The song of old lovers
(La Chanson des vieux amants)
(Jacques Brel/engl. D. Kaiser © 2004)
THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH OF THE FRENCH. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF OTHER ADAPTATIONS TO ENGLISH -- SOME BETTER THAN OTHERS -- NOTABLY BY SHUMAN/BLAU AND JOHNSON. AMANDA MCBROOM SINGS AN EXCELLENT VERSION ON HER BREL CD.
Of course we have had our tempests.
Twenty-years of love,
that's love full strength!
A thousand times
you packed your suitcase,
a thousand times
I flapped my wings.
And all the furniture can tell,
in this room lacking still the cradle,
the outbursts of those heavy tempests.
Nothing looked like it looked before,
you sure had lost the water's taste
and I forgot the way to conquests!
But love of mine,
my sweet, my tender love,
oh so divine.
From the clear dawn
till to the end of time,
I love you still, you know,
I love you!
I know all of your sortileges,
you know all of my magic charms.
I fell in your traps deep and deeper,
You went away from time to time.
Of course, you went for another love,
you needed once to pass the time.
Needs be, the body must exult!
And in the end, the very end
we needed a lot of talent
to become old but not adult.
But love of mine,
my sweet, my tender love,
oh so divine.
From the clear dawn
till to the end of time,
I love you still, you know,
I love you!
The more the time is our escorting,
the more the time is our torment.
But is it not a dangerous trapping
for lovers to live all in peace?
Of course, you cry a bit less soon,
and I tear up a bit less fast,
we stopped to protect our mysteries.
We now leave less to simple chance,
and we mistrust the water's course,
it's but a tender war between us!
But love of mine,
my sweet, my tender love,
oh so divine.
From the clear dawn
till to the end of time,
I love you still, you know,
I love you!
Brel
Lucie Dolène duo with Linette Lemercier Lyrics by Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel
No, he sang in French; sometimes in Dutch (Flemish). Brel was not comfortable speaking English, which he didn't know much of anyway.
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Jacques Brel's birth name is Jacques Romain Georges Brel.
Jacques Brel was born on April 8, 1929.
Jacques Brel was born on April 8, 1929.
Jacques Brel metro station was created in 1982.
Amsterdam - Jacques Brel song - was created in 1964.
Jacques Brel died on October 9, 1978 at the age of 49.
Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in Belgium and France initially, and later throughout the world.
Jacques Brel died on October 9, 1978 at the age of 49.
Brel
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The Unknown Jacques Brel - 2003 is rated/received certificates of: Belgium:KT
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