{"id":16235,"date":"2012-08-27T10:20:11","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T08:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=16235"},"modified":"2017-10-20T13:46:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:46:47","slug":"mon-amie-la-rose-my-friend-the-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/mon-amie-la-rose-my-friend-the-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Mon Amie la Rose (My Friend The Rose)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a magnificent yet tragic story of a melodramatic rose, told in music and lyrics written in both languages, French and English.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A lifetime comes and goes,<\/strong>
\nand as my friend the rose said only yesterday:<\/strong>
\nThis morning I was born and baptized in the dawn<\/strong>
\nI flowered in the dew and life was fresh and new.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NV8X7Dvn9Co<\/a><\/p>\n

“Mon Amie la Rose<\/em>“, by Fran\u00e7oise Hardy (wife of Jacques Dutronc. The couple has a child who’s also a singer: Thomas Dutronc), 1964<\/strong><\/p>\n

MON AMIE LA ROSE<\/em> (In French)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On est bien peu de chose
\nEt mon amie la rose
\nMe l’a dit ce matin
\n\u00c0\u00a0l’aurore je suis n\u00e9e
\nBaptis\u00e9e de ros\u00e9e
\nJe me suis \u00e9panouie
\nHeureuse et amoureuse
\nAux rayons du soleil
\nMe suis ferm\u00e9e la nuit
\nMe suis r\u00e9veill\u00e9e vieille<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pourtant j’\u00e9tais tr\u00e8s belle\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nOui j’\u00e9tais la plus belle\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nDes fleurs<\/a> de ton jardin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

On est bien peu de chose
\nEt mon amie la rose
\nMe l’a dit ce matin
\nVois le dieu qui m’a faite
\nMe fait courber la t\u00eate
\nEt je sens que je tombe
\nEt je sens que je tombe
\nMon c\u0153ur est presque nu
\nJ’ai le pied dans la tombe
\nD\u00e9j\u00e0 je ne suis plus
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Tu m’admirais hier\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nEt je serai poussi\u00e8re\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nPour toujours demain<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

On est bien peu de chose
\nEt mon amie la rose
\nEst morte ce matin
\nLa lune cette nuit
\nA veill\u00e9 mon amie
\nMoi en r\u00eave j’ai vu
\n\u00c9blouissante et nue
\nSon \u00e2me qui dansait
\nBien au-del\u00e0 des nues
\nEt qui me souriait\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Crois celui qui peut croire\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nMoi, j’ai besoin d’espoir\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nSinon je ne suis rien\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ou bien si peu de chose\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nC’est mon amie la rose\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nQui l’a dit hier matin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_jW0Vwqf8MU<\/a><\/p>\n

In English (original lyrics)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A lifetime comes and goes<\/strong>
\n And as my friend the rose said only yesterday<\/strong>
\n “This morning I was born and baptised in the dawn<\/strong>
\n I flowered in the dew and life was fresh and new<\/strong>
\n The sun shone through the cold<\/strong>
\n And through the day I grew, by night-time I was old”<\/strong>
\n “At least there’s never been<\/strong>
\n No, you have never seen, a rose more bright and gay”<\/strong>
\n A lifetime comes and goes<\/strong>
\n And as my friend the rose said only yesterday<\/strong>
\n “The good lord smiled on me, so why then should it be<\/strong>
\n I feel I’m falling now, oh yes, I’m falling now<\/strong>
\n My heart no-one can save<\/strong>
\n My head begins to bow, my feet are in the grave”<\/strong>
\n The rose God smiled upon<\/strong>
\n Tomorrow will be gone, forever gone away<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lifetime comes and goes<\/strong>
\n And so my friend the rose was dead at break of day<\/strong>
\n The moon is shining bright and in my dreams tonight<\/strong>
\n Beneath the starlit sky, my friend the rose goes by<\/strong>
\n He has seen my dreams I see<\/strong>
\n A soul that wouldn’t die, still watching over me<\/strong>
\n Whatever fortune brings<\/strong>
\n I’ll hope for better things or life will just be grey<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A lifetime comes and goes”<\/strong>
\n That’s what my friend the rose said only yesterday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is a magnificent yet tragic story of a melodramatic rose, told in music and lyrics written in both languages, French and English. “A lifetime comes and goes, and as my friend the rose said only yesterday: This morning I was born and baptized in the dawn I flowered in the dew and life was…<\/p>\n

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