La Mer - Charles Trenet
Monday, October 26, 2009
, Posted by SongBird at 12:11 AM
Trenet wrote the lyrics of "La Mer" on the train in 1943 while travelling along the French Mediterranean coast, returning from Paris to Narbonne, supposedly in ten minutes, on toilet paper supplied by SNCF. He was assisted with the tune by Leo Chauliac. It was originally published by Raoul Breton. It was not until 1946 that Trenet recorded the song.
Trenet lyrics and words told about the different moods of the sea, and how they affected him.
Jack Lawrence did the translation into English lyric but in his own creative way decided to word it differently -giving the meaning behind the song, a love story of a sea-faring lover and a land-locked lover waiting on a golden shore for his return. The title of the English version is Beyond The Sea.
Les paroles de la chanson / Here are the word of the song
La mer
Qu'on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
A des reflets d'argent
La mer
Des reflets changeants
Sous la pluie
La mer
Au ciel d'été confond
Ses blancs moutons
Avec les anges si purs
La mer bergère d'azur
Infinie
Voyez
Près des étangs
Ces grands roseaux mouillés
Voyez
Ces oiseaux blancs
Et ces maisons rouillées
La mer
Les a bercés
Le long des golfes clairs
Et d'une chanson d'amour
La mer
A bercé mon cœur pour la vie
Translation of lyrics and words in english
The sea
which one sees dancing along the clear gulfs
to sparkles of silver.
The sea
Of changing sparkles
Under the rain.
The sea
Confuses the summer sky's sheep
With angels so pure.
The sea
Shepherdess of blue infinity.
Look!
Next to the ponds
Those tall wet reeds.
Look!
Those white birds
And those rusty houses
The Sea
Has cradled them
Along the clear gulfs.
The Sea
Has cradled my heart for life.
Francoise Hardy -La mer(1965)I really like Francoise Hardy's cover of la mer song.One of my favorite french songs.
jacqueline francois-1950's-60's french singing star
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