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Night and Day & Lyrics to “I shall wait”

23 Monday Jul 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art

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Fashion, France, George Barbier, I will wait, Jean Sablon, lyrics, pochoir, WordPress

 
Above is a lovely illustration by George Barbier (1882 – 1832)
For information on pochoir, click on pochoir
For information on this pochoir click on pochoir
For information on Jean Sablon, click on Jean Sablon (1906 – 1994)
Photo credit: George Barbier
 

Night and Day & Lyrics to J’attendrai

J’attendrai
Le jour et la nuit
J’attendrai toujours
Ton retour
 
I  will wait, / Night and day 
I will always await / Your return
 
J’attendrai 
Car l’oiseau qui s’enfuit [that flees] vient chercher l’oubli
Dans son nid [nest]
Le temps passe et court [runs]
En battant tristement [Beating sadly]
Dans mon cœur plus lourd* /  [Within my grieving heart]
Et pourtant [yet] j’attendrai
Ton retour
*lourd means ‘heavy’ and avoir le cœur lourd means ‘to be sad’
 
I will wait / Because the bird 
That has flown away / Returns to his nest to forget
Time passes and runs by / Making my heart beat
So sadly, so heavily 
Yet, I’ll await your return 
 
Le vent m’apporte [The wind brings to me]
Des bruits [noises] lointains
Devant [In front of] ma porte
J’écoute en vain  [needlessly; in vain]
Hélas [Alas], plus rien [nothing more]
Plus rien ne [Nothing more] vient [comes]
 
The wind blows / Bringing to me distant sounds
I stand by my door and listen / But nothing comes
Nothing more [ever] comes
 
J’attendrai
Le jour et la nuit
J’attendrai toujours
Ton retour
 
I will wait…
 
Reviens bien vite
Les jours sont froids
Et sans limite
Les nuits sans toi
 
Come back quickly / Days are cold
And nights are endless [without limits] without you
 
Quand on se quitte [When we part]
On oublie tout [We forget everything]
Mais revenir est si doux [But coming back is so sweet]
 
When we part / We forget everything
But coming back so sweet
 
Si ma tristesse peut t’émouvoir [If my sadness can move you] 
Avec ivresse* [Passionately] reviens un soir
Et dans mes bras [And in my arms]
Tout s’oubliera [All will be forgotten]
*Drunkenly is the literal translation, but ivresse (feminine) can also mean passionately: ecstasy.
 
If my sadness can move you
Come back one night filled with longing
And in my arms / All will be forgotten
 
+ repetitions and hummings 
 
Falbalas and fanfreluches are frilly decorations on clothes.
 
 
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J’attendrai, le jour et la nuit, j’attendrai toujours ton retour…

23 Monday Jul 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Canada

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Anschluss, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Invasion of Poland, Jean Sablon, Poland, Welt am Sonntag, World War II

1939

J’attendrai (Wikipedia)

Jean Sablon was one of the crooners of the 1930s.  These were difficult years and, ironically, this song was released in 1939.  World War II was about to begin.  After the Anschluss, the annexation of Austria, we had the Sudeten Crisis.  Hitler invaded a part of Czechoslovakia where there was a concentration of German-speaking people.  Then came the invasion of Poland: September 1939.

 
 
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