La canzone de Marinella, Alfredo and JP

[Jean Pierre]

It was a great pleasure to do this song with my friend Alfredo, for Les Containment Musical Workshop
 La canzone di Marinella is a song written and composed in 1962 by singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André with musical arrangements by Gian Piero Reverberi, first published on the 1964 single Valzer per un amore/La canzone di Marinella by the same author. It is one of De André's best-known songs.

We did this song alternately in French and Italian
I've copied the lyrics and their translation into English in the scroll
I did a part of the singing in French, guitar, Melodica and Alfredo did the other part of the singing in Italian and did the mixing, with the participation of the guys from BIAB

Merci encore Alfredo

Ça c'est de marinelle la romance
Qui dans le fleuve un jour perdit sa chance
Mais le vent la voyant être si belle
Du fleuve il l'amena sur une étoile
Seule sans le souvenir d'une souffrance
D'un amour tu vivais sans espérance
Mais un roi sans sa couronne et sans escorte
Frappa un jour trois fois contre ta porte

Bianco come la luna il suo cappello
Come l'amore rosso il suo mantello
Tu lo seguisti senza una ragione
Come un ragazzo segue l'aquilone

Il y avait du soleil et quels beaux yeux t'avais
Il te baisa les lèvres et tes cheveux soyeux
'Y avait la lune t'avais les yeux d'l'enfance
Il posa ses mains si grandes sur tes hanches
C'était des baisers et c'était des sourires complices
Puis c'était seulement l'odeur des fleurs de lys
Qui te virent avec les beaux yeux des étoiles
Frémir et palpiter comme une cigale

 Dicono poi che mentre ritornavi
Nel fiume, chissà come, scivolavi
E lui che non ti volle creder morta
Bussò cent'anni ancora alla tua porta

Ça c'est ça marinelle ta romance
Toi qui a volé sur une étoile errante
Et comme toutes les plus belles choses
Tu n'as vécu qu'un jour comme les roses
Et comme toutes les plus belles choses
Tu n'as vécu qu'un jour comme les roses

__________________translate in english
 It is from marinelle the romance
Who in the river once lost her luck
But the wind saw her being so beautiful
From the river it brought her to a star
Alone without the memory of a pain
Of a love you lived without hope
But a king without his crown and without escort
Knocked one day three times on your door

  White as the moon his hat
As red as love his coat
Tulo you followed without reason
Like a boy follows a kite
 
There was sunshine and what beautiful eyes you had
He kissed your lips and your silky hair
You had the moon, you had the eyes of a child
He put his hands so big on your hips
It was kisses and it was smiles
And then it was only the smell of lilies
Who saw you with the beautiful eyes of the stars
And you'll be the first to know that you're in love with me

say that on your way back you
You slipped into the river, who knows
And the one who didn't want to You don't think you were dead
Knocked on your door a hundred years older

That's the marinelle your romance
You who flew on a wandering star
And like all the most beautiful things
You only lived one day like the roses
And like all beautiful things
You only lived one day like the roses

[alfstone]

Merci beaucoup, cher JP! 

Many congrats and thank you!

Alfredo

[maxit]

Mes amis... im crying on the mobile display as i write... what a touching version you ve made... the best cover of this song ever, to me (jp rendering in french is just classy and alf, you really should sing more often!)

[Jean Pierre]

Thank you Max, I'm glad that the Latin community of songcrafters expresses itself and finds itself in this beautiful song

here is the .wav version of this collaboration,...and you are right Alfredo should sing a bit more


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq96WAxUhao

[Mike_S]

Really good job guys. This is very well recorded and mixed, Great vocal performances from both of you.

Mike

[Jean Pierre]

thank you Mike