A La Claire Fountaine (lyrics and meaning)

sorry for the quality

(French)

À la claire fontaine,
M'en allant promener
J'ai trouvé l'eau si belle
Que je m'y suis baigné

Refrain :
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais je ne t'oublierai

Sous les feuilles d'un chêne,
Je me suis fait sécher
Sur la plus haute branche,
Un rossignol chantait

Refrain

Chante rossignol, chante,
Toi qui as le cœur gai
Tu as le cœur à rire,
Moi je l'ai à pleurer

Refrain

J'ai perdu mon amie,
Sans l'avoir mérité
Pour un bouquet de roses,
Que je lui refusai

Refrain

Je voudrais que la rose,
Fût encore au rosier
Et que ma douce amie
Fût encore à m'aimer
(autre version:
Et que le rosier même
À la mer fût jeté.)

RefrainChildren's Song

(English)

At the clear fountain,
While I was strolling by,
I found the water so nice
That I went in to bathe.

Chorus
So long I've been loving you,
I will never forget you.

Under an oak tree,
I dried myself.
On the highest branch,
A nightingale was singing.

Chorus

Sing, nightingale, sing,
Your heart is so happy.
Your heart feels like laughing,
Mine feels like weeping.

Chorus

I lost my beloved,
Without deserving it,
For a bunch of roses,
That I denied her.

Chorus

I wanted the rose
To be still on the bush,
And my sweet beloved
To be still loving me.
(other version:
And even the rosebush
To be thrown in the sea.)

Chorus

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[mizisz]

Thanks for this upload! I've just seen this movie and it is very good song. It made me cry.

[ginnyginevra6]

i know this song because of the mortal instruments :D

[mmatw2]

my wife and I spent our honeymoon as they were finishing shooting. it is a beautiful part of the world. my wife grew up a few miles from there.  one of the most beautiful places in the world. i miss it dearly

[MrsSmillas]

@ginnyginevra6

She looked severe and worried, anxious—- and hopeful. She looked like the only mother he’d ever known.“You were wrong that I never sang it to you,” she said. “It’s just that you never heard me.”

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I LOVE the mortal instruments! always wondered how the ballad would sound! its amazing to finally hear it :)

[MrsSmillas]

@ginnyginevra6 "

“A la claire fontaine,” Maryse said, “m’en allant promener.”

He turned to look at her “What?”

“Il ya longtemps que je t’aime. Jamais je ne t’oublirai—- it’s the old French Ballad I used to sing to Alec and Isabelle. The one you asked me about.”

There was very little light in the room now, and in the dimness Maryse looked to him almost as she had when he was ten years old, as if she had not changed at all in the past seven years.

[Rismhah]

I don't take french but I've commited to learning it because I love it that much :)

[phebo19]

i'd cry while i was watching the movie, who can´t cry with the scene when they´re burying walter

[phebo19]

i'd cry while saw the movie

[water2chick]

@ginnyginevra6 Huh... I guess I don't remember. Unless it was mentioned in one of the other books? Yeah. I read a lot. And I had heard a lot of amazing things about this series, so I decided to read them. But I just couldn't get past the first book. I wish I could've, but i just couldn't. Her writing style just doesn't appeal to me in the least. I liked the idea, but same as with Gone by Michael Grant, the execution sucked. Execution is everything.

[ginnyginevra6]

@water2chick no the song was only mentioned by one of the characters. it's a shame it is a great series, but to each their own i guess :)

[TheRatchopper]

@mizisz It made me cry too