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Minimum Vital french translation.

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We're not all trying to play the same music.
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I first saw this group about 24 years on a local access channel program called "ProgRock"

I immediately took to one tune in particular.
Called "Les Mondes De Miranda"
It had a fast 7/8 meter.
I even learned the bassline.

This is the vid.


I recently ordered the disc this tune is on.
But sadly,I find that the female singer,Sonia Nedelec, was not on it.
She made the song work.
At any rated it did have the vocals in the jacket.
The lettering is a bit stylized and hard to interpret.

I don't usually listen to vocal music unless I like the music under it.
THEN I will pay attention to the lyrics.
If any.

Is there anyone who speaks and understands French that can translate the lyrics?
Google translate is not making sense.
Says half is French and half is Spanish.

Miranda.jpg

Miranda 2.jpg
 
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This is the most french thing I've ever heard (even with the Spanish lyrics).
Yes!That's what I discovered at work today.
I work with a bunch or guys who speak Spanish I asked one guy if he knows what it says.
He says yeah.
It's Spanish.Something about "Spring everything is green"
But the later "Miranda"part is French.
 
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Apart from the title (Miranda's Worlds) and the subtitle in parentheses (Celestial Dance) which are in French, the rest vaguely resembles Spanish with a few French words here and there: Fin (end), Fil (thread), Chanson (song) and Sais pas/Je sais pas (don't know/I don't know).

According to a comment in Invalid Link Removed, it's an invented language, a bit like the Kobaïan language of the band Magma.

French is my native language and I speak a little Spanish, but these lyrics make almost no sense to me. I think it's best seen as abstract poetry, like Jon Anderson's lyrics during Yes's heyday.
 
Apart from the title (Miranda's Worlds) and the subtitle in parentheses (Celestial Dance) which are in French, the rest vaguely resembles Spanish with a few French words here and there: Fin (end), Fil (thread), Chanson (song) and Sais pas/Je sais pas (don't know/I don't know).

According to a comment in Invalid Link Removed, it's an invented language, a bit like the Kobaïan language of the band Magma.

French is my native language and I speak a little Spanish, but these lyrics make almost no sense to me. I think it's best seen as abstract poetry, like Jon Anderson's lyrics during Yes's heyday.
I stumbled upon a definition a week ago while researching something I saw.
Macaronic language.
Macaronic language - Wikipedia
I think that this song fits the description.
 
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