{"id":8038,"date":"2011-07-09T14:23:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T18:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=8038"},"modified":"2014-06-13T14:47:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T12:47:13","slug":"a-brazilian-sings-la-nuit-de-mon-amour-the-night-of-my-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/a-brazilian-sings-la-nuit-de-mon-amour-the-night-of-my-love\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brazilian Sings “La Nuit de mon Amour” (“The Night of My Love”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you think that learning and mastering French from scratch\u00a0is next to impossible?<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, think again\u00a0mes amis !<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here’s\u00a0a shinning\u00a0example of\u00a0une fille Br\u00e9silienne<\/strong> <\/em>(a Brazilian girl), who -it’s\u00a0hard in this case\u00a0not to think of\u00a0Linda de Souza <\/strong>and her “<\/strong>Valise en carton<\/strong><\/em>“<\/strong> (“Cardboard Suitcase”)-\u00a0was forced to\u00a0travel a lot\u00a0during her childhood, mainly because of the political\u00a0situation\u00a0that dominated\u00a0her country at the time.\u00a0As a young girl, she read l’int\u00e9gral <\/em><\/strong>(the full works) of\u00a0Marcel<\/strong> Proust<\/strong><\/span><\/a> twice, and now savors the success of her music career.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of her\u00a0songs are\u00a0not written\u00a0en sa<\/em> langue maternelle<\/strong> <\/em>(in her\u00a0native language),\u00a0Portuguese, as you would normally expect, but\u00a0en fran\u00e7ais !<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Her life story\u00a0mouvement\u00e9e <\/em><\/strong>(eventful), she tells it to a journalist from\u00a0Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong><\/em>, where most of\u00a0her fan base happens to be today:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3m0IcAZyURI<\/a><\/span>
\n Premier roman de B\u00efa, bas\u00e9 sur sa vie personnelle\u00a0pleine de voyages
\n<\/em>(First novel of B\u00efa, based\u00a0on her personal life full of travels)
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n Inspired by\u00a0“the Brazilian\u00a0Ella Fitzgerald<\/span><\/a>“,\u00a0Dolores Duran<\/strong>,\u00a0she interprets here her famous\u00a0song\u00a0“A Noite do Meu Bem<\/span><\/a>“—<\/em><\/strong>in French, of course.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

B\u00efa Krieger –\u00a0“La Nuit de mon Amour”<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ce soir, je veux trouver la rose la plus belle
\n<\/em><\/strong>Tonight, I want to find the most beautiful rose<\/span><\/p>\n

Et la premi\u00e8re \u00e9toile qui m’appelle
\n<\/em><\/strong>And the first star that calls me<\/span><\/p>\n

Pour mieux f\u00eater la nuit de mon amour
\n<\/em><\/strong>To better celebrate the night of my love<\/span><\/p>\n

Ce soir, je veux la paix des enfants qui s’endorment
\n<\/em><\/strong>Tonight, I want the peace of the children who fall asleep<\/span><\/p>\n

Je veux l’\u00e9cho d’une vie qui se forme
\n<\/em><\/strong>I want the echo of a forming life<\/span>
\n
\nPour mieux f\u00eater la nuit de mon amour
\n<\/em><\/strong>To better celebrate the night of my love \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ce soir, je veux toute la joie d’un voilier qui s’\u00e9lance
\n<\/em><\/strong>Tonight, I want all the joy of a sailboat rushing forward<\/span><\/p>\n

Et l’abandon d’une main qui s’avance
\n<\/em><\/strong>And the abandonment of a hand that moves<\/span>
\n
\nVers la chaleur d’une \u00e9treinte d’amour
\n<\/em><\/strong>toward the warmth of an embrace of love<\/span><\/p>\n

Ce soir, je voudrais toute la beaut\u00e9 du monde
\n<\/em><\/strong>Tonight, I want all the beauty of the world \u00a0<\/span>
\n
\nPour que cette nuit soit la plus profonde<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So that tonight be the deepest<\/span>
\n
\nPuisqu’elle sera la nuit de mon amour
\n<\/em><\/strong>Since it will be the night of my love<\/span><\/p>\n

Pourtant, ces joies soudain me semblent incertaines
\n<\/em><\/strong>Yet, these joys suddenly seem to me\u00a0uncertain<\/span>
\n
\nJe ne peux croire qu’elle se r\u00e9v\u00e8le
\n<\/em><\/strong>I can not\u00a0believe that it is revealing<\/span><\/p>\n

Cette esp\u00e9rance qui me vient de toi
\n<\/em><\/strong>This hope that\u00a0comes to me from you<\/span><\/p>\n

Ah! Comme cet amour me tarde \u00e0 venir
\n<\/em><\/strong>Ah! How this love takes so long to come<\/span><\/p>\n

Tant que je ne sais comment retenir
\n<\/em><\/strong>As I do not know how to hold<\/span><\/p>\n

Cette tendresse que je veux offrir
\n<\/em><\/strong>This tenderness I want to offer<\/span><\/p>\n


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Do you think that learning and mastering French from scratch\u00a0is next to impossible? Well, think again\u00a0mes amis ! Here’s\u00a0a shinning\u00a0example of\u00a0une fille Br\u00e9silienne (a Brazilian girl), who -it’s\u00a0hard in this case\u00a0not to think of\u00a0Linda de Souza and her “Valise en carton“ (“Cardboard Suitcase”)-\u00a0was forced to\u00a0travel a lot\u00a0during her childhood, mainly because of the political\u00a0situation\u00a0that dominated\u00a0her…<\/p>\n

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