to the person who is asking for the translation of the Dutch (Flemish) portion of the lyrics:
here it is
Without love, warm love,
blows the wind, the mute wind,
w l, w l,
weeps the sea, the grey sea,
w l, w l,
suffers the light, the dark light
and scours the sand over my land,
my flat land, my Flanders-land
(First stanza only)
Hope this helps!
Reponse a Helene BAP (je ne suis pas a l'aise en francais... mon reponse en Anglais) Brel has a strong French accent when singing in Dutch. He sings in ("proper" Dutch, not in a Flemish/local dialect, though. Clearly, Brel's first language was French and on Wikipedia I just learned that he had as...