06 mars 2008

Non, je ne me souviens plus du nom de ces deux zouaves





Qui avaient enfilé les portulans pour chanter, dans une imprimerie désaffectée, la géographical fugue. ..








Ajuda-me Sandra se faz favor !
Stefano ? Giovanni ? Gianmario ?



Trinidad!
And the big Mississippi
and the town Honolulu
and the lake Titicaca,
the Popocatepetl is not in Canada,
rather in Mexico, Mexico, Mexico!
Canada, Málaga, Rimini, Brindisi
Canada, Málaga, Rimini, Brindisi
Yes, Tibet, Tibet, Tibet, Tibet,
Nagasaki! Yokohama!
Nagasaki! Yokohama!

The place names are largely the same in German and English except for Ratibor (Trinidad) and Athens (in place of Tibet) which is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable in German. The German text is as follows;

Ratibor!
Und der Fluss Mississippi
und die Stadt Honolulu
und der See Titicaca;
Der Popocatepetl liegt nicht in Kanada,
sondern in Mexico, Mexico, Mexico.
Kanada, Malaga, Rimini, Brindisi,
Kanada, Malaga, Rimini, Brindisi.
Ja! Athen, Athen, Athen, Athen,
Nagasaki, Yokohama,
Nagasaki, Yokohama,


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