{"id":4638,"date":"2011-03-28T03:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T03:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2014-06-12T16:43:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T14:43:51","slug":"madeleine-by-jacques-brel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/madeleine-by-jacques-brel\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Madeleine&#8221;, by Jacques Brel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Madeleine: As in &#8220;<em>Pleurer comme une Madeleine&#8221; <\/em>(Literally <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8220;to cry like a Madeleine&#8221;, meaning &#8220;to cry one&#8217;s eyes out&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jacques Brel -Madeleine\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bRCBpMmhrgg?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: left;\"><strong>Jacques Brel sings &#8220;Madeleine&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ce soir j&#8217;attends\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tonight I wait for Madeleine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>J&#8217;ai apport\u00e9 du lilas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I brought lilac<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>J&#8217;en apporte toutes les semaines<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I bring some every week<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine elle aime bien \u00e7a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine likes that<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ce soir j&#8217;attends\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tonight I wait for Madeleine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>On prendra le tram trente-trois<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We&#8217;ll take the 33 Tram together<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Pour manger des frites chez Eug\u00e8ne<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To eat French fries at Eugene&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine elle aime tant \u00e7a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine likes that<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine c&#8217;est mon No\u00ebl<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine is my Christmas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>C&#8217;est mon Am\u00e9rique \u00e0 moi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s my own America<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>M\u00eame qu&#8217;elle est trop bien pour moi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s even too good for me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Comme dit son cousin Jo\u00ebl<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Like her cousin Joel says<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Mais ce soir j&#8217;attends\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But tonight I wait for Madeleine<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>On ira au cin\u00e9ma<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We&#8217;ll go to the movies<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Je lui dirai des &#8220;je t&#8217;aime&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I shall tell her some &#8220;I love you&#8221; &#8216;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine elle aime tant \u00e7a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine likes that so much<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Elle est tellement jolie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She is so pretty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Elle est tellement tout \u00e7a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s so much all that<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Elle est toute ma vie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s my whole life<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine que j&#8217;attends l\u00e0 l\u00e0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine that I wait for here here<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ce soir j&#8217;attends\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tonight I wait for Madeleine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Mais il pleut sur mes lilas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But it&#8217;s raining on my lilac<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Il pleut comme toutes les semaines<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It rains like every week<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Et\u00a0Madeleine n&#8217;arrive pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And Madeleine doesn&#8217;t come<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ce soir j&#8217;attends\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tonight I wait for Madeleine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>C&#8217;est trop tard pour le tram trente-trois<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s too late for the 33 Tram<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Trop tard pour les frites d&#8217;Eug\u00e8ne<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Too late for the French fries at Eugene&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine n&#8217;arrive pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine doesn&#8217;t arrive<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine c&#8217;est mon horizon<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine is my horizon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>C&#8217;est mon Am\u00e9rique \u00e0 moi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s my own America<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>M\u00eame qu&#8217;elle est trop bien pour moi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s even too good for me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Comme dit son cousin Gaston<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like her cousin Gaston says<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Mais ce soir j&#8217;attends\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But tonight I wait for Madeleine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Il me reste le cin\u00e9ma<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I still got the movies<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Je pourrai lui dire des &#8220;je t&#8217;aime&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I could tell her some &#8220;I love you&#8221; &#8216;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine elle aime tant \u00e7a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine likes that so much<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Elle est tellement jolie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s so pretty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Elle est tellement tout \u00e7a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s so much all that<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Elle est toute ma vie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s my whole life<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine qui n&#8217;arrive pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine who&#8217;s doesn&#8217;t come<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ce soir j&#8217;attendais\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tonight I waited for Madeleine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Mais j&#8217;ai jet\u00e9 mes lilas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But I threw away my lilac<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Je les ai jet\u00e9s comme toutes les semaines<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I threw them like I do every week<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine ne viendra pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine will not come<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ce soir j&#8217;attendais\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tonight I waited for Madeleine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>C&#8217;est fichu pour le cin\u00e9ma<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So much for the movies<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Je reste avec mes &#8220;je t&#8217;aime&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I stay with my &#8220;I love you&#8221; &#8216;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine ne viendra pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine will not come<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine c&#8217;est mon espoir<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine is my hope<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>C&#8217;est mon Am\u00e9rique \u00e0 moi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s my own America<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Mais s\u00fbr qu&#8217;elle est trop bien pour moi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But for sure she&#8217;s out of my league<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Comme dit son cousin Gaspard<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Like my cousin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ce soir j&#8217;attendais\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tonight I wait for Madeleine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Tiens le dernier tram s&#8217;en va<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look the last tram is leaving<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>On doit fermer chez Eug\u00e8ne<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">They&#8217;ve got to close at Eugene&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine ne viendra pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine is not coming<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Elle est elle est pourtant tellement jolie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She is, she is still so pretty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Elle est pourtant tellement tout \u00e7a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s still all that<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Elle est pourtant toute ma vie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s still my whole life<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine qui ne viendra pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine is not coming<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Mais demain j&#8217;attendrai\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But tomorrow I shall wait for Madeleine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Je rapporterai du lilas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ll bring lilac<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>J&#8217;en rapporterai toute la semaine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ll bring some the whole week<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine elle aimera \u00e7a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine will like that<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Demain j&#8217;attendrai\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tomorrow I&#8217;ll wait for Madeleine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>On prendra le tram trente-trois<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We&#8217;ll take the 33 Tram together<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Pour manger des frites chez Eug\u00e8ne<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To eat French fries at Eugene&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine elle aimera \u00e7a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine will like that<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Madeleine c&#8217;est mon espoir<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Madeleine is my hope<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>C&#8217;est mon Am\u00e9rique \u00e0 moi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s my own America<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Tant pis si elle est trop bien pour moi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Too bad if she&#8217;s too good for me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Comme dit son cousin Gaspard<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Like her cousin Gaspard says<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Demain j&#8217;attendrai\u00a0Madeleine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tomorrow I&#8217;ll wait for Madeleine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>On ira au cin\u00e9ma<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We&#8217;ll go to the movies<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Je lui dirai des &#8220;je t&#8217;aime&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ll tell her some &#8220;I love you&#8221; &#8216;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Et\u00a0Madeleine elle aimera \u00e7a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And Madeleine shall love that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madeleine: As in &#8220;Pleurer comme une Madeleine&#8221; (Literally &#8220;to cry like a Madeleine&#8221;, meaning &#8220;to cry one&#8217;s eyes out&#8221;) * * * Jacques Brel sings &#8220;Madeleine&#8221; * * * Ce soir j&#8217;attends\u00a0Madeleine Tonight I wait for Madeleine J&#8217;ai apport\u00e9 du lilas I brought lilac J&#8217;en apporte toutes les semaines I bring some every week Madeleine&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/madeleine-by-jacques-brel\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[108,13],"tags":[24520,24521,8920,24522,24523],"class_list":["post-4638","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-music","category-vocabulary","tag-jacques-brel","tag-lilac","tag-madeleine","tag-pleurer-comme-une-madeleine","tag-to-cry-ones-eyes-out"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4638"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20610,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638\/revisions\/20610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}