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ACT I

- Oh my friends! What a night!

No one to keep me company,
no cabaret where I could warm my poor heart. Everything is closed.

Gadzooks, I'm furious!

The sergeants of the watch enforced closure of all theaters.

My play is cancelled, the cast is scattered.

But, depend upon it, I, Molière,
won't let them bring me down so easily!

Tomorrow I shall go to the Châtelet
to submit a request and we shall play!

For Heaven's sake!

Isn't this my hometown?

Paris !

Everything's quiet?
Do not trust that.

A riot is rumbling in the distance,
beyond the Porte Saint-Antoine,

in the suburbs.

Paris is about to spit out its anger.

Crushed by taxes,
the people are hungry!

And cold...

Misery is everywhere.

The Duc de Beaufort, cousin of the King,
a prince of royal blood,

took the lead of the revolt
against Cardinal Mazarin.

It’s the Fronde.

Ah! poor Kingdom.

Can you hear that ?

That shouting, that unrest?

Louis XIV, child king, must flee Paris

with his mother Anne of Austria
to join Cardinal Mazarin

who took shelter at the Saint-Germain Castle.

- Friends!

To Palais-Royal!

Let's chase the cardinal out,
and long live the King!

(long live the King !)

- Hey you !

Who are you to command the
people of Paris like this?

- I am François De Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort,

servant of the King, and the State!

- All hail Beaufort!

(All hail Beaufort!)

- To Palais-Royal, everyone! Go, now!

Go now !

( Contre ceux d’en haut / Against those from above )

For a crown we won't have

A better day that never comes

Fields of wheat plundered a hundred times

In the name of a cross that imposes its law

For a justice they have silenced

Under the muffled cries of our prayers

With the noose of an iron hand

Strangling us when we shake it

I'm one of those
Who only have one choice

Breaking through the wall
Of no return

I am the echo, I am the voice,

Of all those people
Who are said to be from below

Against those from above

It's against those above

With our bare hands if necessary

That we will win our place

Against those above

It is against their egos

That we must stand our ground

It's us against those above

For a crown we get back

A brighter day yet to come

Songs rising up from the ground

At the foot of a cross without graveyard

For the injustice that never ends

Breaking us between its fingers

An iron grip, a silk glove

On what we lose and what we lack

We are those who have opened

Another way, a new era,

We are an echo,
The breath of air,

To all those people
Deemed to belong on the ground

Against those from above

It's against those above

With our bare hands if we have to

That we will win our place

Against those above

It is against their egos

That we must stand our ground

It's us against those above

(All hail Beaufort!)

Against those from above

It's against those above

With our bare hands if we have to

That we will win our place

Against those from above

It is against their egos

That we must stand our ground

It's us against those from above

With our bare hands if we must

That we will win our place

Against those from above

It's against their egos

That we must stand our ground

It's us against those from above

- The Cardinal and the Queen have played us!

The Palace is empty!

The King left during the night for St Germain!

- Everyone to St Germain!

- Why ?!

[Qu’avons-nous fait de vous ? / What have we done to you?]

Tell me,

Tell me that you hear me,

At least that you see me,

That there's still time,

Tell me why I'm cold?

And you,

What can you say

To this life passing away?

And to all the ones falling apart?

Why would you want that?

Tell me
That you too are crying

No matter how strong you may be

That you don't understand,

That all this frightens you.

And we?

What have we done to you?

Tell me
If it's true what we're told

That you used to talk about love?

What's left of it today?

What have we done to ourselves?

Tell me
Is it true that we once learned

To talk to each other with love??

What have we done with it since?

I'm in pain,

I hurt so simply

In the depths of my being

And you...

And you, if you can hear me

Are you cold too?

Tell me
That you cannot answer

For what they do in your name

That they must have confused everything

That you weren't there

And we?

What have we done to you?

Tell me
If it's true what we're told

That you used to talk about love?

What's left of it today?

What have we done to ourselves?

Tell me
Is it true that we once learned

To talk to each other with love?

What have we done with it since?

What have we done with it since?

- What have we done to ourselves?

- What have we done to you?

What have we done to ourselves?

Tell me
Is it true that we once learned

To talk to each other with love?

What have we done with it since?

Since?

Grumpy Bugger

Bugger buggered

Bugger to the highest degree

Bugger sodomising the State

and bugger at the highest carat

Bugger of goats

Bugger of boys

And bugger in every way

Bugger of goats

Bugger of boys

And bugger in every way

( It’s a Mazarinade wrote by Paul Scarron. Bugger is a synonyme of homosexuality, we understand that Scarron does not like Mazarin

and that queers didn’t have good press at that time )

- To the Cardinal's health!

(To Mazarin!)

To the most famous crook in the kingdom!

- A crook certainly...

But to whom we all owe respect.

Our dear Mazarin quashed the Fronde,
and bewitched the Queen.

- We can't respect a man who had our
poor Beaufort condemned to exile!

- Oh! Cruel punishment for the weaker sex...

Paris is going to lack a blessing.

- But, dear Ninon!

We will always be there to satisfy your pleasures!

- Oh but I was really talking about a blessing,
my friend!

- Beauty !

Beauty is not always that of appearance.

- She has spoken!

Finally she speaks!

Sweet and divine,

Oh Françoise!

My reason told me as well as my eyes
that you were charming and sweet.

My beautiful Indian,

will you ever consent to marry me?

- But you have too much wit,
Mister Scarron,

to marry an ignorant woman!

- But... ignorant? I marry you!

Without parents,

Without dowry,

Naked like Eve facing the snake.

- Come, my friend!

Speaking of which...

Miss De Lisieux,

Let's help our young friend to decide,

You who claim to read the future,

Take her hand and... tell us.

- Miss...

Providence has spoiled you my dear.

I see...

a king!
- A king?

- Indeed, a king!

You will be the wife of a king!

- I only know one king here:

I, Paul Scarron, king of poets!

Oh, my sweet muse,

Will you be my queen at last?

(Je serai à lui / I’ll be his )

- I was born,
In the shadow of prison bars,

Daughter of a murderer,
I was born condemned

The fairies had
Turned their backs on me

Where I belonged
There is nothing for me to keep

I saw the day embedded
On my skin

I'm just a name
To be erased

All right then,
Let a dance lead my life

And I'll follow the dance,
And no matter what they think

All right then,
Let a dance tie me to him

And I'll follow in his footsteps,
No matter what they say...

I'll take the autumn
For the sake of my spring,

The difference allows us to exist

I forget love in the name of a feeling,

Since I must resign myself to dreaming

All right then,
Let a dance lead my life

And I'll follow the dance,
And no matter what they think

All right then,
Let a dance lead my life

And I'll follow in his footsteps,
No matter what they say...

Then I'll...

I'll be his

Then I'll...

I shall be yours.

- Mr. Cardinal, what did I heard?

You decide to raise new taxes?

Have you not learned the
lessons of the Fronde?

- Your Majesty, we must finance
new campaigns against Spain.

- But the State's funds are empty!

How long do we still have to bleed
and ruin the country?

Mr. Cardinal, we need peace.

- Your Majesty...

- Deal with the Spanish!

- I beg you, hold on!

Allow me to carry out this great
plan which is yours,

And to pass on to your
son a kingdom at peace.

Bugger of goats

Bugger of boys

And bugger in every way

Bugger of goats

Bugger of boys

And bugger in every way...

- Your majesty...

Without you, without your support,

I can do nothing- I am nothing.

- You are ungrateful.

Do not forget that it was I who
appointed you as minister

When my husband died.

And that I did so against everyone's advice.

- So I pray to God, My Lady,

That you keep your trust in me.

- You do have my trust

And my friendship.

However, do not neglect the education of the king.

He's young, still reckless and I'm worried.

Louis seems absent,
secretive, hesitant...

- Don't underestimate him.

- Time is running out, my friend.

Dancing and hunting will not be enough
to give him the weapons

to govern.

- Trust in me.

Yourself must now distance yourself from him,
however painful it may be.

- Cardinal-!

It's my son!

- My Lady... Tomorrow,

He will entirely belong to France.

[Etre à la hauteur / Living Up To]

- I get up each morning

This is an ordinary day

I already know its course

And the weight of a necessary journey
That I must make

Because one can never choose
One's walls, one's land,

That enclose us in the narrow,
The narrowness of a lonely greatness,

But to what purpose?

Living up to
What is asked of you,

What others expect,
And overcome your fear

Living up to
The common man's standards

Answering the call every day,
And be committed

Living up to it

It is a daily duty,
A suit you have to put on

For a role that leads to nothing
But must you really submit to it,

Until the end?

Living up to
What is asked of you,

What others expect,
And overcome your fear

Living up to
The common man's standards

Answering the call every day,
And be committed

Living up to it

Living up to it

Living up to it
Without ever stepping down

And yet not defend yourself
Of wanting to win

Living up to it
Apart from being mortal,

At last not anwsering the call,
No longer afraid

Of living up to it

Living up to it

Living up to it

Living up to iy
Apart from being mortal,

At last not anwsering the call,
No longer afraid

Of living up to it

No longer afraid

Of living up to it

( Ca Marche / It works )

- My son, here is Monsieur,
your brother,

Who comes to pay his
respects to you.

- It's all about appearance,
That's for sure

It's all about the style,
The strike-a-pose mindset

Put crabs in a basket
And you get "society"

Of sheeps
And associated sharks

(They walk)

Arm in arm

(They walk)

One on top of the other in the mud

(It works)

As long as we still stand
And are able

To climb the steps

(It's all good)

No respect or faith or law

(It collapses)

On those who can't handle it

(The wheel turns)

And it'll keep on rolling like that

As long as it works

To each their wounds
And their habits

Each one in the jungle
Has their thirst for elevation

Wolves in the sheepfold
A comedy of beasts

Since the vile and the rich
Are united

(They walk)

Arm in arm

(They walk)

One on top of the other in the mud

(It works)

As long as we still stand
And are able

To climb the steps

(It's all good)

No respect or faith or law

(It collapses)

On those who can't handle it

(The wheel turns)

And it'll keep on rolling like that

As long as it works

Man is an animal
Who is said to be civilised,

For whom everything is a parade
and mundanities

Between males and females,
The species is threatened by disparity

- They say that Paris was much funnier
in the days of the Fronde

- Hush! Watch your words, Marie!

Your uncle has spies everywhere!

- Spies?!

- My dear, you are no longer in Italy,

- But at the Court of France.

- Here, everyone is spying on their neighbor.

- Clearly,

The greatest Court in Europe is very sad!

- Do you really think so, Miss?

- But look at them all!

What a bore...

With their circumstantial faces,

they all look like puppets!

- You are quite severe...

- But who are you, sir,
that you don't realise this?

Perhaps a spy of my uncle?

- I am the King of France.

- Of course ! And I am...

The Queen of Italy!

- Little witless...

- Your Majesty...

- Sire,

Allow me to introduce my niece,

Marie de Mancini.

- Miss,

To be forgiven,

Will you grant me a few dance steps?

- If it please your Majesty.

(They walk)

Arm in arm

(They walk)

One on top of the other in the mud

(It works)

As long as we still stand
And are able

To climb the steps

(It's all good)

No respect or god or law

(It collapses)

(The wheel turns)

And it'll keep on rolling like that

As long as it works

(They walk)

Arm in arm (They walk)

One on top of the other in the mud

- The king danced, danced...

All the ladies of the Court were
overwhelmed with delight

- Miss Mancini was said to be quite dazzled.

- Ninon, do you realize?

It is also said that the King
was not indifferent

And that he had eyes only for her.

- My dear, the plot is important.

Imagine:

The greatest king in the world
seduced by a small courtesan,

Italian and ... without birth.

I can already guess the scandal
that will follow.

How cold it is tonight ...

(Où Ca Mène Quand On S’aime? / Where it leads
When there's love?)

- One can come into the world
With closed eyes

Without seeing anything coming
Nor allowing anything to enter

It’s enough to open the door
By mistake

To awaken,
To change history

- Teach me what one can expect
Of life

The path of a man
Towards a woman

Where it leads
When there's love?

These distances push us farther away
And remind us to our differences

Where it leads
When there's love?

Can only death separate us forever ?

- I'll be the armor to protect you
Finally you'll breathe, free to stay

- Teach me how to understand - or how to run away
From a man's desire for a woman

Where it leads
When there's love?

These distances push us farther away
And remind us to our differences

Where it leads
When there's love?

Can only death separate us forever ?

- From one world to another
There's a whole ocean

- Mine, yours, so far from each other
And yet...

- May someone forgive me
For still wanting to believe

- Teach me what a man
Needs to know

These distances push us farther away
And remind us to our differences

Where it leads
When there's love?

Our wanderings come together
and teach us

About our similarities

- About our similarities

- Sire,

I come to take leave of Your Majesty

I am joining our armies fighting
in Flanders.

- Cardinal,
I will be accompanying you.

- But Sire...
- The King must be the one leading his army.

- Sire, the fighting will be tough,

We will be unable to ensure your safety-
- I have decided so, Cardinal.

I will lead myself.

- Your Majesty...

War is not a Court game.

Trust in your Generals.

You yourself must stay in Paris and
improve your knowledge.

- Marie...
- Sire, please don't go.

- I must, it is my duty.

- Our walks,

Our readings,
do you give them up?

- I will return to you soon.
- Louis!

- Your Majesty-

- Aah, Mr. Prime Minister!

You betrayed me!

Why are you letting him go?

- My Lady, I was unable to hold him back
given his strong courage and determination.

It's a pleasure to see-
- You pledged to protect him!

He's just a child, he's still so young.

- And you can be proud of him.

His presence will signal to our enemies
that France has finally got a King.

- My friend, as always,
I am listening to you.

But beware!

If any misfortune occurs to him,
you will answer for it.

- My Lady, I know your ambition.

If the mother is in pain,
I know the Queen approves.

(Encore du Temps / More Time)

- To be loved
As I love you

Seemed to be enough

I even forgot
To tell you

- Let me try
If there's still time

If you still have time
At least try

To say it differently
Or simply allow me

Some more time

Just a moment
For this

Some more time

I've waited so long already
For all the things left unsaid

- If "I love you" was enough
To make you stay

Even though I could
Sometimes hear it

- Let me be missed
Where I am not

Where I"m not going

Let me miss you at least
Say it once, just once

Must I leave you...

Some more time?

Just a moment
For this

Some more time

I've waited so long already
For all the things left unsaid

- Some more time

- Just a moment

- But give me a chance to try
- Let me miss you at least

- Do not forget
- That we must give each other

Some more time

- Just a moment
For this

Some more time

I've waited so long already
For all the things left unsaid

Allow me
Just a moment

(Requiem Aeternam)

Eternal rest

Grant it to them, O Lord

And let perpetual light shine,

shine upon them

With dignity they

(They sing, O God)

God, in Zion they sing your praises

And they come

And they come to offer you sacrifices

In Jerusalem.

(Hear)

O hear my prayers,

(All flesh)

All flesh will returns to you.

Rest

Eternal rest

Rest

Eternal rest

(A Qui La Faute ? / Whose Fault Is That?)

- Who wants to be in my shoes?
Who would know how to cope

With this role that frightens me?

I leave you as judge and accomplice
I leave you the benefit of it

In order to play backstage

(- To each their place,
To each their own dead end)

- Don't bother
To search for me,

No, don't bother
To suggest me,

To tie me down
To your dreams

I am made to do nothing,
But especially to do it well

I have no desire to rise,
No, I don't feel like burdening myself

I have no opinion to give

I was born for partying
Not to be pressured, no

(- Ha, ha, ha, whose fault is that?)

- Life is too serious for me
To get bored in it

(- Ha, ha, ha, whose fault is that?)

- No no, it's not my fault, no

No need to stand up straight
No, there's no need to make a fuss

Nor a reason
To brag about it

I was born for partying
Not to be pressured, no

(- Ha, ha, ha, whose fault is that?)

- Life is too serious for me
To get bored in it

(- Ha, ha, ha, whose fault is that?)

- It's not my fault!

(- Ha, ha, ha, whose fault is that?)

- Too many temptations
For me to resist

(- Ha, ha, ha, whose fault is that?)

- No no, it's not my fault, no

I am as I am
I am as I live

I do everything I can

I live as I live
All that I'm told

Doesn't make me,
Doesn't make me happy

(- Ha, ha, ha, whose fault is that?)

- Life is too serious for me
To get bored in it

(- Ha, ha, ha, whose fault is that?)

- No, it's not my fault

(- Ha, ha, ha, whose fault is that?)

- Too many temptations
For me to resist

(- Ha, ha, ha, whose fault is that?)

- No, it's not,
It's not my fault, no!

- Good morning, Monsieur.

It is said that the Court quickly
forgot me for your benefit.

- Sire,

I have never wished for your death.

- I know that, brother.
I know that.

- Marie,
I heard about your grief, and the tears you shed.

I am deeply grateful to you.

- Sire,
I prayed to God every day,

Every hour, every minute,
for Him to bring you back to life.

- My beloved

How sweet it is to see you again!

- Oh Sire,
Do you really love me a little?

You love me !
- I promise you,

We will never part again.

- But what about the Queen, your mother?
And the Cardinal?

They will not allow it--
- Marie...

If illness has failed to separate us,
no one else will.

I am the King.
I am free to love whoever I want.

- Oh Louis,

All would be so simple if
you weren't a king.

[Je Fais De Toi Mon Essentiel / I Make You My Essential]

- I know of your love

I know of the river
Shed on my body

Feeling its course
Day after day

I've swum back up the torment
To get closer again

Your longing is anchored to mine
Your longing is anchored to my ankles

Join me,
Nothing's holding us to anything

It's all up to us

I make you my essential
You bring me to life among men

I make you my essential

The woman I'll love more than anyone
If you want us to learn each other

If you want us to learn each other

You know of my love

You know of the words
Under my silences

What they confess,
Hide and reveal

I have to offer you beliefs
To ward off absence

My future is engraved in your hand
My future is mapped out as you write it

Here, nothing takes us further
Than a welcoming gesture

I make you my essential
You bring me to life among men

I make you my essential
The woman I'll love more than anyone

I make us my essential
You bring me to life among men

I make you my essential
The woman I'll love more than anyone

If you want us to learn each other
(- If you want us to learn each other)

- If you want us to learn each other
(- If you want us to learn each other)

- I will make you my essential

- My essential
- If you want us to learn each other

To belong to each other

- Sire,
I must speak to you immediately.

You depart for Spain tomorrow-
- Mr. Cardinal,

I ask for your niece's hand in marriage.
- But Sire!

- This cannot be, Louis!
I forbid you.

- Mother.
I shall marry Miss de Mancini.

- Sire,
Do not expect me to accept such infamy!

I would never betray the trust
your parents have placed in me!

I’d rather stab my niece
with my own hands!

- But I love Marie!
Our feelings are sincere-

- Pull yourself together,
my son!

We cannot mix feelings and reason of state.
- And the State demands that you marry the Infanta of Spain.

France needs this union to restore peace.

- But mother--
- Louis!

You can't do this to me.

You would kill me.
- Sire, you will depart for Spain.

And you, Marie,
you leave for Brouage at once, in exile.

[S’aimer Est Interdit / Love Is Forbidden]

- People believe that nothing
Is ever stronger than love

- That it is a gift
Heaven gave us one day

- It’s unimaginable
How someone can undo it

- And forget about who you held onto
After losing them

- Whether or not I have the right to-
- Although apart from you, I'll be there

- Do we make the same promises
Every time?

Love is forbidden to us

Impossible love
But infinite love

- Love is not allowed to us

Love is unspeakable
That's what they taught us

- If I'd known it was a foregone conclusion
- If I'd known I'd make you suffer

- With the iron still warm of our alliances
- Who knows where the evil and the worst comes from?

- I would have taken the first step towards you
- I wouldn't have been afraid to do so

- Do we make the same mistakes
Every time?

- Love is forbidden to us

Impossible love
But infinite love

- Love is not allowed to us

Love is unspeakable
That's what they taught us

- We can part without ever leaving everything
- We can stay without ever forgetting anything

We can love each other to the point of going away

Going away...

Love for us is not over

Impossible love
Is infinite love

Love is forbidden to us
Love is invincible

This is what we have...
This is what we have learned

- Learned

ACT II

- Sire,

My time is coming to an end

I can only tell Your Majesty how happy and
proud I am to have served You and France.

I have weathered the storms, the disgraces,
but none of it has altered my determination

And allegiance to your family,
to your throne.

Oh Sire,

I have loved you as
my own son

I beg you to forgive me the hardships
and sacrifices I have imposed on you

I always acted in the best
interest of the State.

- I know it, Mr. Cardinal.

Be at peace.

- Then I shall die as a happy man,

For I know now that you are ready
to govern yourself.

Use the advice of your ministers, hear their opinions,
but decide on your own.

Because you are the King.

There, all is said.

I entrust myself to God.

Ah Sire,

How hard it is to leave you.

[Repartir / To Start Again]

- Where a whole life ends,
A new challenge arises

Even a dying love can be reborn
For a new beginning,

For someone else perhaps

- Who knows their course beforehand
Without fearing a single day of wandering?

We cling to certainties
In spite of absences,

Despite the wounds

- You start again
Without failing

To what awaits you
To the promises we defend

You start again
Without faltering

You gather momentum again
So you never cease

To start again

- Where every story leaves us
A new hope emerges

We take back the torches that are lent to us
Since everything fails us,

Since nothing stops.

- You start again
Without failing

To what awaits you
To the promises we defend

You start again
Without faltering

You gather momentum again
So you never cease

To start again

To start again

To start again

- Mother,
I know what I owe, and to whom I owe it.

But the phase of the world is changing.

Thus,

Beyond the son's love, the King
thanks you for the advices you have been able to give Him,

But He no longer needs them.
You have had your time.

- I beg you pardon?

My son, are you losing your mind-
- Therefore, my Lady, you will no longer be a member of the Council.

- It's not going to happen!
You don't know-- you won't know how!

Oh Louis,
I'm guessing the conspiracy.

Whose valet have you become?!

So the Queen, your mother,
has been dismissed?

Disgraced?

My son,
may God forgive you for your ungratefulness!

- Gentlemen,

I want everyone in the Kingdom to hold all
things from the King,

as nature receives the light of the Sun.

I want to govern myself in the future.

I don't want a Prime Minister.

- But Sire!
The State needs its ministers!

- From now one,

I am the State.

[Le ballet des planètes / The Planets Ballet]

[Arriver A Moi / Reach My Current Self]

- We want to believe in what we see
A different person we are not.

We're here as we must appear

For people whom we dislike.
Who drag us down,

Who bend over in order
To submit you better

They're here to spin
They're just gravitating

In this world to distract me

From what I have in me
What I have in me

But who can know
The journey I had to take

To reach my current self
Reach my current self

And realise that in return
Everything remains to be done

In the midst of the looks,
Like so many mirrors

Reflecting a ready-made image

It's having all the power
Until I can't take it anymore

Promising and allowing everything

They're here for the taking
They're just gravitating

In their world to distract me

From what I have in me
What I have in me

But who can know
The journey I had to take

To reach my current self
Reach my current self

And realise that in return
Everything remains to be done

And come to this point
To the extent that we're satisfied

Believing what we see
The centre of the universe

Alone

We remain so
We live, we die

In your last hour
You are alone

According to your mistakes
To your greatness

You grow into yourself
Alone

We remain so
We live, we die

In your last hour
You are alone

According to your mistakes
To your greatness

You grow into yourself alone

- My Lord...

My Lord,
I thank you for your recommendation to the Queen.

- Come, what better choice than yours,
Lady de Montespan?

- Oh, your friendship honors me.

- Your presence and your spirit
will brighten up the sad evenings of their Majesty.

- You really do flatter me,
Philippe!

- I am sure you will soon become the King's Favourite...
- My Lord!

- I am talking nonsense, forgive me;
The Queen's, of course!

But be careful,
his marriage to the Infanta of Spain cannot
make him forget Marie Mancini

The poor man consoles himself as he can
and flies from one love to another!

- My Lord, His Majesty would never dare.
I am a married woman!

- "Never"... Ah!
Here, I suspect we'll find out very soon.

- Brother.

Who is this charming person?
Please, introduce us.

- Sire,
Lady de Mortemart,

Wife of the Marquis de Montespan.

- Majesty...

- My Lady.

[Un Geste De Vous / One Gesture From You]

- If I were a mystery, what mirage
Would you like to see appear?

I can be the back of the picture
Or unveil its opposite

- If I were an ephemeral dream
That you had to conquer

Would I be a passing shadow
Or your future?

One gesture from you
And I will get the hint

A glance that is foiled
And I'll turn the page

Silently, with a smile
Pretending not to see anything

One gesture between us
That's all I need to know

- To have me
- To have me

- If I were a mystery, how brave
Would you be to know me?

I could be just a face myself
Or remain a stranger to you

- If I were a lone wolf waiting to be discovered

Would you really dare to do it
Without warning me?

One gesture from you
And I will get the hint

A glance that is foiled
And I'll turn the page

Silently, with a smile
Pretending not to see anything

One gesture between us
That's all I need to know

- To have me
- To have me

- How you expect me?
- Differently

- What do you know about me
- If it's someone else you see?

- How from a reflection-
- A different one

- Would you come to me
- If it's another you see?

- A gesture from you

One gesture from you
And I will get he hint

A glance that is foiled
And I'll turn the page

Silently, with a smile
Pretending not to see anything

Just a gesture between us
That's all I need-

One gesture from you
And I will get the hint

A glance that is foiled
And I'll turn the page

Silently, with a smile
Pretending not to see anything

One gesture between us
That's all I need-

One gesture between us
That's all I need to know

- So you can have me
- That's all I need...

- Alas,

Anne of Austria is dead.
The Queen Mother passed away in excruciating pain.

- Yes, but the funeral celebrations were
very successful!

- Come my Lady,
show some respect.

- Since the death of his mother,
Monsieur, the King's brother, has been inconsolable.

- Poor Monsieur,
Poor man, he is a sad sight!

- It is not the same for the King:
with the death of Anne of Austria, he is finally free!
- Free?

But you forgot Lady de Montespan.
He exchanges mother for mistress.

The beautiful Marquise triumphs at Court.
Her influence is absolute.

- But what does his wife say?
What does the Infanta say?
-She does not take sides

And our dear Louis takes advantage of it.
He collects romances, one-night stands and I am not one of them!

Oh, which is very regrettable

- Montespan shows nothing,
but it is said that she is consumed with jealousy.

- Good.
She deserves to suffer.

- My Lady,
so much hatred...

Are you in love with His Majesty?
- Oh please!

Here is a woman who enters the service of the Queen,
becomes the King's favorite,

And immediately abandons her
husband and children.

- Don't judge her, My Lady.
She loves the King.

And love can make you lose your mind.

- You speak of love, Françoise,
even though you don't love.

Since the death of our poor Scarron,
we have never seen you with another man.

- I trust God,
I bide my time.

- Oh "Saint Françoise".

- I call upon Samael,
Prince of the Abymes,

To grant Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan,
the entire enjoyment

And possession of the body and mind of Louis,
God-given King of France

- Oh my God !
- You fool!

Never call on this name!

You will spoil the effects of the filter.

But hey, do you really know what you want?
- Without a doubt, La Voisin.

I want Louis to look at no other women
and to love me with all his being.

- My beautiful lady!
The body and the mind are not the heart.

Like all those who come to find me,
you demand absolute love.

My filter will only grant you the dependence
of your loved one on your presence!

Unless...
- Say! I am ready to pay you whatever price it takes!

- It's not just about money, my Lady!

We will then have to invoke-
- The demons ? The devil ?

- How fast you go!

We do not disturb Satan,
even for the King's mistress.

He invites himself.

Are you ready for the great sacrifice?

To live the mysteries of the Sabat?

- Black Mass...
- Lower your voice!

He listens to us...

- Oh no never- God forgive me!

Give me that potion!
Farewell !

- Goodbye my princess.
You'll soon be back!

- Ninon,
will you tell me what all this mystery means?

- Françoise, my beautiful,
the doors of destiny are finally opening wide.

You won't wait any longer.

- Will you stop talking in riddles?
- Oh Ladies, I'm glad to find you here.

Ninon,
thank you for responding so promptly to my request.

- My dear, this is Françoise d'Aubigné,
widow of Scarron.

Her dedication and discretion goes--
- There's no time.

My Lady, the King's child that I am carrying
will have to be born in secret.

He will not be able to live at Court.
Are you willing to take responsibility for his education?

- My Lady, I do not know if I am worthy of
such confidence on your part.

In fact, I have neither accommodation nor-
- Do not worry about anything !

His Majesty will provide for all,
and you will be amply compensated.

Do you accept ?
- Françoise, don't be foolish.

- To please you, Mmy Lady, and to
please His Majesty, I accept.

- So be ready.
I will send for you when the time comes.

- Wasn't I right?
Here you are, one step closer to the Court.

- Gentlemen, this feast will mark the victory
over our enemies

And the return of peace to Europe.

I want it to take place in Versailles
and to be the most magnificent of all.

- For your glory, Sire,
and that of your Kingdom.

- For you, my dear friend.
It will be a celebration of our love to the whole world

- Sire, I suggest you as a title:
The Great Royal Entertainment!

- Good ! It sounds fine to me.
And what will be the program, Mr. Molière?

- In a single day, Sire:

First of all, a great ballet,
"Bacchus, the festivals of Love".

Then, my last comedy: George Dandin,
for which Mr. Lully will write the music.

And finally: Féerie des Eaux and Fireworks.

- Good, really good !
- Sire, we plan on building a theater in the castle park

For this we will have to carry out some expansion work.
See: here and there.

Of course, if Mr. Colbert allows us to do so.
- Your Majesty...

The cost of this feast already
amounts to 150,000 pounds.

And the construction of the palace itself
ruins the state finances.

- Colbert, Versailles will be the symbol of
our power for centuries to come.

It will be the influence of France

And will bring back to the country much more
than it will have cost.

- Your Majesty, the workers are
working day and night.

They are decimated by Malaria,
we are at risk of revolt!

My agents tell me that your cousin, Beaufort,
is no stranger to this turmoil.

- Obviously, Sire. You forgave him for the Fronde
and he continues to betray you.

- You are right, my Lady.

Colbert, get him arrested.
Bring him to me at once!

[Entre Ciel Et Terre / Between Heaven And Earth]

- Holding a grudge
Against the whole world

And yet trying in vain
To remain standing

- Lying on cobblestones forecourts

Who remembers us
When we are far from everything?

A bridge
Between heaven and earth

Between you and us

A path barely opened

A link, despite the barriers
Which is only up to us

A journey we could take

- Are we all enemies
To each other

Faded
And helpless

- Even if it seems far away
Even if everything is grey,

I want to keep the desire

Of a bridge,
Between heaven and earth

Between you and us

A path just on the edge

A link, despite the barriers
Which is only up to us

A journey we could take,
An almost ordinary journey

- Desiring the whole world,

And in spite of ourselves
Remaining down below,

- If everyone took their share
Do what is necessary

Without putting us aside

(All hail Beaufort!)

One step
Between heaven and earth

Between you and us

A path that has opened up

A link, despite the barriers
Which is only up to us

A journey that should be made

One step
Between heaven and earth

Between you and us

A path that has opened up

A link, despite the barriers
Which is only up to us

A journey that should be made,

An almost ordinary journey

- Ouch!
Be careful, you idiot!

You hurt me.

Give me that brush.

- Apologies, My Lady.

- You, help me hide these wrinkles,

His Majesty must not see them.
Go on, powder!

Powder I said !

Ah! what a clumsy!

Let me do it.

Always appearing, pleasing,
distracting...

That, Lady Scarron, is what the life of the
King's favorite is all about.

Sometimes I envy you, Françoise.

Your life is simple.

God and the children are your only concerns.

By the way,
is the Duke ready?

Because tonight we are going to the Court.

My Lady, your son is coming back
from treatment

His leg still hurts him, and his fatigue is extreme.

It will be wise to-
- I'll be the judge of what is wise for my son,
Lady Scarron.

- And I say that your son's place,
even if he was a prince of blood

is not at night in the social events of the Court,
but at rest,

lying in his bed like any child of his age.
- My Lady...

Tonight the Duke will appear before the eyes of all
accompanying his father and mother.

- But you will exhaust him-
- Enough! Quiet!

No, not you.

Keep playing!

See this woman, born out of nowhere,
widow of a paralytic poet without money,

whom I got out of poverty,
and who now comes to give me lessons.

Lady Scarron, here you are only a governess,
and by the will of the King. Do not forget it.

A word from me to His Majesty
and you will return to your provincial salons.

Or rather in a convent, to confide you in devotion.

Go prepare my son!

- Sire, to obey Lady de Montespan,
allow me to leave your presence.

- Please do so...

Lady de Maintenon.

- "Lady de Maintenon"?
Oh Sire, I thank you.

- "Lady de Maintenon" ?!

You called her Lady de Maintenon?!

Do you disown me that much?
I cannot believe it.

- My Lady, please, calm down.
- Calm down ?! Go ahead, my friend, do not deprive yourself!

Ennoble this woman!
Give her a place in the court!

While at all times she is playing with my authority!

She's trying to humiliate me!

My Lady,

I want to keep Lady de Maintenon
close to our son.

I am happy with her services,

and I am convinced

that having found your senses, you will agree with me.

In giving her this title and this land,

I just wanted to show her our gratitude.

[Alors, d’Accord / All Right Then]

I know that someday
It'll be your turn

Don't worry,
No one is condemned

Son of a nobody

or son of a king

Wherever you'll be,

I'll be at your side

There's always that angel deep down inside

Wherever you go, ready to comfort you

All right then

May nothing ruin your life

It's not worth it

It's love that carries you off

All right then

May a dance tempt you

Remember it's a learning experience

When you dare to take the first step

In the half-light of castles

The fairies had also turned their back on you

Don't ever resign to forget yourself

You'll have to learn how to exist

All right then

May nothing ruin your life

It's not worth it

It's love that carries you off

All right then

May a dance tempt you

Know that it's a positive learning experience

To dare taking the first step

So,

go wherever you want

So,

do what you must.

Finally Sir, here you are.

Is it worthy of a young prince to keep the King waiting?

Your Majesty, please forgive us for being late.

Come on sweetie, it's your time now.

Sire,

receive the humble and respectful homage

of a son who was still inconsolable yesterday.

And who is, today,

delighted to come back to the darling father

from whom the disease had so cruelly separated him.

That's a nice compliment, my son.

It is very well said.

I am touched and proud.

What muse inspired you?

Sire, it is a lady close to me,

who is the sweetness and goodness itself.

I see.

Sir, show your father again the progress we have made.

Oh my little one!

Leave this child, poor fool!

He is sick and you do not care about his suffering!

My Lady!

No Sire,

I would not allow our son to be the toy of this woman!

Oh my dear.

My little one, don’t cry.

Your mother is here.

How beautiful you are in those clothes.

Your cousins are going to be jealous tonight.

Come on, come on.

My Lady.

I am infinitely grateful to you for the care

and tenderness you give in the service of my son.

Sire,

I owe everything to Your Majesty.

You only owe to yourself,

to your dedication,

your sweetness.

You know how to love, my Lady.

There would be great pleasure in being loved by you.

Do you promise to never leave us?

- As long as it please to your Majesty,

I will watch over his kin.

Will you watch over me?

Sire...

I do not command it, my Lady.

I’m only asking.

( J’en Appelle / I call upon )

Give me power and glory

Whether they come from light or darkness

Give me strength and power

And take everything you can get

Amen

I call upon the forces of the universe

I call upon the womb of the earth

I call upon the stars and their mystery

I commit myself to you

I commit myself to you

Give me other beliefs

Let them rekindle the ashes of hope

Give me another chance

Teach me what to answer to silence

Amen

I call upon the forces of the universe

I call upon the womb of the earth

I call upon the stars and their mystery

I commit myself to you

I commit myself to you

Give me power and glory

Whether they come from light or darkness

Give me strength and power

And take everything you can get

Amen

(I call upon the forces of the universe)

I call upon the womb of the earth

I call upon the stars and their mystery

I commit myself to you

I give blood from a chalice,

so that only one of my wishes may be fulfilled.

I give the innocence of a son

and all the prayers

all the prayers...

in sacrifice!

I call upon the forces of the universe
(I commit myself to you)

I call upon the womb of the earth
(I commit myself to you)

I call upon the stars and their mystery

I commit myself to you

I call upon...

Now, Gentlemen,

I ask you to leave us alone.

Mr. Colbert, stay.

You...

My Lady, you betrayed me, and doubly so.

Sire, I am guilty since you believe it,

but I have not betrayed you.

Yet, my Lady,

not only did you indulge yourself in the Cult of Satan

to reduce me to your disorders,

but you also nurtured the project to poison me!

I never wanted this!

These are just calumnies!

All of these testimonials are overwhelming!

The poisoner La Voisin's own daughter

saw you buy my life

and those of the poor innocents you were jealous of!

Lies! She lied under the torture of the judges and the executioner!

Of the justice of the King, my Lady, and that of God!

And to top it all off,

with your accomplices,

you were ready to sacrifice the life of a child!

No, not the child, Sire, I didn't know--

It is enough!

I can't believe you anymore

and I don't want to hear you anymore!

Sire...

I have no other defenses

than the love that I have for you,

and if I have sinned, I have no regrets.

My only pain

is having lost your love.

In the name of our children, My Lady,

I keep you at the Court.

But I ask you from now on

to respect my person

and to observe the greatest reserve towards me.

Farewell.

Colbert.
(Your Majesty?)

I want to keep secret what happened tonight.

No one has to know.

It will be done according to your will.

Go one then.

( Et Vice-Versaille / And Vice Versa(illes) )

We have the vice of virtues

What we deserve, nothing more

That shines, that scintillates, that's showing

Et caetera.

We overdo it greatly

No limit to superfluous

Elegance, luxury and ostentation

Et caetera

To cause a sensation

All to cause a sensation

Here you don't find anything human-sized

Because we live to cause a sensation

Only to cause a sensation

Because what matters most is just a detail

And vice versa(illes)

Who never got lost

In excess of showing off

And pleasing, pleasing left and right

Et caetera

To cause a sensation

All to cause a sensation

Here you don't find anything human-sized

Because we live to cause a sensation

Only to cause a sensation

Because what matters most is just a detail

You don't do anything for no gain

Who does it belong to?

To the image of oneself

If it's for your own good

You do it anyway

We do it all to cause a sensation

All to cause a sensation

Here you don't find anything human-sized

Because we live to cause a sensation

Only to cause a sensation

Because what matters most is just a detail

And vice versa(illes)

Who's never got lost

In excess of showing off

And pleasing, pleasing left and right

Et caetera

To cause a sensation

All to cause a sensation

Here you don't find anything human-sized

Because we live to cause a sensation

Only to cause a sensation

Because what matters most is just a detail

We do it all to cause a sensation

To cause a sensation

Here you don't find anything human-sized

To cause a sensation

Because what matters most is just a detail

And vice versa(illes)

My Lady,

you know the respect I had for my poor late wife,

the Queen.

I thank you for the attention and cares

you have surrounded me with since her death.

But today, I can no longer cheat.

Why are you running away from my gaze?

Why don't you stop avoiding me?

Sire,

how sweet to me are these lines

and how cruel they are.

- In vain, I hope for a moment with you,

alone.

Nothing works.

However, Françoise,

everything in you tells me that you love me

as I love you.

- Do you think you can read my feelings?

You are right.

I love you.

And this love is as strong as this sadness that it gives me,

because I have to give it up.

Why resist?

Am I not free now?

- I could never be your wife.

- Nothing stands in the way of our union!

I will work it out with God.

- Sire,

you must remarry,

for the good of your Kingdom,

but with a woman of your rank.

Today,

you will have to make that choice,

among the Princesses that they will present to you.

- Please, my Lady,

I will wait as long as it takes.

My heart belongs to you.

- Oh Louis,

as I write those words,

I understand that I am losing you forever.

But I will remain faithful to you,

until my last breath.

( La Vie Passe / Life Goes By )

I see faces coming and going

I see regrets passing by

So many dreams that are fleeting

That I left on the sidelines

When I should have been dreaming

I've seen mirages disappear

They'll never come back

I've also seen so many journeys

End in shipwreck

When they were only starting

Life goes by

And I haven't seen it pass at all

Life goes by

I've only walked its path

Time goes by

I haven't been able to stop it

And I simply forgot to love

I've resisted many languages

That I should have spoken

But is it still showing courage

To leave marks on pages

Without being satisfied?

Life goes by

And I haven't seen it pass at all

Life goes by

I've only walked its path

Time goes by

I haven't been able to stop it

And I simply forgot to love

I don't want to believe without doubting

I don't want to believe that the path is closed

Once and for all closed

I want to catch a glimpse of where to go

And give myself the right that a man can give himself

Of giving everything up

See, my Lady, as I am listening to you.

I obey you.

I'm going to remarry before God.

Sire,

believe how happy I am with this wise decision.

My Lady, yes I am getting married.

And I chose the princess that the whole world will envy me.

The Wandering Prince

is reborn from the Sun.

I won't let anyone separate me from the woman I love.

This princess looks very much like the woman

who has accompanied me for years in trials,

as in joys.

She is wise

and noble of heart.

This woman

is you Françoise,

that I marry.

(No, the translator does not cry their eyes out rn.
Nope, not at all. Ugh stupid romantic stuff.)

Life goes by

And I want to see it pass

Life goes by

I want to see you walking its path

Time is pressing

You were able to stop it

Time may end

But at least I'll have loved

Life goes by

And it can go as it pleases

Life goes by

And I'd like to go through it by your side

(The translator is now lying in their tears and snot.
Oh wait no, there's more to translate.)

- How beautiful they are!

How happy they look!

It looks like the end of an fairytail,

like those of my friend Charles Perrault.

And yet, it is indeed about the life of the King

whose reign was the most illustrious

and the most sumptuous in our history.

Myself, I wrote for him,

and like so many others:

painters, poets, musicians, philosophers, architects,

we have built his reputation:

that of Louis XIV,

the Sun King !

So tonight, one last time,

I'm going to turn the clock of time on,

and this beautiful Court will come alive,

and sing for you !

Majesty!

My Lords!

(Tant Qu’On Rêve Encore / As Long As We Still Dream )

"Once upon a time"

That's how a story begins

We all have in our memory,

a remnant of childhood,

deep inside.

We go through life

Without really choosing it

As long as we still dream

And our eyes still wonder

Nothing is lost

As long as we still dream

May no one ever fall asleep

Without any dream

Not ever again.

We walk forward

In the court of the great ones
We stand

Without defying the giants

We find a place in the front row

We fulfill our life

Because we forget that life moves on

As long as we still dream

And our eyes still wonder

Nothing is lost

As long as we still dream

May no one ever fall asleep

Without any dream

Not ever again

"Once upon a time"

Everything starts this way

We take our story
(Once upon a time)

We take life as it goes

With its mistakes

Its lacks and its laws

In order to believe in happiness

Often far from oneself.

While life is beating

Dreams are always there

Inside us

As long as we still dream

And our eyes still wonder

Nothing is lost

As long as we still dream

May no one ever fall asleep

Without any dream

As long as we still dream

Let our eyes still wonder

Nothing is lost

As long as we still dream

May no one ever fall asleep

Without any dream

Not ever again

(Encore)

Living up to it

Without ever stepping down

And yet not defend yourself

Of wanting to win

Living up to it

Apart from being mortal,

At last not anwsering the call,

No longer afraid

Of living up to it

Living up to it,
Living up to it

Living up to it

Apart from being mortal,

At last not anwsering the call,

No longer afraid

Of living up to it

(Living up to it)

No longer afraid

(No longer afraid)

Of living up to it

(I hope you enjoyed the show !)

(Take care, be good to others and to yourself.