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Above is a lovely illustration by George Barbier (1882 – 1832)
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Photo credit: George Barbier
Night and Day & Lyrics to J’attendrai
J’attendraiLe 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.
© Micheline Walker
23 July 2012
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