COMME TOI tributes to child victims of war

Started by Jean Pierre, April 10, 2022, 01:19:11 AM

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The song "Comme toi" is one of Goldman's best known songs. It pays tribute to a little girl who was murdered by the Nazis, like thousands of others
In these terrible times, when war, with its atrocities, is on our doorstep in Europe, this song is unfortunately very topical
Jean Jacques Goldman is of Polish Jewish origin, and the idea for the song was inspired when he was looking at a family album of his mother who was born in Germany, and came across a photo of a little Jewish girl.

In the first few verses of the song, Jean Jacques Goldman describes this girl, highlighting her innocent features of childhood beauty to move the audience. Then he recounts the tragedy that happened to her without a beginning and an end in the structure of the song, but in an implicit way. Indeed, the violence of the events of the Shoah made little Sarah a victim, preventing her from living a life like any other child in the world.

For this cover version, only two guitars and one voice

Thank you guys for your listening  Lyrics and translation in the scroll
her eyes were of a light color and was wearing velvet dress
next to her mother and the family
she stands in a distracted way under the mild sun at the end of the day

Is not a good picture, but we can see
happiness personified and the mildness of an evening
She loved music, especially Schumann and [then] Mozart

as you do
as you do
like you, who I'm looking at
as you sleep dreaming of all kinds of things
like you

She used to go to school down the village
she learned about books, she learned the rules
she sang about frogs and about
princesses that sleep in the forest

She loved her doll, she loved her friends
especially Ruth and Anna and Jeremie the most17
maybe one day the would get married in Warsaw

as you do
as you do
like you, who I'm looking at
as you sleep dreaming of all kinds of things
like you

Her name was Sarah, and she was not even 8
her life was tenderness, dreams and white clouds
but some people wanted for her something different

Her eyes where of a light color like yours, and she was your age
she was a little girl without a past and well-behaved
but she didn't live like you [ she wasn't born as you did]
here and now

as you do
as you do
like you, who I'm looking at
as you sleep dreaming of all kinds of things
like you

french lyrics
    Elle avait les yeux clairs et la robe en velours
À côté de sa mère et la famille autour
Elle pose un peu distraite au doux soleil
De la fin du jour
La photo n'est pas bonne mais l'on peut y voir
Le bonheur en personne et la douceur d'un soir
Elle aimait la musique, surtout Schumann
Et puis Mozart
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi que je regarde tout bas
Comme toi qui dort en rêvant à quoi, comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Elle allait à l'école au village d'en bas
Elle apprenait les livres, elle apprenait les lois
Elle chantait les grenouilles et les princesses
Qui dorment au bois
Elle aimait sa poupée, elle aimait ses amis
Surtout Ruth et Anna et surtout Jérémie
Et ils se marieraient un jour peut-être à Varsovie
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi que je regarde tout bas
Comme toi qui dort en rêvant à quoi, comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Elle s'appelait Sarah elle n'avait pas huit ans
Sa vie, c'était douceur, rêves et nuages blancs
Mais d'autres gens en avaient décidé autrement
Elle avait tes yeux clairs et elle avait ton âge
C'était une petite fille sans histoire et très sage
Mais elle n'est pas née comme toi
Ici et maintenant
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi que je regarde tout bas
Comme toi qui dort en rêvant à quoi, comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi             

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
The Lord of the Rings speech by Bilbo

Rene Asologuitar

Very well done.
I can feel the sadness of the song in your vocals. 
You sing with full emotion.
I do not understand the words, but with a little introduction, I feel the whole song and the story.
I like the whole production.
Rene

Groundy

Quote from: Rene Asologuitar on April 10, 2022, 09:52:12 PMVery well done.
I can feel the sadness of the song in your vocals. 
You sing with full emotion.
I do not understand the words, but with a little introduction, I feel the whole song and the story.
I like the whole production.
Rene

+1  I must agree with everything Rene said. well done JP, beautiful voice and so well played...Alex.

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Jean Pierre

#3
for René,Alex and others the lyrics in french and a translation
her eyes were of a light color and was wearing velvet dress
next to her mother and the family
she stands in a distracted way under the mild sun at the end of the day

Is not a good picture, but we can see
happiness personified and the mildness of an evening
She loved music, especially Schumann and [then] Mozart

as you do
as you do
like you, who I'm looking at
as you sleep dreaming of all kinds of things
like you

She used to go to school down the village
she learned about books, she learned the rules
she sang about frogs and about
princesses that sleep in the forest

She loved her doll, she loved her friends
especially Ruth and Anna and Jeremie the most17
maybe one day the would get married in Warsaw

as you do
as you do
like you, who I'm looking at
as you sleep dreaming of all kinds of things
like you

Her name was Sarah, and she was not even 8
her life was tenderness, dreams and white clouds
but some people wanted for her something different

Her eyes where of a light color like yours, and she was your age
she was a little girl without a past and well-behaved
but she didn't live like you [ she wasn't born as you did]
here and now

as you do
as you do
like you, who I'm looking at
as you sleep dreaming of all kinds of things
like you

french lyrics
    Elle avait les yeux clairs et la robe en velours
À côté de sa mère et la famille autour
Elle pose un peu distraite au doux soleil
De la fin du jour
La photo n'est pas bonne mais l'on peut y voir
Le bonheur en personne et la douceur d'un soir
Elle aimait la musique, surtout Schumann
Et puis Mozart
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi que je regarde tout bas
Comme toi qui dort en rêvant à quoi, comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Elle allait à l'école au village d'en bas
Elle apprenait les livres, elle apprenait les lois
Elle chantait les grenouilles et les princesses
Qui dorment au bois
Elle aimait sa poupée, elle aimait ses amis
Surtout Ruth et Anna et surtout Jérémie
Et ils se marieraient un jour peut-être à Varsovie
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi que je regarde tout bas
Comme toi qui dort en rêvant à quoi, comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Elle s'appelait Sarah elle n'avait pas huit ans
Sa vie, c'était douceur, rêves et nuages blancs
Mais d'autres gens en avaient décidé autrement
Elle avait tes yeux clairs et elle avait ton âge
C'était une petite fille sans histoire et très sage
Mais elle n'est pas née comme toi
Ici et maintenant
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi que je regarde tout bas
Comme toi qui dort en rêvant à quoi, comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi
Comme toi
Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi                /lyrics]
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
The Lord of the Rings speech by Bilbo

Groundy

Thank you, JP, what a nice number, really performed...

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BerryPatch

Haunting performance JP.  It may have been written about World War II but it has great meaning for today too. Beautiful acoustic work and vocals.

Blooby


This is wonderful. The subtle fills were a stand out. Lovely voice.

Blooby


Mike_S

I read the lyric translation and they are very moving indeed. Your performance is excellent. The story is so sad but sadly humans never learn and history keeps repeating. Beautiful rendition JP, but so sad.

Mike
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