Monday, May 22, 2023

Léo Ferré - The chimerical pond


Original Title: "L'étang chimérique"
Text: Léo Ferré
Year: 1958
Our most beautiful memories blossom on the pond
In the faraway castle of a faraway Spain
They tell us of the time lost oh my companion
And that white water lily it's your twenty year old heart

One day we'll embark
On the pond of our memories
And will do again just for the sake of it
The sweet journey of life
One day we'll embark
My sweet Pierrot my great friend
To never ever come back

Our bad memories will drown in the pond
Of that faraway castle of a faraway Spain

And we'll only keep for ourselves oh my companion
That white lily and your twenty year old heart

One day we'll embark
On the pond of our memories
And will do again just for the sake of it
The sweet journey of life
One day we'll embark
My sweet Pierrot my great friend
To never ever come back

Then everything will be illuminated my friend
Jacques Bertin's version:

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