The joyful crowd throws

me into his arms, we laugh --


and then I lose him.


Het gedrang werpt meDie Menge wirft uns
in zijn armen, we lachen --zusammen, wir lachen und --

en ik raak hem kwijt.ich verliere ihn.

Poem H4717
Amsterdam, 2024-06-19
The crowd (Michel Rivgauche, Edith Piaf) - 1958
Song "La foule", music Ángel Cabral, 1936: the Peruvian waltz "Que nadie sepa mi sufrir" ("Let no one know my suffering"), text Enrique Dizeo
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Keyword: Life: course (chance) 
Tribute to: Piaf, Edith; Rivgauche, Michel 


I paid it, I swept

it away and forgot it --


for today's new day!


Ik heb betaald, het,Ich habe bezahlt,
opgeveegd en vergeten --es weggefegt, vergessen --

voor de nieuwe dag!für den neuen Tag!

Poem H4715
Amsterdam, 2024-06-19
No, I do not regret anything (Michel Vaucaire, Edith Piaf) - 1956
Song "Non, je ne regrette rien"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Keyword: Life: lust (enthusiasm) 
Tribute to: Piaf, Edith; Vaucaire, Michel 


The song makes me cry

for the past, what it promised --


to be, 'forever'.


Ik huil om het lied,Ich weine um das
om vroeger, dat beloofde --Lied, das Versprechen von einst --

'voor altijd' te zijn.'für immer' zu sein.

Poem H4716
Amsterdam, 2024-06-19
Padam, Padam (Henri Contet, Edith Piaf) - 1951
Song
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Keyword: Melancholy (nostalgia) 
Tribute to: Piaf, Edith; Contet, Henri 


I'll do anything

to join you on your journey --


wherever you go.


Ik wil alles doenIch werde alles
om met jou mee te mogen --tun, um mit dir zu gehen --

waarheen je ook gaat.wohin du auch gehst.

Poem H4713
Amsterdam, 2024-06-19
Hymn to love (Édith Piaf) - 1950
Song "Hymne à l'amour"
The later song "Chariot" / "I will follow him" (1962, Jacques Plante) has the same meaning (see H4709)

Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Keyword: Love: wish (expressed) 
Tribute to: Piaf, Edith 


As soon as I see

you, your love colours my life --


all of my body.


Zodra ik jou zieWenn ich dich sehe,
kleurt jouw liefde mijn leven --färbt mich deine Zuwendung --

mijn hele lichaam.am ganzen Körper.

Poem H4714
Amsterdam, 2024-06-19
Life in rosy hues (Édith Piaf) - 1946
Song "La Vie en rose" (music Louiguy)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Keyword: In love: euphoria 
Tribute to: Piaf, Edith 


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