Chanson Bohème
Katherine Jenkins
Bohemian Song
The sisters' rods were clinking
with a metallic shine
and to this strange music
the gypsies would rise
Basque drums kept their beat
and the frenzied guitars
squeaked under determined hands
the same songs, the same refrains
the same songs, the same refrains
Tra la la la
The copper and silver rings
shone on the tanned skins
striped with orange or red
the fabrics fluttered in the wind.
The dance matched the song
the dance matched the song
at first hesitant and timid
then faster and faster
it rose, rose, rose, rose!
Tra la la la
The Bohemians, with all their might
raged with their instruments
and this dazzling uproar
enchanted the gypsy women
Under the rhythm of the song
Under the rhythm of the song
ardent, wild, feverish, they let themselves, intoxicated
be carried away by the whirlwind!
Tra la la la
