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The Pleasure of Love (Plaisir d'amour)

A familiar beautiful song that's timeless ... 250 years old and still ticking :).

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Lyrics translated ...

Pleasure of love lasts only a moment
Plaisir d’amour ne dure qu’un moment

Heartache lasts a lifetime
Chagrin d’amour dure toute la vie

You left me for the beautiful Sylvie
Tu m’as quitté pour la belle Sylvie

She leaves you for another lover
Elle te quitte pour un autre amant
Pleasure of love lasts only a moment
Plaisir d’amour ne dure qu’un moment

Heartache lasts a lifetime
Chagrin d’amour dure toute la vie
As long as this water runs gently
Tant que cette eau coulera doucement

Towards this stream that borders the prairie
Vers ce ruisseau qui borde la prairie

"I will love you" Sylvie repeated to you
"Je t’aimerai" te répétait Sylvie

The water still flows, yet it has changed
L’eau coule encore, elle a changé pourtant
Pleasure of love lasts only a moment
Plaisir d’amour ne dure qu’un moment

Heartache lasts a lifetime
Chagrin d’amour dure toute la vie
4meAndyou · F
Quite different in English, in the Joan Baez version. VERY lovely in the original French...reminds me of the time period when Shepherds and Shepherdesses, (figurines), adorned the mantelpieces of the aristocracy.
helenS · 36-40, F
A beautiful song, and still telling the truth. Mountains may change, rivers may change, continents may drift, but people remain the same.

 
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