À la claire fontaine,
M'en allant promener
J'ai trouvé l'eau si belle
Que je m'y suis baigné
At the clear fountain,
While I was strolling by,
I found the water so nice
That I went in to bathe.
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais je ne t'oublierai
So long I've been loving you,
I will never forget you.
Sous les feuilles d'un chêne,
Je me suis fait sécher
Sur la plus haute branche,
Un rossignol chantait
Under an oak tree,
I dried myself.
On the highest branch,
A nightingale was singing.
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais je ne t'oublierai
So long I've been loving you,
I will never forget you.
Chante rossignol, chante,
Toi qui as le cœur gai
Tu as le cœur à rire,
Moi je l'ai à pleurer
Sing, nightingale, sing,
Your heart is so happy.
Your heart feels like laughing,
Mine feels like weeping.
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais je ne t'oublierai
So long I've been loving you,
I will never forget you.
J'ai perdu mon amie,
Sans l'avoir mérité
Pour un bouquet de roses,
Que je lui refusai
I lost my beloved,
Without deserving it,
For a bunch of roses,
That I denied her.
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais je ne t'oublierai
So long I've been loving you,
I will never forget you.
Je voudrais que la rose,
Fût encore au rosier
Et que ma douce amie
Fût encore à m'aimer
I wanted the rose
To be still on the bush,
And my sweet beloved
To be still loving me.
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais je ne t'oublierai
So long I've been loving you,
I will never forget you.
A French song poorly translated by my friend and me, with help from our French teacher and of course, the internet.
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