| Feist – L'amour Ne Dure Pas Toujours Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I live in Montreal, I'm bilingual and my native tongue is French, here is a more accurate translation : Why does my silence worry you Believe me you have no more recourse But to bear your misfortune patiently ["prendre son mal en patience" is a common expression with no English counterpart] Love doesn't last forever I think you were playing me While I thought I was in love with you ["aimer d'amour", to love with love, might seem tautologic, but is in fact in opposition to "aimer", which could mean simply to like] Today is changing the balance Love doesn't last forever You have been my hope [both "espoir" and "espérance" mean hope, however "espérance" is more faith-based -- almost religious -- and long term] I called on you for help You came rather late, but luckily for me Love doesn't last forever You were also my liberation All happened in a few days Before, after, it's suffering Love doesn't last forever So you were just an experience ["expérience" means both experience and experiment] [Double meaning] We both fooled ourselves AND/OR We both fooled around ["chacun son tour" conveys the idea of one after the other, or in turns. In the first meaning, obviously her, then him; in the second, him, then her.] My weary heart takes a vacation Love doesn't last forever |
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