{"id":176,"date":"2025-05-08T20:31:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viewscopes.com\/?p=176"},"modified":"2025-05-08T20:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:31:35","slug":"la-mer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viewscopes.com\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"La Mer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u201cLa Mer\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(English:\u00a0<em>\u201cThe Sea\u201d<\/em>) is a song by French composer, lyricist, and singer Charles Trenet. I think it\u2019s the most beautiful song ever written about the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>According to Wikipedia, Trenet wrote the first version of the lyrics as a poem when he was just 16 years old\u2014many years before he came up with a melody. The tune came to him while he was traveling by train in 1943, gazing out the window. He jotted it down on a piece of paper and, that afternoon, worked out the details with his pianist. That same evening, they performed it in front of an audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Over the years, the song became popular around the world. It was even considered France\u2019s best-selling song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>There are several English translations of\u00a0<em>\u201cLa Mer.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0In my opinion, they all sound a bit too foreign. Here is my translation of this lyric. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>La Mer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">La mer, qu&#8217;on voit danser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The sea, we see you dancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Le long des golfes clairs, a des reflets d&#8217;argent, la mer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Along the clear gulfs, the sea has silver reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Des reflets changeants sous la pluie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Changing reflections in the rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">La mer au ciel d&#8217;\u00e9t\u00e9 confond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The sea merged with the summer sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Ses blance moutons, avec les anges si purs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Her white sheep, so pure like angels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">La mer, berg\u00e8re d&#8217;azur, infinie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The sea, blue shepherdess, infinite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Voyez, pr\u00e8s des \u00e9tangs, ces grands roseaux mouill\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">See, by the ocean basins, these tall wet reeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Voyez Ces oiseaux blancs, et ces mainsons rouill\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">See, these white birds, and these rusty houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">La mer, les a berc\u00e9s. le long des golfes clairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The sea sways them, Along the clear gulfs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Et d&#8217;une chanson d&#8217;amour,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">And a love song,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">La mer a berc\u00e9 mon c\u0153ur pour la vie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The sea soothes my heart for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLa Mer\u201d\u00a0(English:\u00a0\u201cThe Sea\u201d) is a song by French composer, lyricist, and singer Charles Trenet. 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