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