Le Ruisseau De Mon Enfance Lyrics in English by Salvatore Adamo
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Le Ruisseau De Mon Enfance by Salvatore Adamo from Italian to English.
Parle-moi de mon enfance, mon vieux ruisseau
Tell me about my childhood, my old stream
Du temps où coulait ma chance au fil de ton eau
When my luck flowed with your water
Parle-moi des doux délires de mes tendres années
Tell me about the sweet follies of my tender years
Les bleuets qui les fleurirent sont-ils à jamais fanés ?
Are the cornflowers that made them bloom forever faded?
Parle-moi de ces dimanches où je venais te confier
Tell me about those Sundays when I came to confide in you
En timide voile blanche, mes rêves de papier
In a timid white sail, my paper dreams
Parle-moi tant que j'y pense de mon premier amour
Tell me, while I'm thinking of it, about my first love
Il était tout innocence, a-t-il duré toujours ?
It was all innocence, did it last forever?
Parle-moi de mon enfance, mon vieux ruisseau
Tell me about my childhood, my old stream
Du temps où coulait ma chance au fil de ton eau
When my luck flowed with your water
Coule, coule mon enfance au fil du souvenir
Flow, flow my childhood with the thread of memory
C'est un jeu perdu d'avance que de la retenir
It's a losing game to hold it back
Car le vent de l'insouciance un jour lâcha ma main
For the wind of carefree days one day let go of my hand
Je vins pleurer en silence et larmes tu devins
I came to cry in silence and you became tears
Champs de roses: champs de ronces que j'avais traversés
Fields of roses: fields of brambles that I had crossed
Je viens chercher réponse, qui de vous m'a blessé ?
I come to seek an answer, which of you hurt me?
Parle-moi de mon enfance, mon vieux ruisseau
Tell me about my childhood, my old stream
Du temps où coulait ma chance au fil de ton eau
When my luck flowed with your water
Je suis tombé le nez dans un rêve, c'est la faute au ruisseau
I fell headfirst into a dream, it's the stream's fault
Cœur meurtri je m'en relève, c'est la faute à son eau !
With a bruised heart I recover, it's its water's fault!
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insouciance — carelessness / heedlessness
Insouciance translates to "carelessness" or "heedlessness," but it carries a more poetic and nostalgic connotation of carefree innocence.
In the song, the phrase "le vent de l'insouciance un jour lâcha ma main" (the wind of insouciance one day let go of my hand) beautifully personifies the loss of childhood's carefree nature. It's a sophisticated word that evokes a sense of lost youth and the inevitable passage of time, making it particularly evocative and memorable.
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