Thursday, March 19, 2009

Tread burdenless

A song that sings the lightness of the heart that carries no baggage- Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, sung by the French pop queen of her time, Edith Piaf. I really like it for what it means.



Translation

No! Absolutely nothing...
No! I regret nothing
Neither the good that I've done nor the bad
All this is much the same to me!

No! Absolutely nothing...
No! I regret nothing...
It is paid, swept away, forgotten
I don't care about the past!

With my souvenirs
I lit a fire
My sorrows, my pleasures
I need them no more!

Swept away the love affairs
With their tremors
Swept away forever
I leave with nothing ...

No! Absolutely nothing...
No! I regret nothing
Neither the good that I've done nor the bad
All this is much the same to me!

No! Absolutely nothing...
No! I regret nothing...
Because my life, because my joy
Today begins with you!

-Source: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/andrewjarvis/Edith%20Piaf%20-%20Non,%20Je%20Ne%20Regrette%20Rien.html
(Modified last two lines: grammar correction)

Another of Edith Piaf's songs I like is this.

2 comments:

Neeraja said...

Thanks for the translation! I never bothered to understand the lyrics till now.... and WOW, I wish I could sing those lines! :)

Perception said...

Haven't heard it before, thanks for posting the lyrics, loved it!