Autrefois - for Echoes

[moptop]

Ladies, try this. Worth its own post? Worth forgetting? Not at all sure - the original has a musicality to it that I don't think I can reach in another language. It is actually a song (very traditional Brassens/Brele traditional French chanson style).

Such a beautiful romance!
Once upon a time
My face ached from smiling
To leave you felt like dying
You held me in your arms
My ever-present balm
Once upon a time…

I’m leaving.
I can no longer stand to see
Your closed, hard stare
Your stubborn frown, your ice cold glare
You are a proud and stupid man

Don’t you touch me!
Once upon a time
I trembled with desire for you
I drowned in bliss through you
A footstep falling on my ear
Could make all reason disappear
Once upon a time…

I’m leaving.
I crawled until my knees bled
Went past all the limits in my head
I did anything, tried everything
You for, cold hearted man

There is nothing to say!
From now on
You can no longer make me throb
You will no longer hear me sob
Just go and find yourself some tart
I want no more of you
Forever.

[Echoes]

Finally done, sorry it took a bit moptop, I am stretching myself thin sometime, trying to do too much.

Our beautiful love story!
Once upon a time
I was forced to smile
it made me sick to leave
remembering how you held me in your arms
you were always there
once upon a time…

I am leaving.
I cannot see you like before
your mouth hard and closed
your face cold, eyes of stone
you are too idiot, too proud!

Do not touch me!
Once upon a time
I trembled with desire for you,
I was drowning in pleasure
a quiver in my stomach
just from the sounds of your steps
once upon a time…

But I leave.
I crawled upon my knees
for you, my guy,
I did everything, tried everything
I cried and shouted so much

There is nothing to say!
No more desire for you
no more passion for you
find another nana! (tart)
I do not want to see you
forever more