & translation
Verse
Grand-mère a laissé cette vieille carte
Grandmother left this old map behind
Le café coule sur le papier
Coffee runs across the paper now
Une tache sombre trace un chemin
A dark stain traces a path
Vers un village au nom oublié
To a village with a forgotten name
Chorus
Suis la tache de café noir
Follow the stain of black coffee
Elle n'en a jamais parlé
She never spoke of this place
Le secret dort sous le marc
The secret sleeps under the grounds
Elle n'en a jamais parlé
She never spoke of this place
Verse
Je roule vers les collines vertes
I drive toward the green hills
Le tracé mène dans le bois
The trail leads into the woods
Une cloche sonne au loin
A bell rings in the distance
Une voisine reconnaît mon nom de famille
A neighbor recognizes my family name
Chorus
Suis la tache de café noir
Follow the stain of black coffee
Elle n'en a jamais parlé
She never spoke of this place
Le secret dort sous le marc
The secret sleeps under the grounds
Elle n'en a jamais parlé
She never spoke of this place
Verse
Les pierres grises gardent le silence
Grey stones are keeping the silence
Elle me montre la maison d'enfance de grand-mère
She shows me my grandmother's childhood home
Je frappe à la porte encore bleue
I knock on the still-blue door
Chorus
Suis la tache de café noir
Follow the stain of black coffee
Elle n'en a jamais parlé
She never spoke of this place
Le secret dort sous le marc
The secret sleeps under the grounds
Elle n'en a jamais parlé
She never spoke of this place
