La chanteuse de cantiques suivait les longs corridors en murmurant des prières, et souvent, la nuit, elle chantait des psaumes, dont les versets se traînaient lugubrement dans le silence.

The drouer of canticles paced the long passages muttering her prayers, and often at night humming psalms which filled the silence with their mournful echoes.

Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat

Madeleine Ferat

Zola, Emile

Madeleine Ferat

Zola, Emile

J'étais ravie d'avoir trente dollars ; j'étais mentionnée comme chanteuse de l'orchestre de Teddy Wilson et c'était tout.

I was glad to get the thirty bucks. I was billed as the vocalist with Teddy's band and that was all.

Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William / Lady sings the bluesHoliday, Billie,Dufty, William / Lady sings the blues

Lady sings the blues

Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William

© 1956, by Eleonora Fagan and William F. Dufty.

Lady sings the blues

Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William

© 1956, by Eleonora Fagan and William F. Dufty.

© 1984, 2003, 2009, pour la traduction francaise: Editions Parentheses

Ci-dessous : la chanteuse sud-africaine Miriam Makeba.

Below South African singer Miriam Makeba.

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Madame Rougon avait quitté l'abbé Faujas pour féliciter la chanteuse.

Madame Rougon left the Abbé to go and congratulate the singer.

Zola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansZola, Emile / The Conquest of Plassans

The Conquest of Plassans

Zola, Emile

La Conquete des Plassans

Zola, Emile

Alors Madeleine, épouvantée par les rires fous de la chanteuse, secouée jusqu’aux larmes par cette voix rauque et triste qui chantait sa jeunesse dans les fraîcheurs de la nuit naissante, écarta la haie d’aubépines et se sauva à travers champs.

Then Madeleine, terrified by the maniacal laughter of the singer, and moved to tears bv this hoarse and sad voice which, sang of her youth in the freshness of the falling night, made a gap through the thorn hedge and fled across the fields.

Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat

Madeleine Ferat

Zola, Emile

Madeleine Ferat

Zola, Emile

Et comme l'autre chanteuse voyageait en car, elle se sentait victime de discrimination et ça la rendait encore plus chipie.

And because the other vocalist would have to ride in the bus, she thought she was suffering from discrimination, and that would make her even saltier with me.

Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William / Lady sings the bluesHoliday, Billie,Dufty, William / Lady sings the blues

Lady sings the blues

Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William

© 1956, by Eleonora Fagan and William F. Dufty.

Lady sings the blues

Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William

© 1956, by Eleonora Fagan and William F. Dufty.

© 1984, 2003, 2009, pour la traduction francaise: Editions Parentheses