L'arlequin De Tolède Lyrics in English by Dalida
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song L'arlequin De Tolède by Dalida from Italian to English.
Une rose à sa guitare
A rose on his guitar
Peuplée d'accords bizarres
Filled with strange chords
Le blanc d'un rayon de lune
The white of a moonbeam
Jouant sur sa peau brune
Playing on his brown skin
Un arlequin de Tolède
A harlequin from Toledo
Passe dans la nuit tiède
Passes in the warm night
Il chante le sérénade
He sings the serenade
Des amants de Grenade
Of the lovers of Granada
Hier, c'était le printemps
Yesterday, it was spring
Dans l'Estramadure
In Estremadura
Hier, il avait vingt ans
Yesterday, he was twenty
Mais cela ne dure
But that doesn't last
Que le temps d'un instant
Only for a moment
Car la vie est dure
Because life is hard
Pour les jeunes amants
For young lovers
Qui veulent croire aux serments
Who want to believe in vows
Et l'arlequin de Tolède
And the harlequin from Toledo
Perdu dans la nuit tiède
Lost in the warm night
En caressant sa guitare
Stroking his guitar
Trouve un accord bizarre
Finds a strange chord
Un écho de mandoline
An echo of a mandolin
Il revoit Colombine
He sees Columbine again
Vibrant à la sérénade
Vibrating to the serenade
D'un Pierrot de Grenade
Of a Pierrot from Granada
Hier, c'était le printemps
Yesterday, it was spring
Dans l'Estramadure
In Estremadura
Hier, c'était lui l'amant
Yesterday, he was the lover
Mais cela ne dure
But that doesn't last
Que le temps d'un serment
Only for the time of a vow
D'un 'je te le jure'
Of an "I swear it to you"
Avec cette leçon
With this lesson
Il a fait une chanson
He made a song
Une rose à sa guitare
A rose on his guitar
Peuplée d'accords bizarres
Filled with strange chords
Un arlequin de Tolède
A harlequin from Toledo
Perdu dans la nuit tiède
Lost in the warm night
Entend sous la lune blonde
Hears under the blonde moon
Tous les amants du monde
All the lovers of the world
Qui chantent la sérénade
Who sing the serenade
Des amants de Grenade
Of the lovers of Granada
Hier, c'était le printemps
Yesterday, it was spring
Dans l'Estramadure
In Estremadura
Hier, il avait vingt ans
Yesterday, he was twenty
Mais cela ne dure
But that doesn't last
Que le temps d'un instant
Only for a moment
Pour une âme dure
For a hard soul
Aujourd'hui c'est l'été
Today it's summer
Et vive la liberté!
And long live freedom!
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sérénade — serenade
Sérénade is a beautiful and classic word that immediately evokes images of romantic gestures and musical declarations of love under the moonlight.
While it's a French word in the lyrics, its meaning is universally understood and directly relates to the song's theme of an arlequin singing to his love. It's a charming and enticing word that sets a romantic tone for the song.
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