After the very famous song Mon amant de Saint-Jean (my lover from Saint-Jean), in 1942, Lucienne Delyle became the most popular French female singer of 1950s.
Born in Paris, she was a fully educated pharmacist. First she sung as an amateur singer, until 1939, when she was heard and immediately engaged by Jacques Canetti, the artistic director of Radio Cité. In 1940 she married the jazzman Aimé Barelli (1917-1995), who guided her career ever since. With him she had a daughter, Minouche Barelli (1947-2004). After the immense success of the song "Mon amant de Saint-Jean" (My Lover From Saint-Jean), in 1942, Lucienne Delyle became the most popular French female singer in France. She was most popular during the 1950s. In 1953, Bruno Coquatrix invited her and young Gilbert Bécaud to be the stars for the gala opening concert at the „Olympia". Delyle's career declined rapidly in the end of the 1950s, due to the progress of the leukemia she suffered from. In 1960 she gave the last series of concerts on the stage of „Bobino". She died in Monte Carlo, in 1962.
NUAGES
Lucienne Delyle Lyrics
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Lentement dans le soir
Le train s'en va
Sur le quai son mouchoir
S'enfuit déjà
Dans la glace comme un songe
Le mur gris de sa maison
Sous le jour qui s'allonge
En passant il semble dire
Un triste adieu
Et tout ce que j'aimais
Lorsque le train vire
Dans un flot de fumée
S'efface à jamais
Le cur empli de fièvre
Un jour croyant trouver l'amour
On fait un beau rêve
Mais l'orage emporte votre bonheur
Le beau roman s'achève
Et serrant votre cur
{au Refrain}
The lyrics of Lucienne Delyle's song "Nuages" tells a story of a person who is watching a train leave at night, with their loved one on board, waving goodbye with a handkerchief. The grey wall of their home fades away in the horizon, disappearing into the night. As the train turns and disappears in a cloud of smoke, the person feels like everything they loved is gone forever. The song portrays the feeling of heartbreak and the sense of losing someone you cherished.
The song then goes on to talk about how we can fall in love and dream about living a beautiful life with someone, but sometimes reality does not align with our dreams. Sometimes, we face storms in our relationships, and everything we dreamt about comes crumbling down. The beautiful romance ends, leaving us with nothing but the ache in our hearts. Overall, "Nuages" is a poignant song that captures the universal feeling of heartbreak and loss.
Line by Line Meaning
Lentement dans le soir
Slowly in the evening
Le train s'en va
The train is leaving
Sur le quai son mouchoir
On the platform, her handkerchief
S'enfuit déjà
Is already gone
Dans la glace comme un songe
In the mirror like a dream
Le mur gris de sa maison
The gray wall of her house
Sous le jour qui s'allonge
Under the lengthening day
S'estompe à l'horizon
Fades on the horizon
En passant il semble dire
As it passes it seems to say
Un triste adieu
A sad goodbye
Et tout ce que j'aimais
And all that I loved
Lorsque le train vire
When the train turns
Dans un flot de fumée
In a cloud of smoke
S'efface à jamais
Disappears forever
Le cœur empli de fièvre
The heart filled with fever
Un jour croyant trouver l'amour
One day thinking to find love
On fait un beau rêve
We make a beautiful dream
Mais l'orage emporte votre bonheur
But the storm carries away your happiness
Le beau roman s'achève
The beautiful romance ends
Et serrant votre cœur
And squeezing your heart
{au Refrain}
To the Refrain
Contributed by Sadie O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Françoise May Arend
Je ne comprends pas que peu de gens la connaissent.
Elle m'est beaucoup plus agréable à écouter que Edith Piaf.
Je chante aussi cette chanson. La version que je connaissais c'était Yves Montand
et je ne savais pas que Lucienne que j'aime beaucoup, l'avait enregistrée.
dingoswamphead
Here are the lyrics. This comes from 1942, Lyrics by Jacques Larue, music by Django, our hero.
So classy in French, even without the guitar:
Len-te-ment dans le soir
Le train s'en va
Sur le quai son mou-choir
S'en-fuit dé-jà
Dans la gla-ce comme un son-ge
Le mur gris de sa mai-son
Sous le jour qui s'al-lon-ge
S'es-tompe à l'ho-ri-zon
Un nu-a-ge s'é-ti-re sur son toit bleu,
En pas-sant il sem-ble dire,
Un triste a-dieu
Et tout ce que j'ai-mais
Lors-que le train vi-re
Dans un flot de fu-mée
S'ef-face à ja-mais
Couplet
Le coeur rem-pli de fièvre
Un jour croy-ant trou-ver l'a-mour
On fait un beau rê-ve
Mais l'o-rage em-por-te vo-tre bon-heur
Le beau ro-man s'a-chè-ve
Et ser-rant vo-tre c?ur
2. Len-te-ment dans le soir
Le train s'en va
Sur le quai son mou-choir
S'en-fuit dé-jà
Dans la gla-ce comme un son-ge
Le mur gris de sa mai-son
Sous le jour qui s'al-lon-ge
S'es-tompe à l'ho-ri-zon
Un nu-a-ge s'é-ti-re sur son toit bleu,
En pas-sant il sem-ble dire,
Un triste a-dieu
Et tout ce que j'ai-mais
Lors-que le train vi-re
Dans un flot de fu-mée
S'ef-face à ja-mais