My poetry classes got us thinking about the seasons and how poets have described them.
I thought of Autumn Leaves sung by Edith Piaf.
I hadn’t realised that one of the verses was in French…
C’est une chanson, qui nous ressemble
Toi tu m’aimais, et je t’aimais
Nous vivions tous les deux ensemble
Toi qui m’aimais, moi qui t’aimais
Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s’aiment
Tout doucement sans faire de bruit
Et la mer efface sur le sable les pas des amants désunis
My French is a bit rusty, but I think the gist of that verse is that nothing lasts forever.
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