Spychédélices

[Edcognito]

Thankyou Roman,

The translation is deeply appreciated!

For this part:
Do they really give wings to the shellfish? And what are these two helices?
The shellfish is endowed with DNA, the aircraft, no. Man invented the airplane, who invented the code?

Definitely sounds like a reference to a higher power/God/Creator of the Universe.


Ed

[Rachelizee]

Fantastic work , Roman ! I've been really struggling on this to actually make out what's being said let alone divine any meaning out of it.

This really starts to make a lot of sense out of the themes that are explored on the album and makes me anxious to listen repeatedly ( not that I don't anyway , mind ) to the tracks and really get a sense of the ideas and wordplay behind the lyrics.

Thanks again as I know it must take a lot of time and effort ( not to mention thought ) to make these translations but it's always appreciated by myself and I'm sure many others.

[Roman]

Originally Posted by Edcognito

Thankyou Roman,

The translation is deeply appreciated!

For this part:
Do they really give wings to the shellfish? And what are these two helices?
The shellfish is endowed with DNA, the aircraft, no. Man invented the airplane, who invented the code?

Definitely sounds like a reference to a higher power/God/Creator of the Universe.

Ed

Well, yes, "who invented the code" is a clear reference to a god, though what else and why the shellfish/seashell/coquillage? I think I'm still missing something there. The coquillage may simply be referenced thinking of a spiral shaped shell. Now that I think about it, I get the image of Aphrodite standing on her cockle shell. Hmm. So, in Spychédélices Jean makes reference to that song by coquillage and avion. I wonder what he knew about it, if he talked to Oxmo.
I'll have to revisit that song and redo a translation some time.


EDIT: here are some "coquillages" one might find in Ajaccio: http://www.ochju.com/oeil-sainte-luc...fam=98&lang=en