Song of the Day: la mer, 1945, Charles Trenet #203
I was not going to record this song. It is a travelogue, a paean to the sea. The English version "beyond the sea" by Bobby Darin is a love song, I recorded it. But I got so many compliments on my French in France last year, I decided to do more French songs.
Here's a translation of the lyrics:
The sea that we see dancing Along the clear gulfs Has silver reflections, the sea Changing reflections in the rain
The sea in the summer sky Confuses his white sheep With the clouds so pure, the sea Shepherdess of infinite azure
See, near the ponds, These big wet reeds
See those white birds And these rusty houses
The sea rocked them Along the clear gulfs And of a love song the sea Rocked my heart for life for life for life