{"id":17785,"date":"2013-01-06T11:46:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T10:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=17785"},"modified":"2021-08-05T22:43:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:43:57","slug":"mon-amour-mon-ami-my-love-my-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/mon-amour-mon-ami-my-love-my-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Mon Amour, Mon Ami (My Love, My Friend)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3021\/3022880468_5f51ddb598_z.jpg?zz=1\" alt=\"photo\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victor Hugo has famously compared love to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>un arbre<\/em><\/span>\u00a0(a tree):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> &#8220;<em>Il a besoin de racines fortes pour cro\u00eetre et prosp\u00e9rer<\/em>&#8221; (it needs strong roots to grow and prosper)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1340\/538579423_2f301a04aa_z.jpg\" alt=\"photo\" width=\"73\" height=\"83\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041con amour mon ami\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bc2Rsd7n7JM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Marie Laforet is the first who sang &#8220;<em>Mon amour, mon ami<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;My Love, my Friend&#8221;) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Today, Marie Laforet is better remembered in France as the lady who gave a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j5IrbPsbIQ0\"> warning live on TV<\/a> about a vast conspiracy threatening the country stranger than &#8220;X-Files&#8221;!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x4g8jm_virginie-ledoyen-mon-amour-mon-ami_music\">http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x4g8jm_virginie-ledoyen-mon-amour-mon-ami_music<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>A scene from the French movie &#8220;<em>8 Femmes<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;8 Women&#8221;) featuring Marie Laforet&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Mon amour, mon ami<\/em>&#8220;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Toi mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>You my love, my friend<\/p>\n<div><em><strong>Quand je r\u00eave, c&#8217;est de toi<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>When I dream, it&#8217;s about you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My love, my friend<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Quand je chante c&#8217;est pour toi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When I sing, it&#8217;s for you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My love, my friend<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Je ne peux vivre sans toi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t live without you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My love, my friend<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne sais pas pourquoi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I don&#8217;t know why<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Je n&#8217;ai pas connu d&#8217;autres gar\u00e7ons que toi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em>I never knew any other boys than you<\/p>\n<div><em><strong>Si j&#8217;en ai connu, je ne m&#8217;en souviens pas<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>And if I did, I don&#8217;t remember them<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00c0\u00a0quoi bon chercher, faire des comparaisons?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why bother searching, comparing?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>J&#8217;ai un c\u0153ur qui sait<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have a heart that knows<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Quand il a raison<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When it is right<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et puisqu&#8217;il a pris ton nom<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And since it embraced your name<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Toi mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You my love, my friend<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Quand je r\u00eave c&#8217;est de toi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When I dream, it&#8217;s about you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My love, my friend<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Quand je chante c&#8217;est pour toi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When I sing, it&#8217;s for you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My love, my friend<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Je ne peux vivre sans toi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I cannot live without you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My love, my friend<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je sais tr\u00e8s bien pourquoi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I don&#8217;t quite know why<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On ne sait j<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>amais jusqu&#8217;o\u00f9 ira l&#8217;amour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One never knows\u00a0where love can go to<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Et moi qui croyais<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I, who believed<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pouvoir t&#8217;aimer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Being able to love you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Toujours<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Always<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Qui je t&#8217;ai quitt\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>who has left you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et j&#8217;ai beau r\u00e9sister<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And though I tried resisting<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Je chante parfois \u00e0 d&#8217;autres que toi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I often sing to others than you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Un peu moins bien chaque fois<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Each time not as good as before<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Toi, mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You, my love, my friend<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Quand je r\u00eave, c&#8217;est de toi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When I dream, it&#8217;s about you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My love, my friend<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Quand je chante, c&#8217;est pour toi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When I sing, it&#8217;s for you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My love, my friend<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Je ne peux vivre sans toi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I cannot live without you<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mon amour, mon ami<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My love, my friend<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne sais pas pourquoi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I do not know why<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yqfHwOHuOkA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yqfHwOHuOkA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Therion&#8217;s new album (2012) includes many French songs, including &#8220;<em>Mon amour, mon ami<\/em>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pictures shared by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wildisthewind\/538579423\/\">chocolate friday (linda)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/30474029@N07\/3022880468\/\">digitaldave3<\/a> via Flickr<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/01\/3022880468_5f51ddb598_z-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/01\/3022880468_5f51ddb598_z-350x263.jpg 350w, 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