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    Jacques Prévert – Simple comme bonjour

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Simple comme bonjour

L'amour est clair comme le jour
l'amour est simple comme bonjour
l'amour est nu comme la main
c'est ton amour et le mien
pourquoi parler du grand amour
pourquoi chanter la grande vie?
Notre amour est heureux de vivre
et ça lui suffit.
 
C'est vrai l'amour est très heureux
et même un peu trop...peut-être
et quand on a fermé la porte
rêve de s'enfuir par la fenêtre
 
Si notre amour voulait partir
nous ferions tout pour le retenir
que serait notre vie sans lui
une valse lente sans musique
un enfant qui jamais ne rit
un roman que personne ne lit
la mécanique de l'ennui
sans amour sans vie!
 
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As simple as hello

Love is as clear as the day
Love is as simple as hello
Love is naked as a jaybird
It’s your love and mine
Why speak of the true love
Why sing the great life?
Our love is happy to be alive
And that’s enough for him.
 
It’s true that love is so happy
And even a little too much... maybe
And when the door is closed
Wants to run away through the window.
 
If our love wanted to leave
We would do anything to keep him
What would be our life without him
A slow waltz without music
A child who never laughs
A novel that nobody reads
A clockwork boredom,
devoid of love and life
 
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silencedsilenced    Mer, 05/08/2020 - 09:55

One of the many beautiful and deceptively simple poems of Prévert. There are a few cleverly used idioms.

clair comme le jour -> (as) clear as day (very easy to understand)
simple comme bonjour -> (as) simple as ABC / easy as pie / a piece of cake (very easy/simple, can be about understanding or doing something)
nu comme la main -> naked as a jaybird (or possibly as a needle) (completely/stark naked)
"naked as a jaybird" would be pretty nice for the story (the bird flying out the window)

The 2nd stanza sounds like their love is a kind of cute pet, "l'amour" is like "the cat" or "the dog". The idea is, if the little puppy gets overexcited it may want to run away :)

What our life would be -> "what would be our life" or "imagine/picture (what) our life (would be)"

valse -> waltz

la mécanique de l'ennui, sans amour, sans vie -> something like "'a clockwork boredom, devoid of love and life"

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