Saturday, December 20, 2014

Most poignant song I know of...

This French children's song...

French

Lyrics follow in French, then English

À la claire fontaine

A la claire fontaine
M'en allant promener
J'ai trouvé l' eau si belle
Que je m'y suis baigné
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais je ne t'oublierai.
Sous les feuilles d'un chêne
Je me suis fait sécher
Sur la plus haute branche
Un rossignol chantait
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais, jamais je ne t'oublierai.
Chante rossignol, chante
Toi qui a le coeur gai
Tu as le coeur à rire
Moi je l'ai à pleurer
Il y a longtemps que je l'aime
Jamais je ne l'oublierai.
J'ai perdu mon amie
Sans l'avoir mérité
Pour un bouquet de roses
Que je lui refusais
Il y a longtemps que je l'aime
Jamais je ne l'oublierai.
Je voudrais que la rose
Fût encore au rosier
Et que ma douce amie
Fût encore à m'aimer
Il y a longtemps que je l'aime
Jamais je ne l'oublierai.
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais, jamais je ne t'oublierai.
Copyright:
Writer(s): Michel Henri Lalonde, George Michael Anthony Antoniak, Steven Jonathan Naylor, Michel Andre Deguire, Marc Lalonde
Copyright: Burlington Music Of Canada Ltd., Les Editions P L Enr
Lyrics powered by www.musiXmatch.com
Try to align
English

By the Clear Fountain

By the clear fountain,
On my promenade
I found the water so fair
That I stopped there to bathe
I have loved you for a long, long time
Never will I forget you.
Under an oak tree
I dried myself
On its highest branch
A nightingale was singing
I have loved you for a long, long time
Never will I forget you.
Sing, nightingale, sing
You with your carefree heart
Your heart feels like laughing
Mine feels like weeping
I have loved you for a long, long time
Never will I forget you.
I have lost my dear friend
Without just cause
For a bouquet of roses
That I refused her
I have loved her for a long long time
Never will I forget her.
I would that the rose
Were still on its briar
And that my sweet friend
Still there to love me
I have loved her for a long long time
Never will I forget her
I have loved you for a long long time

Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/la-claire-fontaine-clear-fountain.html#ixzz3MV9a7IjR

No comments: