My Brightest Diamond - Youkali: Tango Habanera

Youkali: Tango Habanera- My Brightest Diamond
Composer: Kurt Weill
Lyrics: Roger Fernay

Lyrics to Youkali :

C'est presque au bout du monde
Ma barque vagabonde
Errante au gré de l'onde
M'y conduisit un jour
L'île est toute petite
Mais la fée qui l'habite
Gentiment nous invite
A en faire le tour

Youkali
C'est le pays de nos désirs
Youkali
C'est le bonheur, c'est le plaisir
Youkali
C'est la terre où l'on quitte tous les soucis
C'est, dans notre nuit, comme une éclaircie
L'étoile qu'on suit
C'est Youkali

Et la vie nous entraîne
Lassante, quotidienne
Mais la pauvre âme humaine
Cherchant partout l'oubli
A pour quitter la terre
Su trouver le mystère
Où nos rêves se terrent
En quelques Youkali....

Youkali
C'est le pays de nos désirs
Youkali
C'est le bonheur, c'est le plaisir
Youkali
C'est la terre où l'on quitte tous les soucis
C'est, dans notre nuit, comme une éclaircie
L'étoile qu'on suit
C'est Youkali, c'est Youkali, c'est Youkali.

Translation:

It was almost to the end of the world
That my wandering boat
Straying at the will of the waves
Led me one day
The isle is very small
But the kind fairy that lives there
Invites us
To take a look around

Youkali
Is the land of our desires
Youkali
Is happiness, pleasure
Youkali
Is the land where we forget all our worries
It is in our night, like a bright rift
The star we follow
It is Youkali

Youkali
Is the respect of all vows exchanged
Youkali
Is the land of love returned
It is the hope
That is in every human heart
The deliverance
We await for tomorrow
Youkali
Is the land of our desires
Youkali
Is happiness, pleasure
But it is a dream, a folly
There is no Youkali

And life carries us along
Tediously, day by day
But the poor human soul
Seeking forgetfulness everywhere
Has, in order to escape the world
Managed to find the mystery
In which our dreams burrow themselves
In some Youkali

Youkali
Is the land of our desires
Youkali
Is happiness, pleasure
Youkali
Is the land where we forget all our worries
It is in our night, like a bright rift
The star we follow
It is Youkali

Youkali
Is the respect of all vows exchanged
Youkali
Is the land of love returned
It is the hope
That is in every human heart
The deliverance
We await for tomorrow

Youkali
Is the land of our desires
Youkali
Is happiness, pleasure
But it is a dream, a folly
There is no Youkali

But it is a dream, a folly
There is no Youkali

Category:

Music

Tags:

• youkali
• tango habanera
• kurt weill
• roger fernay
• MBD
• my brightest diamond
• shara worden

[SprinklesIgnatius]

The internet ought to have a mandatory list of things people need to read, watch, and hear before they can free roam the vomit strewn golden streets of this ethereal metropolis. This mandatory list would most certainty include this video, for the purpose of introducing people what beauty, and art, and song, and lyric can truly be like

[bataille61]

shara worden... fantastic voice

[looprloop]

i love how i have no idea what she's saying but it's amzing

[bataille61]

beautiful! who sings??