httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lfegOxTCuOQ<\/p>\n
Such a beautiful song by Jacques Brel (recorded in 1959).\u00a0Here is an English translation.<\/p>\n
Jacques Romain Georges Brel<\/strong> (8 April 1929\u20139 October 1978) was a Belgian singer-songwriter.\u00a0Brel composed and recorded his songs almost exclusively in French.\u00a0\u00a0The quality and style of his lyrics are highly regarded by many leading critics of popular music.<\/p>\n Brel’s songs are not especially well known in the English-speaking world except in translation and through the interpretations of other singers, most famously Scott Walker and Judy Collins.\u00a0In French-speaking countries, Brel is also remembered as an actor and director.\u00a0Jacques Brel has sold over 25 million records worldwide, including over 12 million albums and singles in France and Belgium.<\/p>\n Ne Me Quitte Pas (If you go away)<\/p>\n If you go away on this summer’s day, <\/p>\n But if you stay, I’ll make you a day If you go, as I know you will But if you stay, I’ll make you a night If you go away, as I know you must httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lfegOxTCuOQ Such a beautiful song by Jacques Brel (recorded in 1959).\u00a0Here is an English translation. Jacques Romain Georges Brel (8 April 1929\u20139 October 1978) was a Belgian singer-songwriter.\u00a0Brel composed and recorded his songs almost exclusively in French.\u00a0\u00a0The quality and style of his lyrics are highly regarded by many leading critics of popular music. Brel’s songs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3C0LX-1e8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4720"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4722,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions\/4722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThen you might as well take the sun away
\nAll the birds that flew in the summer sky
\nWhen our love was new and our hearts were high
\nWhen the day was young and the nights were long
\nAnd the moon stood still for the night bird’s song
\nIf you go away, if you go away, if you go away.<\/p>\n
\nLike no day has been, or will be again
\nWe’ll sail on the sun, we’ll ride on the rain
\nAnd talk to the trees and worship the wind
\nBut if you go, I’ll understand
\nLeave me just enough love to fill up my hand
\nIf you go away, if you go away, if you go away.<\/p>\n
\nYou must tell the world to stop turning
\nTill you return again, if you ever do,
\nFor what good is love without loving you?
\nCan I tell you now, as you turn to go
\nI’ll be dying slowly till the next hello
\nIf you go away, if you go away, if you go away.<\/p>\n
\nLike no night has been, or will be again
\nI’ll sail on your smile, I’ll ride on your touch
\nI’ll talk to your eyes that I love so much
\nBut if you go, I won’t cry
\nThough the good is gone from the word goodbye
\nIf you go away, if you go away, if you go away.<\/p>\n
\nThere is nothing left in this world to trust
\nJust an empty room, full of empty space
\nLike the empty look I see on your face
\nI’d have been the shadow of your shadow
\nIf you might have kept me by your side
\nIf you go away, if you go away, if you go away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"