{"id":1588,"date":"2010-09-18T00:35:58","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T00:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2017-10-18T13:17:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T11:17:57","slug":"encore-edith-piaf-milord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/encore-edith-piaf-milord\/","title":{"rendered":"Encore, \u00c9dith PIAF !—“Milord”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vous avez \u00e9t\u00e9 nombreux la derni\u00e8re fois\u00a0\u00e0 aimer la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre\u00a0chanson de \u00c9dith Piaf<\/strong> intitul\u00e9e<\/em> “Non, je ne regrette rien<\/strong><\/em>” (You have been many\u00a0last time to\u00a0like the famous \u00c9dith Piaf\u00a0song titled “No, I regret nothing”), which you can find here: “Non<\/em>, je ne regrette rien<\/em>! (\u00c9dith Piaf)<\/strong><\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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Another famous song by \u00c9dith Piaf -whose real nom de famille <\/em>(family name) is Gassion<\/strong>– is the\u00a0one\u00a0you’re\u00a0(re-)discovering in\u00a0today’s post,\u00a0called “Milord”<\/strong>, the lyrics of which were written by the famed\u00a0-and still alive, contrary to what some thought!- chanteur <\/em>(singer), as well as\u00a0songwriter,\u00a0Georges Moustaki<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Notice that the\u00a0word “milord<\/em>” was mostly used as a\u00a0polite or “deferential”\u00a0way to address traveling\u00a0Englishmen in France, especially along the coasts of Normandie<\/strong> and Bretagne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The alternative title of this song is “Ombre de la Rue” <\/em><\/strong>(“Street Shadow”), which is\u00a0-as you will readily\u00a0understand from\u00a0reading the\u00a0lyrics- a not so\u00a0thinly-veiled\u00a0allusion to \u00c9dith Piaf herself.<\/p>\n

The song has\u00a0been the subject\u00a0of\u00a0countless covers, including the recent\u00a0Italian signer In-Grid’<\/strong>s.<\/strong> You probably remember her from her 2002\u00a0“Tu es foutu” <\/em><\/strong>single.
\nWould \u00c9dith Piaf, selon vous<\/em> (according to you),\u00a0enjoy In-Grid’s dance version of “Milord”, or, au contraire <\/em>(on the contrary),\u00a0would rather cause her\u00a0plusieurs loopings\u00a0dans sa tombe <\/em>(something like many “post-mortem\u00a0backflips”, as in the expression\u00a0“turning over in her grave”)…?
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\nQu’en pensez-vous? <\/em>(What do you think)?<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4udfgRvWi38<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh well, quoiqu’il en soit <\/em>(at any rate),\u00a0here is the original.
\n(Some of) the translation of the lyrics\u00a0is\u00a0provided by \u00c9dith Piaf herself, at the introduction of the video.<\/p>\n

Enjoy! And, bien s\u00fbr, DMCV<\/strong>\u00a0\u00e0 tous !<\/em>\u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XBW-UEbOfyQ<\/a><\/p>\n

Allez venez! Milord
\nVous asseoir \u00e0 ma table
\nIl fait si froid dehors
\nIci, c’est confortable
\nLaissez-vous faire, Milord
\nEt prenez bien vos aises
\nVos peines sur mon c\u0153ur
\nEt vos pieds sur une chaise
\nJe vous connais, Milord
\nVous ne m’avez jamais vue
\nJe ne suis qu’une fille du port
\nUne ombre de la rue<\/em><\/p>\n

Pourtant, je vous ai fr\u00f4l\u00e9
\nQuand vous passiez hier
\nVous n’\u00e9tiez pas peu fier
\nDame! le ciel vous comblait
\nVotre foulard de soie
\nFlottant sur vos \u00e9paules
\nVous aviez le beau r\u00f4le
\nOn aurait dit le roi
\nVous marchiez en vainqueur
\nAu bras d’une demoiselle
\nMon Dieu! qu’elle \u00e9tait belle
\nJ’en ai froid dans le c\u0153ur<\/p>\n

Allez venez! Milord
\nVous asseoir \u00e0 ma table
\nIl fait si froid dehors
\nIci, c’est confortable
\nLaissez-vous faire, Milord
\nEt prenez bien vos aises
\nVos peines sur mon c\u0153ur
\nEt vos pieds sur une chaise
\nJe vous connais, Milord
\nVous ne m’avez jamais vue
\nJe ne suis qu’une fille du port
\nUne ombre de la rue<\/p>\n

Dire qu’il suffit parfois
\nQu’il y ait un navire
\nPour que tout se d\u00e9chire
\nQuand le navire s’en va
\nIl emmenait avec lui
\nLa douce aux yeux si tendres
\nQui n’a pas su comprendre
\nQu’elle brisait votre vie
\nL’amour, \u00e7a fait pleurer
\nComme quoi l’existence
\n\u00c7a vous donne toutes les chances
\nPour les reprendre apr\u00e8s<\/p>\n

Allez venez ! Milord
\nVous avez l’air d’un m\u00f4me
\nLaissez-vous faire, Milord
\nVenez dans mon royaume
\nJe soigne les remords
\nJe chante la romance
\nJe chante les milords
\nQui n’ont pas eu de chance
\nRegardez-moi, Milord
\nVous ne m’avez jamais vue
\nMais vous pleurez, Milord
\n\u00c7a, j’ l’aurais jamais cru<\/p>\n

Eh! bien voyons, Milord
\nSouriez-moi, Milord
\nMieux que \u00e7a, un p’tit effort
\nVoil\u00e0, c’est \u00e7a!
\nAllez riez! Milord
\nAllez chantez! Milord
\nTa da da da
\nMais oui, dansez, Milord
\nTa da da da
\nBravo! Milord
\nEncore, Milord
\nTa da da da<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vous avez \u00e9t\u00e9 nombreux la derni\u00e8re fois\u00a0\u00e0 aimer la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre\u00a0chanson de \u00c9dith Piaf intitul\u00e9e “Non, je ne regrette rien” (You have been many\u00a0last time to\u00a0like the famous \u00c9dith Piaf\u00a0song titled “No, I regret nothing”), which you can find here: “Non, je ne regrette rien! (\u00c9dith Piaf).” Another famous song by \u00c9dith Piaf -whose real nom…<\/p>\n

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