Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Du creux de toi c'est bien le mal qui dresse tes silences.
English translation:
From deep inside, it's the hurt which forges your silences
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suezen
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Du creux de toi c'est bien le mal qui dresse tes silences.
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This from a song from the show from Cirque du Soleil called Quidam.
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Apr 21, 2005 17:21: suezen changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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From deep inside, it's the hurt which forges your silences
forges/ creates/fashions/carves/erects
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Tegan Raleigh
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Where you are empty, evil trains your silences.
"dresser' has multiple meanings; and, in this context, I believe, gives itself to multiple readings. since it is for le cirque du soleil (where animals _aren't trained, for ethical reasons, if memory serves), "train" seems to be the most appropriate one, what with its circus implications and all. in my larousse, its says that a dresseur/ euse is an animal trainer. "dresser" can also mean "to stand (something) up" or "construct," but I think "train" is the nicest, while it also can mean "to hold up," as an arbor trains roses-- in which case it also encompasses the translation "to stand (something) up."
i hope that makes sense.
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should read: FROM WHERE YOU ARE EMPTY, EVIL TRAINS YOUR SILENCES.
It might sound better if you reverse the sentence order, and change \"empty\" to \"hollow\" : \"Evil trains your silences out of your hollow\" or \"Evil trains your silences out of where you are empty\"
i hope that makes sense.
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Note added at 58 mins (2004-10-01 05:45:09 GMT)
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should read: FROM WHERE YOU ARE EMPTY, EVIL TRAINS YOUR SILENCES.
It might sound better if you reverse the sentence order, and change \"empty\" to \"hollow\" : \"Evil trains your silences out of your hollow\" or \"Evil trains your silences out of where you are empty\"
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Your void is the illness your silence express.
"Void" could also be "emptiness" but there's already too much "ess".
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Note added at 20 hrs 44 mins (2004-10-02 01:31:18 GMT)
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I should have said \"your silence expresses\".
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Note added at 20 hrs 44 mins (2004-10-02 01:31:18 GMT)
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I should have said \"your silence expresses\".
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Sophie Raimondo
: shouldn't is be "silences"? or "your silence expresses"? otherwise, I like it.
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Yes, it should be "your silence expresses"; thanks.
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