Saturday, January 03, 2004
Musical Interlude #2...
Original French lyrics:
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait, ni le mal
Tout ça m'est bien égal
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
C'est payé, balayé, oublié
Je me fous du passé
Avec mes souvenirs
J'ai allumé le feu
Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs
Je n'ai plus besoin d'eux
Balayés mes amours
Avec leurs trémolos
Balayés pour toujours
Je repars à zéro
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait, ni le mal
Tout ça m'est bien égal
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Car ma vie
Car mes joies
Aujourd'hui
Ça commence avec toi...
English translation:
No there's nothing at all
No, I have no regrets
Not the bad or the good I've been done
I don't care - it's all one
No there's nothing at all
No, I have no regrets
It's all paid, all forgot, swept away
I move on day by day.
All my souvenirs serve
Just to kindle a flame
The delights and the hurts
I won't need them again
My old lovers, their lust
All their trembling is gone
Swept away like the dust
I return to square one
No there's nothing at all
No, I have no regrets
Not the bad or the good I've been done
I don't care - it's all one
No there's nothing at all
No, I have no regrets
Because my life, and my joys
Spring anew
And it all starts with you.
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf (from The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Edith Piaf)
Proof positive that one does not need a strong grasp of a foreign language to fall in love with a song. The music is stirring, starting out so strong that you think there's nowhere else it can go before it proves you wrong as it builds to its inevitable climax. And Piaf's voice, so unique, brings so much passion and conviction to the song you can't help but be carried away.
I think this song is going to become one of my theme songs. Because, despite anything bad or stifling that has occured in my life, I regret very little of it, because I've learned so much. That knowledge is invaluable.
(And no, this 'blog isn't going to contain just song lyrics from now on. I promise.)
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