Oural Ouralou Jean Ferrat (for the guys who have Pets...)

[Jean Pierre]

I dedicate this cover to Mike S and Pippa

A beautiful tribute song by Jean Ferrat to his dog Oural

the video with lyrics and translation


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X79qJzwXAPU

[Bluesberry]

That's a beautiful song.....well done JP.........I couldn't imagine my life without my various pets over the years...they have enriched my life for sure.......very well recorded

[Mike_S]

Beautiful JP... those words are so nice. Lovely singing and playing too.

I will explain!

JP remarked on my avatar in which Pippa my cat is beside a guitar pedal. It was quite a sad co-incidence as she died the previous day. But such is life, but hey yes animals and our pets, they are much more important than we sometimes give them credit for.

[des0free]

I just love it whenever you sing in French.  I've got youtube blocked, so I can't watch your video with the lyrics.  But it just sounds great even though I have no idea what you're saying 

[Jean Pierre]

lyrics and tranlation for Doug and others friends

Ural Ural
It is in the dawn dear to Verlaine
That you ran our domain
Smelling the air of the four seasons
Smell of thyme and heather
Under your fresh light legs
Rising like a prayer
Shepherd of the familiar moors
You lived dignified and solitary
Animal gifted with reason
I write this anniversary day
Where you rest under the earth
A stone's throw from our house
 
Hooray Ural Ural
Ural Ural
 
Hurrah oural ouralou
Ural Urals
 
We often see rulers
In the place of reigning kings
Just by laying eyes on them
We must beware of appearances
Of us two who was the master
We never really knew
You lived the Parisian life
The night on the banks of the Seine
The music halls and the tours
And this life that was mine
It seems to me that you drag it along
On the soles of your shoes
 
Hooray Ural Ural
Ural Ural
 
Hooray Ural Ural
Ural Ural
 
Day after day we have to admit it
To see those we love disappear
That's what makes you grow old too soon
In a dog's paradise perhaps
Your long snout at the window
You will soon welcome us
At triple gallop, caracoling
I see your legs flying away
Riding the grass and the clouds
The wind whistles in your coat
Fly my wild wolf
Like in the time of the green years
 
Hurrah Ural Ural
Ural Ural
 
Hooray Ural Ural
Ural Ural

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)


Oural Ouralou
C'est dans l'aube chère à Verlaine
Que tu courais notre domaine
Humant l'air des quatre saisons
Odeurs de thym et de bruyère
Sous tes pattes fraîches légères
S'élevaient comme une oraison
Berger des landes familières
Tu vivais digne et solitaire
Animal doué de raison
J'écris ce jour anniversaire
Où tu reposes sous la terre
A deux pas de notre maison
 
Hourrah oural ouralou
Oural ouralou
 
Hourrah oural ouralou
Oural ouralou
 
On voit souvent des souveraines
A la place des rois qui règnent
Rien qu'en posant leurs yeux dessus
Il faut se méfier du paraître
De nous deux qui était le maître
Nous ne l'avons jamais bien su
Tu vécus la vie parisienne
La nuit sur les quais de la Seine
Les music-halls et les tournées
Et cette vie qui fut la mienne
Il me semble que tu l'entraînes
A la semelle de tes souliers
 
Hourrah Oural Ouralou
Oural Ouralou
 
Hourrah Oural Ouralou
Oural Ouralou
 
Jour après jour il faut l'admettre
Voir ceux qu'on aime disparaître
C'est ce qui fait vieillir trop tôt
Au paradis des chiens peut–être
Ton long museau à la fenêtre
Tu nous accueilleras bientôt
Au triple galop caracole
Je vois tes pattes qui s'envolent
Chevauchant l'herbe et les nuées
Le vent siffle dans ton pelage
Vole vole mon loup sauvage
Comme au temps des vertes années
 
Hourrah Oural Ouralou
Oural Ouralou
 
Hourrah Oural Ouralou
Oural Ouralou
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[Farrell Jackson]

A beautiful song JP! You sing this so well. Thanks for posting the lyrics in English.

[StephenM]

I didn't know Mike lost his cat.  Sorry to hear that!  I did enjoy the photo with the cat there on his photo.  I quite like cats, at least mostly.... they can be like in Trevs new song though.

JP I like hearing you sing in this language... the recording makes me want to spin, and spin, and twirl... it sweeps me off my feet!  Happiness and joy coming through.


Je ne savais pas que Mike avait perdu son chat. Désolé d'entendre ça! J'ai apprécié la photo avec le chat là-bas sur sa photo. J'aime bien les chats, du moins la plupart du temps... ils peuvent être comme dans la nouvelle chanson de Trevs.

JP J'aime t'entendre chanter dans cette langue... l'enregistrement me donne envie de tourner, et de tourner, et de virevolter... ça me fait perdre pied ! Bonheur et joie à venir.

[BerryPatch]

Excellent recording JP! This is a lovely tribute to the special animals of the world no matter what they are! J'adore chansons au francais! (That's the extent of my French without a translator )

[des0free]

Thanks for posting the translation. Interesting lyrics.

[Pete C]

Lovely song JP. Our pets mean so much to us. It's 2 years ago this month since I lost my little Louis but I still think of him every day

Pete