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Antoine Cassar

C’est la vie

  • 1 Merħba
  • 2 C’est la vie | Translations: dadeenesfrit
  • 3 Tak, jako pták | Translations: deen
  • 4 A Dunánál | Translations: dadeenit
  • 5 Hüzün | Translations: deenfrit
  • 6 Gonbidapena
  • 7 Ciao amore ciao | Translations: dadeenesfrit
  • 8 Ċomb | Translations: enes
  • 9 L-Ajkla | Translations: enit
  • 10 Bejn | Translations: en
Language: maltese
Translations: danish (C’est la vie), german (C’est la vie), english (C'est la vie), spanish (C’est la vie), french (C'est la vie), italian (C'est la vie)
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C’est la vie

Run, rabbit, run, run, run, from the womb to the tomb,
de cuatro a dos a tres, del río a la mar,
play the fool, suffer school, żunżana ddur iddur,
engage-toi, perds ta foi, le regole imparar,

kul u sum, aħra u bul, chase the moon, meet your doom,
walk on ice, roll your dice, col destino danzar,
métro, boulot, dodo, titla’ x-xemx, terġa’ tqum,
decir siempre mañana y nunca mañanar,

try to fly, touch the sky, hit the stone, break a bone,
sell your soul for a loan to call those bricks your home,
fall in love, rise above, fall apart, stitch your heart,

che sarà? ça ira! plus rien de nous sera,
minn sodda għal sodda niġru tiġrija kontra l-baħħ,
sakemm tinbela’ ruħna mill-ġuf mudlam tal-art

© Antoine Cassar
From: Mużajk. An Exploration in Multilingual Verse
Edizzjoni Skarta, 2008
Audio production: Literaturwerkstatt Berlin 2009
Categories: translingual / hybrid / Pidgin

Translations:

Language: danish

C’est la vie


Hare hop, hop, hop, hop, fra skød til død,
fra fire til to til tre, fra å til bølgens blå,
være klovn, klassens nar, banke, banke, bøf,
tage stilling, tabe modet, regler man skal huske på,

æde først, faste siden, drømme sødt, vågne op,
prøv din lykke, dans med skæbnen, træd den tynde is,
dagens dont fra ni til fem, på arbejde, hjem og i seng,
skyde det hele til i morgen, men lade morgenstunden gå forbi,

prøv og flyv, række himlen, ram en mur, bræk et ben,
sælg din sjæl for et lån til dit eget rækkehus,
forelsk dig, kom ovenpå, fortvivl, lap dit hjerte,

hvordan vil det gå? Alt vil gå godt, af os bli’r intet tilbage,
vi springer fra seng til seng i et tomhedens ræs,
til vor sjæl sluges op af jordens mørke skød.

På dansk ved Peter Wessel
Language: german

C’est la vie


Lauf, Hase, lauf, lauf, lauf, von der Wiege bis zur Bahre,
erst vier dann zwei dann drei, vor Fluss bis zum Maare,
spiel den Clown, Schule down, Fliege taumelt durch den Raum,
tue gut, verlier den Mut, lerne deine Regeln gut,

vorm Fasten iss, kack und piss, jag den Mond, Schicksal droht,
geh aufs Eis, würfel weis, mit dem Fatum tanz umher,
Pendeln, Arbeit, Schlaf; wieder aufstehn, Morgenrot,
immer morgen,morgen; Morgen kommt nie mehr,

fliege hoch, in das Blau, geh zu Boden, brich’s Gebein,
verkauf die Seel, nimm das Geld, nenn den Haufen Steine Heim,
verliebe Dich, steig empor, brich entzwei, kitt Dein Herz,

was wird sein? Wird schon gehn! Nichts von uns bleibt bestehn,
von Bett zu Bett, laufe Wett,gegen das Nichts,
bis die Seele von Mutter Erde wird verschluckt.

Ins Deutsche übersetzt von Michael Apweiler
Language: english

C'est la vie


Run, rabbit, run, run, run, from the womb to the tomb,
from four to two to three, from the river to the sea,
play the fool, suffer school, the wasp goes round and round,
get involved, lose your faith, learn the rules,

eat and fast, shit and piss, chase the moon, meet your doom,
walk on ice, roll your dice, with destiny dance,
metro, work, sleep, the sun rises, you get up again,
to say always tomorrow and never tomorrow reach,

try to fly, touch the sky, hit the stone, break a bone,
sell your soul for a loan to call those bricks your home,
fall in love, rise above, fall apart, stitch your heart,

what will be? it will go well, nothing more of us will be,
from bed to bed we run a race against the void,
until our soul is swallowed by the dark womb of the land.

Translated by Antoine Cassar
Language: spanish

C’est la vie


Corre, conejo, corre, del útero a la tumba,
de cuatro a dos a tres, del río a la mar,
haz el tonto, sufre el colegio, la avispa gira y gira,
comprométete, pierde la fe, aprende las reglas,

come y ayuna, caga y mea, persigue la luna, encuentra tu sino,
camina sobre el hielo, lanza tus dados, con el destino bailar,
metro, curro, sobar, sube el sol, te levantas de nuevo,
decir siempre mañana y nunca mañanar,

intenta volar, toca el cielo, golpea la piedra, rompe un hueso,
vende el alma para una hipoteca para llamar a esos ladrillos tu casa,
enamórate, sube hacia lo alto, cae en picado, sutúrate el corazón,

¿que será? ¡todo irá bien! nada más de nosotros será,
de cama en cama corremos una carrera contra el vacío,
hasta que se nos trague el alma por el útero oscuro de la tierra.

Traducción del autor
Antoine Cassar
Language: french

C'est la vie


Cours, lapin, cours, cours, cours, du ventre au tombeau,
de quatre à deux à trois, du fleuve à la mer,
fais le pitre, souffre l’école, la guêpe elle tourne elle tourne,
engage-toi, perds ta foi, apprends les règles,

mange et jeûne, chie et pisse, pourchasse la lune, trouve ta perte,
marche sur la glace, lance tes dés, danse avec le destin,
métro, boulot, dodo, le soleil monte, tu te lèves de nouveau,
dire toujours demain et ne jamais demainer,

essaie de voler, touche le ciel, cogne-toi contre la pierre, casse un os,
vends ton âme pour un prêt pour pouvoir appeler ces briques ta maison,
tombe amoureux, tu t’élèves, on se désagrège, couds ton cœur,

que sera-t-il? ça ira! plus rien de nous sera,
de lit en lit nous courons une course contre le vide,
jusqu’à ce que notre âme s’avale par le ventre sombre de la terre.

Traduit par Magali Francina
Language: italian

C'est la vie


Corri, lepre, corri, corri, corri, dall’utero alla fossa ,
da quattro a due a tre, dal fiume al mare,
fai il folle, soffri scuola, la vespa girotondo,
impegnati, perdi la fede, impara le regole,

mangia e digiuna, piscia e caca, bracca la luna, incontra il tuo fato,
cammina sul ghiaccio, lancia i tuoi dadi, balla col destino,
metrò, lavoro, nanna, s’alza il sole, e anche tu,
dire sempre domani e al domani non arrivarci mai,

prova il volo, tocca il cielo, batti pietra, spacca un osso,
vendi l’anima per un mutuo, per chiamare quei mattoni la tua casa,
innamorati, librati alto, cadi a pezzi, rammendati il cuore,

che sarà? andrà bene! nulla resterà di noi,
da letto a letto siamo in gara con il vuoto,
finché l’anima non ci viene inghiottita dal ventre buio della terra.

Traduzione dell’ autore
Antoine Cassar
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Antoine Cassar

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* 22.06.1978, London, United Kingdom
lives in: Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Antoine Cassar was born on June 22, 1978 in London to Maltese parents. Cassar grew up and studied in England, Malta, Spain, Italy and France.

Beyond his monolingual Maltese poetry, Cassar is the author of Mużajk, a work in progress braiding together the sounds and cadences of different tongues into a fluid rhythm and a coherent stream of thought. Written mainly in a blend of English, French, Italian, Maltese and Spanish (in no particular order), and later sowing in other languages according to the subject, the mużajki or mosaics journey through a variety of themes, among them the pleasure and futility of living, love unrequited or fulfilled, the beauty of the Mediterranean, the absurdity of colonialism and its after-effects, and the at once exhilarating and disorienting feeling of variety itself.

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The first series of Cassar's “mosaics” appeared, together with a number of poems in Maltese, in the anthology Ħbula stirati (Tightropes) in 2007. A handful of mosaics have also appeared in publications in Italy, Spain, Denmark, Kuwait, Australia, and the U.S. Cassar has taken part in a number of European poetry festivals, including the Københavns Poesifestival, the Festival de Poesía de la Mediterrània of Palma de Mallorca, and the Poesiefestival Berlin.

Antoine Cassar lives in Luxembourg, where he works as a translator.

Publications
  • Ħbula stirati

    (Tightropes)

    with Mario Vella, Alex Vella Gera, Kevin Saliba & Ċali Grima

    Self-published, 2007

  • Mużajk

    an exploration in multilingual verse

    Edizzjoni Skarta, 2008

Awards
  • 2008 Segnalazione, Premio Nosside

Links
  • Antoine Cassar on Youtube

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