If you’re a fan of the late Bobby Darin, you’ve no doubt heard his song “Beyond the Sea” released in 1959. It was a hit back then and is still played quite frequently on the radio today. Darin may have made the song his own and popularized it, but the original belongs to Charles Trenet, un compositeur et chanteur Français (a French composer and singer) who wrote it on a train and recorded it in 1946. Since its release, the song has been adapted to movies, TV shows, even to video games and has been recorded multiple times by a variety of artists.
Imaginez-vous au bord de la mer Méditerranée (Imagine yourself on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea)…
La mer
Qu’on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
A des reflets d’argent
La mer
Des reflets changeants
Sous la pluie
La mer
Au ciel d’été confond
Ses blancs moutons
Avec les anges si purs
La mer bergère d’azur
Infinie
Voyez
Près des étangs
Ces grands roseaux mouillés
Voyez
Ces oiseaux blancs
Et ces maisons rouillées
La mer
Les a bercés
Le long des golfes claire
Et d’une chanson d’amour
La mer
A bercé mon cœur pour la vie
The sea
We see dancing along the shores of clear bays
Has silver reflections
The sea
Changing reflections
Under the rain
The sea
Under the summer sky confounds
Her white sheep
With the angels so pure
The sea azure shepherdess
Infinite
See
By the ponds
Those big wet reeds
See
Those white birds
And those rusty houses
The sea
Has cradled them
Along the shores of clear bays
And with a love song
The sea
Has rocked my heart for life
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