As closing scene in the 1968 musical Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1975 film version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdSXpC8fbNA <br class="br">Translations and adaptations, If We Only Have Love (1968) <br class="br">Context: If we only have love<br>We will never bow down<br>We'll be tall as the pines<br>Neither heroes nor clowns.<br>If we only have love<br>Then we'll only be men<br>And we'll drink from the Grail<br>To be born once again<br>Then with nothing at all<br>But the little we are<br>We'll have conquered all time<br>All space, the sun, and the stars.
Rod McKuen: Timing
Rod McKuen was American poet, songwriter, composer, and singer. Explore interesting quotes on timing.Rod McKuen: 38 quotes2 likes
Seasons in the Sun" (1961), as translated from the Jacques Brel song "Le Moribond"· McKuen performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY__eaedtOA · Beach Boys performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzjIra9pheU<br>Goodbye, Michelle, my little one;<br> You gave me love and helped me find the sun,<br>And every time that I was down<br>You would always come around<br>And get my feet back on the ground. <p> Goodbye, Michelle, it's hard to die<br>When all the birds are singing in the sky;<br>Now that the spring is in the air,<br>With the flowers everywhere,<br>I wish that we could both be there!<br>As adapted in the Terry Jacks version (1974) <br class="br">Translations and adaptations <br class="br">Context: Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife;<br>Without you I'd have had a lonely life.<br>You cheated lots of times but then,<br>I forgave you in the end<br>Though your lover was my friend. Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die<br>When all the birds are singing in the sky.<br>Now that spring is in the air<br>With your lovers ev'rywhere,<br>Just be careful; I'll be there.