"And some day a woman" by Florent PAGNY and Christophe MAE
(Lyrics by Pascal OBISPO and set to music by Lionel FLORENCE)
Translation by T. Wignesan - August 14, 2023 - as a tribute to the duo who poured their hearts out during an informal studio recording on June 6, 2023 and as an homage to Florent PAGNY who first made a solo of this song in 2000 and has since recovered from a LIVE-THREATERNING lung-cancer ailment in Patagonia where he resides happily now with his young and beautiful Chilean wife.
[Carlos Bousono, the eminent Spanish aesthetician, used to reiterate in his classes that if one listened to a song one loves very much, over and over again, it'll ultimately lose its appeal to the audience. (He must have been thinking of women - not songs.) I know of no song one could listen to - without getting tired of it - as this informal studio recording by the duo.]
"And some day a woman" by Florent PAGNY and Christophe MAE
(Lyrics by Pascal OBISPO and set to music by Lionel FLORENCE)
Translation by T. Wignesan - August 14, 2023 - as a tribute to the duo who poured their hearts out during an informal studio recording on June 6, 2023 and as an homage to Florent PAGNY who first made a solo of this song in 2000 and has since recovered from a LIVE-THREATERNING lung-cancer ailment in Patagonia where he resides happily now with his young and beautiful Chilean wife.
[Carlos Bousono, the eminent Spanish aesthetician, used to reiterate in his classes that if one listened to a song one loves very much, over and over again, it'll ultimately lose its appeal to the audience. (He must have been thinking of women - not songs.) I know of no song one could listen to - without getting tired of it - as this informal studio recording by the duo.]
Dedicated to Monseigneur Don Ron HULL
who courageously asked: "What do women want, anyway ?"
.......................................
"AND SOME DAY A WOMAN"
To toss and turn dreaming white night after night
Products of fairy tales you embrace
Having lost your childhood in the street
Illusions debunked, gone without trace
To be pushed down lower than dust
Trampled by the rest of the earth
To wallow speechless in dearth
Even your dignity abandon you must
No way by which to protest
Let them come then to quell your zest
REFRAIN 1:
And one day a woman
Whose gaze on you caresses
Bears you on her shoulders
The way the World she bears
And with all her might
Shields with solace
The innermost pains of your hurts
Then one day a woman
Places a hand in your own
To talk of another world
As she shoulders this World
Up to the far-flung confines of her heart
Convince you of her love
With LOVE that overflows
Day after day she instils you with confidence
With infinite patience
To put you back up on your feet
A possible future to make you seek
And above all the Will to realize
Hoping which in you will arise
REFRAIN 2 :
And some day a woman
Whose gaze on you caresses
Uplifts you on her shoulders
The way the World she shoulders
And with all her might
Enfolds you healing bright
Wounds that fester innermost in your heart
Wounds that fester innermost in your heart
And one fine day this woman
Places her hand in your own
To summon yet another world
For she's the one who bears this world
Because she bears the World
From the depths of her Self
To prove to you she loves you true
Love she pumps to the brim too
Love she pumps to the brim too
And on that day this woman
Whose gaze on you outstrips
Brings up to her lips
The toddlers's forehead to her visage
And with the fullness of her image
Smothers him with all that's hers
At every step, at every second
Up to the farthest reaches of Life
SPOKEN words :
Up to the farthest reaches of Life [Repeated thrice]
For she's the one who shoulders the World.....
..................................
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(c) T. Wignesan - Paris, August 14, 2023
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Well, in that case, let me oust you out of the dedication, Monseigneur ! Not just I but every able-bodied Man must have thought you were the guy to rely on to put "women" in their proper places - Alas !!!
What d'you mean Pagny and Maé were surrounded by a bevy of bombshells: if they were "belles", they could ONLY be French - savvy ?
Now, I made it very plain that the guys were belting out their threnody in an informal studio recording - unshaved, with no makeup besides. Just copy and paste the URL on to your browser to hit the recording I was talking about. Why ? Because Christophe Maé added his wailing soul-bashing harmonica to this performance. Not to be missed. The harmonica makes ALL the difference... Hurry. Best. TW
P.S. I have changed the wording in places, if you care to check.
Beautiful words. Both while sung by those two talented men and from your translation of the lyrics. The version I saw had photos of many beautiful (French?) women in beautiful tranquil settings, many of them near water.
That statement was made by my Lutheran minister marriage counselor, not me.
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What d'you mean Pagny and Maé were surrounded by a bevy of bombshells: if they were "belles", they could ONLY be French - savvy ?
Now, I made it very plain that the guys were belting out their threnody in an informal studio recording - unshaved, with no makeup besides. Just copy and paste the URL on to your browser to hit the recording I was talking about. Why ? Because Christophe Maé added his wailing soul-bashing harmonica to this performance. Not to be missed. The harmonica makes ALL the difference... Hurry. Best. TW
P.S. I have changed the wording in places, if you care to check.
That statement was made by my Lutheran minister marriage counselor, not me.
Ron