French
Au clair de la lune, mon ami Pierrot
Prête-moi ta lume,* pour écrire un mot.
Ma chandelle est morte, je n'ai plus de feu.
Ouvre-moi ta porte, pour l'amour de Dieu.

Au clair de la lune, Pierrot répondit
Je n'ai pas de lume, je suis dans mon lit.
Va chez la voisine, je crois qu'elle y est
Car dans sa cuisine, on bat le briquet.

Au clair de la lune, l'aimable Lubin
Frappe chez la brune, elle répond soudain
"Qui frappe de la sorte ? ", il dit à son tour
"Ouvrez votre porte pour le Dieu d'Amour"

Au clair de la lune, on n'y voit qu'un peu
On chercha la lume, on chercha du feu
En cherchant d'la sorte je n'sais c'qu'on trouva
Mais je sais qu'la porte sur eux se ferma.

English
Under the moonlight, my friend Pierrot,
Lend me your light, so I could write a word.
My candle is out, I've no more light.
Open your door for me, for the love of God.

Under the moonlight, Pierrot replied,
I've no light; I'm in my bed.
Go next door, I believe that she is in,
For in the kitchen, someone lit a match.

Under the moonlight, friendly Lubin
Knocks at the brunette's door, she suddenly replies
"Who's knocking this way", he says in his turn
"Open your door, for the god of love."

Under the moonlight, little can be seen
The light was looked for, fire was looked for
Searching this way, I don't know what was found
But I do know that the door, on them was shut.

*In modern versions, this word is "plume", meaning pen. "Lume" is derived from "lumière", meaning "light".
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_clair_de_la_lune

I heard this on the radio while driving in to work yesterday morning:


posted by Suzette Hackney of The Detroit Free Press

The DJs had many snarky comments about both the council members, quipping that the meeting ended with Jerry Springer coming in and making them take a paternity test. *lol* (I'm not sure who the man was, but the woman was Monica Conyers, wife of US Representative John Conyers.) Anyway, when the council members of a major city are so unprofessional, it's not surprising that the city is a disaster.

I've finished watching d_84's and cjmr's Doctor Who Series 2 DVDs and liked it so well that I had to go out and buy the set myself. I should be mailing theirs back soon... Thanks also to d_84 for posting the links to the artwork and Doctor Who special on my last entry - I got busy and couldn't respond right away, then figured it was too late.

Anyway, now I'm happily counting down to the premiere of Doctor Who Series 4 on the Sci-Fi Channel this Friday (8:30 pm). In honor of this, I thought I'd post a different trailer for the series each day until Friday. (This plan was born out of my realization that there are 4 days until the premiere and I found 4 trailers on YouTube. :-D )


posted by futurestartsnow