Translating French song, "L'amour Est Bleu"
Here is the song in Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u68Z2B36-3c
I am trying to translate this famous French song from the 1960s. I looked up the English translation on the Internet but the lyrics are written differently so I tried my hand at translating from a language that I don't speak.
Can anyone please look at the translation below to see if it is accurate? I put my English translation immediately below each of the French sentences.
Thank you!
"L'amour Est Bleu"
(Love Is Blue)
Doux, doux, l’amour est doux
Sweet, sweet, love is sweet
Douce est ma vie, ma vie dans tes bras
Sweet is my life, my life in your arms
Doux, doux, l’amour est doux
Sweet, sweet, love is sweet
Douce est ma vie, ma vie pres de toi
Sweet is my life, my life is close to you
Bleu, bleu, l’amour est bleu
Blue, blue, love is blue
Berce mon coeur, mon coeur amoureux
Cradle my heart, my heart in love
Bleu, bleu, l’amour est bleu
Blue, blue, love is blue
Berce mon coeur, mon coeur amoureux
Cradle my heart, my heart in love
Bleu, bleu, l’amour est bleu
Blue, blue, love is blue
Bleu comme le ciel qui joue dans tes yeux
Blue like the sky that kisses in your eyes
Comme l’eau, comme l’eau qui court
Like water, like water that runs
Moi, mon coeur court après ton amour
Me, my heart runs after your love
Gris, gris, l’amour est gris
Grey, grey, love is grey
Pleure mon coeur lorsque tu t’en vas
Tears in my heart whenever you leave
Gris, gris, le ciel est gris
Grey, grey, the sky is grey
Tombe la pluie quand tu n’es plus la
The rain falls when you’re not here
Le vent, le vent gemit
The wind, the wind moans
Pleure le vent lorsque tu t’en vas
Tears in the wind whenever you leave
Le vent, le vent maudit
The wind, the wind curses
Pleure mon coeur quand tu n’es plus la
Tears in my heart when you and rain here
Comme l’eau, comme l’eau qui court
Like water, like water that runs
Moi, mon coeur court après ton amour
Me, my heart runs after your love
Bleu, bleu, l’amour est bleu
Blue, blue, love is blue
Le ciel est bleu lorsque tu reviens
The sky is blue whenever you come back
Bleu, bleu, l’amour est bleu
Blue, blue, love is blue
L’amour est bleu quand tu prends ma main
Love is blue when you take my hand
Fou, fou, l’amour est fou
Crazy, crazy, love is crazy
Fou comme toi et fou comme moi
Crazy like you and crazy like me
Bleu, bleu, l’amour est bleu
Blue, blue, love is blue
L’amour est bleu quand je suis a toi
Love is blue when I’m without you
L’amour est bleu quand je suis a toi
Love is blue when I’m without you
Re: Translating French song, "L'amour Est Bleu"
Hi Edward, I'll show this to my mother for the subtleties we may be missing, but here are a few tweaks for you.
Also, are you looking for literal translation or poetic/ lyrical complement?
The phrasing is quite poetic, as in Falls the rain, Cries my heart or fall the rain, cry my heart.
Douce est ma vie, ma vie pres de toi
Sweet is my life, my life close to you
Tombe la pluie quand tu n’es plus la
The rain falls when you’re not here
The meaning is when you are no longer here
Pleure mon coeur quand tu n’es plus la
Cries my heart, when you are no longer here (or you have left)
L’amour est bleu quand je suis a toi
Love is blue when I’m with you
I think Patchen has it right too, in that the line " Bleu comme le ciel qui joue dans tes yeux" is
Blue like the sky that plays in your eyes
I'll ask Maman, she'll set me straight. :)
