tristesse

found myself humming this song all of a sudden. it's a french piece written by chopin, the lyrics of which i never really understood, which i also never bothered to find out its meaning. that was until now, then it all made sense why i was humming it.

it almost makes me want to cry.

tristesse, sung by tino rossi (1907-1983)




L'ombre s'enfuit, adieu beau rêve
Où les baisers sont frais comme des fleurs
La nuit fut brève
Hélas pourquoi si tôt fermer nos coeurs
A l'appel du bonheur ?
L'ombre s'enfuit, ma lèvre hésite
A murmurer l'après de nos aveux
Des mots d'adieu
Le soleil paraît trop vite
Faut-il donc que l'on se quitte ?
Demain par ta voix je voudrais tant,
Je voudrais tant retarder l'aurore
Et t'aimer encore.

L'ombre s'enfuit, tout n'est que songe
Et tu n'es plus, malgré tous nos désirs,
Qu'un souvenir
Si l'amour n'est que mensonge
Au parfum triste qui ronge
S'il est vrai qu'à moi même tu mens,
Sache pourtant que toujours quand même
Cher amour je t'aime
Eperdument
Eperdument.


SORROW

The shadows fly away, goodbye beautiful dreams
where the kisses were fresh as flowers.
The night was short.
Why do we close our hearts so early
calling the happiness?
The shadows fly away, and my lips hesitate
To murmur after our confession
words of good bye.
The sun sets too quickly
Well is it necessary to part?
Tomorrow I would retard with your voice,
I would retard so much the dawn
And would love you still.

The shadows fly away, nothing is but a dream,
In spite of all our wishes you are nothing else
but a remembrance.
If love is only an untruth
of sad perfume witch gnaw,
If it is true that you lie me,
Let you know that even so, for all that
Dear love, I always love you
Passionately,
Passionately.

bravo, Pava. bravo!

Il canto

La notte qui non torna più
dal giorno che sei andata via,
ed il cielo ha smesso di giocare
con le stelle e con la luna,
e le nuvole sono ferme qui
come lacrime che non cadono.

Vedi come il tempo
perde anche il ricordi,
resta solo il canto
di un amore che non muore,
Prendi la mia mano,
danza con il vento.
Apro le mie ali,
posso solo amarti cosí.
Vieni, vieni
via con me.



The song

The night does not return anymore here
since the day you left
and the sky has stopped playing
with the stars and the moon
and the clouds are still
like tears that don't fall

Look how time
loses even the memories
stays only the song
of a love that doesn't die
Take my hand
dance with the wind
I open my wings
I can only love you like this
Come, come
away with me

Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007)

la opera

one of my most favorite operatic pieces by a true opera diva.... maria callas.

i love how she looks in this clip, definitely age with much grace. an interesting observation though, i just love how her hair was done. either it was the style of the time but it just looks SO jackie O! funny that maria callas' ex-lover MARRIED jackie, hence the O!

my friends and i were supposed to drive to abu dhabi to watch the opera "carmen" at the emirates palace hotel. unfortunately, the tickets on the day we wanted to see it got sold out. i always presumed that the locals here don't really appreciate classical theater, much more opera, but i guess i was proven wrong.

anyway, no biggie really. i am not too much disappointed by this since for me, on my last few days here with friends, it's really the company that matters. Carmen can wait, maybe i can watch it in a more spectacular place, in Europe maybe?

for now, YouTube will do.