French Song: La mer
Artist: Charles Trénet
| La Mer Lyrics (in French) |
English Translation (Google Language Tools)
| 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 coeur pour la vie
| Sea
Seen dancing along the clear gulfs
A glare of money
Sea
Reflect changing
In the rain
Sea
In the summer sky confuses
Its white sheep
With angels so pure
The sea shepherdess of azure
Infinite
See
Near ponds
These large reeds wet
See
These white birds
And those rusty houses
Sea
Has rocked
Along the clear gulfs
And a song of love
Sea
A cradled my heart for life |
La Mer (song)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"La Mer" is a song written by French composer, lyricist, singer and showman Charles Trenet (1913 – 2001).
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. English lyrics, unrelated to the French lyrics, were written by Jack Lawrence and entitled "Beyond the Sea". This became a hit for Bobby Darin in 1960, and the song has since been recorded by more than 400 other artists in many languages.
English Song: Beyond The Sea
Beyond The Sea
Artist: Bobby Darin
Somewhere beyond the sea
somewhere waiting for me
my lover stands on golden sands
and watches the ships that go sailin Somewhere beyond the sea
she's there watching for me
If I could fly like birds on high
then straight to her arms
I'd go sailin' It's far beyond the stars
it's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
my heart will lead me there soon We'll meet beyond the shore
we'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
and never again I'll go sailin' I know beyond a doubt
my heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet (I know we'll meet) beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
and never again I'll go sailin' no more sailin'
so long sailin'
bye bye sailin'...
move on out captain
Beyond the Sea (song)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Beyond the Sea" is the English language version of the song "La Mer" by Charles Trenet. The English lyrics were written by Jack Lawrence. They are unrelated to the words of the original French lyrics. It has been recorded by many singers, but Bobby Darin's version is the best known, reaching number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached the top 40 twice prior to the Darin version (Benny Goodman-1948, Roger Williams-1956).
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