The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #6974   Message #2645294
Posted By: Genie
31-May-09 - 11:21 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: La Vie en Rose (Edith Piaf)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: La Vie en Rose (Edith Piaf)
While I do sing the English "version" of La Vie En Rose for many of my audiences because they are familiar with those lyrics, I also often do my own "singable translation{" of the original French lyrics after I sing the song in French:

When he takes me in his arms
And speaks to me so low,
It's life with roses blooming.
Then he speaks to me of love
With words like "evermore,"
And that does something to me.
He has come into my heart,
Of happiness a part,
And, oh, I know the cause!
It's me for him, him for me in this life.
He's made a promise for all of our lifetimes,
And the moment he's near me,
Then all around I see
La Vie En Rose.

Or, alternatively, for the last 3 lines:

And the moment he is near
Then I can feel and hear
My beating heart.