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WHEN THE MUSIC BECOMES POETRY – Jacques Brel: Ne me quitte pas

Ne me quitte pas. Il faut oublier, tout peut s’oublier qui s’enfuit déjà. Oublier le temps des malentendus, et le temps perdu. A savoir comment, oublier ces heures qui tuaient parfois. A coups de pourquoi, le cœur du bonheur. Ne me quitte pas. Moi je t’offrirai des perles de pluie, venues de pays ou il ne pleut pas. Je creuserai la terre jusqu’après ma mort, pour couvrir ton corps d’or et de lumière. Je ferai un domaine où l’amour sera roi, où l’amour sera loi, où tu seras reine. Ne me quitte pas. Je t’inventerai des mots insensés, que tu comprendras, je te parlerai de ces amants-la qui ont vu deux fois. Leurs cœurs s’embraser. Je te raconterai l’histoire de ce roi, mort de n’avoir pas. Pu te rencontrer. Ne me quitte pas. On a vu souvent rejaillir le feu d’un ancien volcan, qu’on croyait trop vieux. Il est paraît-il des terres brûlées, donnant plus de blé qu’un meilleur avril. Et quand vient le soir, pour qu’un ciel flamboie. Le rouge et le noir ne s’épousent-ils pas. Ne me quitte pas. Je ne vais plus pleurer, je ne vais plus parler, je me cacherai là, a te regarder. Danser et sourire, et à t’écouter. Chanter et puis rire, laisse-moi devenir l’ombre de ton ombre, l’ombre de ta main, l’ombre de ton chien. Ne me quitte pas.

(Jacques Brel)

Do not leave me. Forget anything can forget that already fled. Forget the time of misunderstandings and wasted time. To learn how, forget those hours which sometimes killed. By dint of why the heart of happiness. Do not leave me. I’ll give you pearls of rain, from countries where it is not raining. I dig the earth until my death to cover your body of gold and light. I will make a field where love will be king where love will act where you are queen. Do not leave me. I’ll make you insane words, you will understand, I will tell you about those lovers who saw it twice. Their hearts ablaze. I’ll tell you the story of this king, who died not having. Could meet you. Do not leave me. We saw the fire often rebound of an ancient volcano, we thought too old. There is, it seems scorched earth, giving more wheat than better April. And when evening comes, for a blazing sky. Red and black are not they marry. Do not leave me. I will not cry, I will not talk, I hide myself there to watch you. Dance and smile, and listen. Sing and then laugh, let me become the shadow of your shadow, the shadow of your hand, the shadow of your dog. Do not leave me.

(Jacques Brel)

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