Serge Reggiani - Of velvet and silk

Original Title: "De velours et de soie"
Text: Boris Vian
Year: 1964

Wild flowers
Oceans of the world
Blond islands
Had always tempted me

Done the big travels
Done the orange skies
All the odd shivers
You have given those to me

Of velvet and silk
Like your perfumed skin
Of light and velvet
Like your eyes

Of rose and light
Like the taste of your mouth
Of blood and fresh rose
Like your cheeks

Of fire, gold and blood
Like a kiss you give to me
Of silver, fire and gold
Like your body which gives itself

Of sun and silver
Your hair in the purple wind
Of pleasure and sun
Like a night in your arms.

Léo Ferré - Verlaine - Sentimental Colloqium

Original Title: "Colloque sentimental"
Text: Paul Verlaine
Year:1986
There is a very good translation here but it does not match words for words.

In the old park, lonely and frozen,
Two shapes have passed earlier.

Their eyes are dead, their lips are limp
And one can barely hear their words.

In the old park, lonely and frozen,
Two ghosts have recalled the past

- Do you remember our past ecstasy?
- Why do you want me to remember it?

- Does your heart still beat by my name alone?
Do you still see my soul in dream?

- No - Ah! The beautiful days of inexpressible happiness
When we joined our mouths! - It's possible

- How blue the sky was and how big hope was!
- Hope has fled, vanquished, to the black sky

Such they walked on in the wild oats
And only the night heard their words.