In Jean-Jacques Goldman's song Aicha, a man woos a woman and promises her everything: pearls, gold, treasures, fruits and honey, poems, the music of the skies, the rays of the sun...even his life and breath, to which she makes a simple but fitting reply.
Or, at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk8rmZH_oPY
Aicha
As if I don't exist
She was passing by me
With no regard, the Queen of Sheba
I said, Aisha, take this, all of it is for you.
Comme si je n'existais pas
Elle est passee a cote de moi,
Sans un regard, reine de Saba
J'ai dit: Aicha, prends tout est pour toi
Here, the pearls, the jewels,
also the gold around your neck
The fruits, well ripe with the taste of honey
And my life, Aisha if you love me!
Voici, les perles, les bijoux
Aussi l'or autour de ton cou
Les fruits bien murs au gout de miel
Ma vie, Aicha, si tu m'aimes.
I will go where your breath leads me,
In countries of ivory and ebony
I will erase your tears, your sorrows
Nothing is too beautiful for a girl so beautiful.
J'irai ou ton souffle nous mene,
dans les pays d'ivoire et d'ebene
J'effacerai tes larmes, tes peines,
rien n'est trop beau pour une si belle
Aisha, Aisha, listen to me
Aisha, Aisha, don't go
Aisha, Aisha, look at me
Aisha, Aisha, answer me
Aicha, Aicha, ecoute moi
Aicha, Aicha, t'en vas pas
Aicha, Aicha, regarde moi
Aicha, Aicha, reponds moi
Aicha replies:
"Keep your treasures
I'm worth more than all that
A cage is a cage, even if it's made of gold
I want the same rights as you
And respect for each day
I don't want anything but love."
Elle a dit: Garde tous tes tresors
Moi, je vaus mieux que tout ca
Des barreaux sont des barreaux memes en or,
Je veux les memes droits que toi
Du respect pour chaque jour
Moi, je ne veux que de l'amour
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