Let's see if my schoolboy French studies of 38 years ago can be dredged up.
"The Hymn to Love"
The blue sky can fall in on us.
And the earth can also be destroyed.
It matters a little to me if you love me.
I'm sick of the whole world.
As long as love overwhelms my mornings.
As long as my body trembles under your hands.
Problems matter little to me.
My love, because you love me,
I would go to the ends of the earth.
I would dye my hair blonde
If you asked me to.
I would go and take down the moon
I would go and steal a fortune
If you asked me to.
I would renounce my country
I would renounce my friends
If you asked me to
People may well laugh at me
But I would do anything
If you were to ask it of me
If one day life tears you away from me
If you die and are far from me
It does matter if you love me
For I would also die
Eternity would be ours
In the blueness of the great vastness
In heaven, no more problems.
Do you believe, my love, that if you love yourself...
The Almighty reunites those who love each other?
I think that's near enough, providing the French is accurate and complete....
The blue sky on us can fall.
And the earth can well crumble/collapse.
It matters little to me; if you love me,
I don't have a care in the world.
As long as love inundates (floods) my mornings,
As long as my body trembles beneath your hands;
Problems matter little to me,
My love, if you love me.
I would go to the ends of the earth,
I would die myself (my hair) blonde,
If you asked it of me.
I would take down the moon,
I would steal a fortune,
If you asked it of me.
I would renounce my country,
I would disown my friends,
If you asked it of me.
They may well laugh...
The blue sky on us can fall.
And the earth can well crumble/collapse.
It matters little to me; if you love me,
I don't have a care in the world.
As long as love inundates (floods) my mornings,
As long as my body trembles beneath your hands;
Problems matter little to me,
My love, if you love me.
I would go to the ends of the earth,
I would die myself (my hair) blonde,
If you asked it of me.
I would take down the moon,
I would steal a fortune,
If you asked it of me.
I would renounce my country,
I would disown my friends,
If you asked it of me.
They may well laugh at me,
(But) I would do anything
If you asked it of me.
If one day, life tears you from me,
If you die, that you are far from me,
It's of little importance if you love me,
For me, I would die also.
We will have for ourselves eternity
In the blue beyond (lit. "in the blue of the immensity");
In heaven, no more problems.
Do you know (or "believe" or "think"), my love, that we love each other?
God reunites those who love each other.
The last two lines, I had trouble translating so they'd make perfect sense in English - I mean, the two could be combined as just one question, also.
Michel3, you were wrong on just a few lines throughout. The second-to-last line, for example: "se aimer" in the context means "love each other."
Let's see if my schoolboy French studies of 38 years ago can be dredged up. "The Hymn to Love" The blue sky can fall in on us. And the earth can also be destroyed. It matters a little to me if you love me. I'm sick of the whole world. As long as love overwhelms my mornings. As long as my body trembles under your hands. Problems matter little to me. My love, because you love me, I would go to the ends of the earth. I would dye my hair blonde If you asked me to. I would go and take down the moon I would go and steal a fortune If you asked me to. I would renounce my country I would renounce my friends If you asked me to People may well laugh at me But I would do anything If you were to ask it of me If one day life tears you away from me If you die and are far from me It does matter if you love me For I would also die Eternity would be ours In the blueness of the great vastness In heaven, no more problems. Do you believe, my love, that if you love yourself... The Almighty reunites those who love each other?
I think that's near enough, providing the French is accurate and complete....
The blue sky on us can fall. And the earth can well crumble/collapse. It matters little to me; if you love me, I don't have a care in the world. As long as love inundates (floods) my mornings, As long as my body trembles beneath your hands; Problems matter little to me, My love, if you love me. I would go to the ends of the earth, I would die myself (my hair) blonde, If you asked it of me. I would take down the moon, I would steal a fortune, If you asked it of me. I would renounce my country, I would disown my friends, If you asked it of me. They may well laugh...
The blue sky on us can fall. And the earth can well crumble/collapse. It matters little to me; if you love me, I don't have a care in the world. As long as love inundates (floods) my mornings, As long as my body trembles beneath your hands; Problems matter little to me, My love, if you love me. I would go to the ends of the earth, I would die myself (my hair) blonde, If you asked it of me. I would take down the moon, I would steal a fortune, If you asked it of me. I would renounce my country, I would disown my friends, If you asked it of me. They may well laugh at me, (But) I would do anything If you asked it of me. If one day, life tears you from me, If you die, that you are far from me, It's of little importance if you love me, For me, I would die also. We will have for ourselves eternity In the blue beyond (lit. "in the blue of the immensity"); In heaven, no more problems. Do you know (or "believe" or "think"), my love, that we love each other? God reunites those who love each other.
The last two lines, I had trouble translating so they'd make perfect sense in English - I mean, the two could be combined as just one question, also.
Michel3, you were wrong on just a few lines throughout. The second-to-last line, for example: "se aimer" in the context means "love each other."