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ruedesfillesducalvaire · 8 months

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sorry I'm having Post-Seine feelings about these lyrics and idk if anyone else is deranged enough to care but i'm gonna translate for you just in case:

Despite the old bitterness And loves that pass Friends we lose in the fog And ideals that are broken Life clings on and is reborn Like each spring returns In a breath of fresh air That soothes hearts in pain So if it happens that tonight you'd like to stay With me, the night is soft, we can walk And even if we know that everything only lasts a little while I'd like you to be, for a moment, My falling star

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'amertumes' is actually plural, so, 'bitternesses', but that's not a word in English, so....

'la nuit est douce' means 'the night is mild', but the word 'douce' literally means 'soft', and I love that

'mon étoile filante' means 'shooting star' or 'falling star'; I guess 'shooting star' is more common, but 'be my shooting star' in English sounds a bit ridiculous. 'Étoile filante' is so good, shame it doesn't translate the best.

#dfjlsidjflsdjfsd #there's also a bit where its like 'if i stop to talk with you a while about life it's because with you i am well and i don't worry anymore'#stop im not ok #why am i like this actually #this is so abnormal of me why can't i be normal about these old men #this is just a gorgeous song in general though #the song is les étoiles filantes par les cowboys fringants #it is very québécois. so if you are not a native french speaker and you're like. why do they sound like that. it's bc la belle province ok #valvert #javert #jean valjean #song lyrics #les mis #les miserables #les misérables #post-seine #sylvie's own nonsense

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