Le Temps des cerises is a song written in France in 1866, with words by Jean-Baptiste Clément and music by Antoine Renard. The song is strongly associated with the Paris Commune

Paris Commune

The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution...

. It is believed to be dedicated by the writer to a nurse who was killed in the Semaine Sanglante ("Bloody Week") when French government troops overthrew the commune..

Lyrics

There are many versions of the original lyrics, but the following is the version popularised by the singer Yves Montand

Yves Montand

-Early life:Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, the son of poor peasants Giuseppina and Giovanni Livi, a broommaker. Montand's mother was a devout Catholic, while his father held strong Communist beliefs. Because of the Fascist regime in Italy, Montand's family left for France in...

, with possible variants given in parentheses:

Quand nous chanterons le temps des cerises (Quand nous en serons au temps des cerises)

Et gai rossignol et merle moqueur

Seront tous en fête

Les belles auront la folie en tête

Et les amoureux du soleil au cœur

Quand nous chanterons le temps des cerises

Sifflera bien mieux le merle moqueur



Mais il est bien court le temps des cerises

Où l'on s'en va deux cueillir en rêvant

Des pendants d'oreille...

Cerises d'amour aux robes pareilles (vermeilles)

Tombant sous la feuille (mousse) en gouttes de sang...

Mais il est bien court le temps des cerises

Pendants de corail qu'on cueille en rêvant !



Quand vous en serez au temps des cerises

Si vous avez peur des chagrins d'amour

Évitez les belles !

Moi qui ne crains pas les peines cruelles

Je ne vivrai pas sans souffrir un jour...

Quand vous en serez au temps des cerises

Vous aurez aussi des chagrins (peines) d'amour !



J'aimerai toujours le temps des cerises

C'est de ce temps-là que je garde au cœur

Une plaie ouverte !

Et Dame Fortune, en m'étant offerte

Ne pourra jamais calmer(fermer) ma douleur...

J'aimerai toujours le temps des cerises

Et le souvenir que je garde au cœur !

External links

• Le Temps des cerises, paroles et musique
• Le Temps des cerises sur www.youtube by Bobbejaan Schoepen
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   and Geike Arnaert
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