Paris at Night by Jacques Prévert
On 2 April, 2009 by Dave Bonta with 2 Comments
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http://youtu.be/zTZxcww5OCY
Poem by Jacques Prévert
Video by vandicla
Here for reference purposes are the text and an English translation as copied from an anonymous webpage, which notes that the title of the original is in English:
Paris at Night
| Trois allumettes une à une allumées dans la nuit La première pour voir ton visage tout entier La seconde pour voir tes yeux La dernière pour voir ta bouche Et l’obscurité tout entiére pour me rappeler tout cela En te serrant dans mes bras. |
Three matches one by one struck in the night The first to see the whole of your face The second to see your eyes The last to see your mouth And the complete and utter darkness to remember them all While holding you in my arms. |
Though in other video poems I might object to a less than fully audible reading, here, I like the way the poem is submerged — a low mutter appropriate to the darkness from which flame, face, and song struggle to emerge.
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beautiful! do you think this is where Diddy got the idea for his album title>!??
yeah the album is out now to!! and its a good album. surprise surprise