Who hasn’t dreamed of seeing the face of a lost lover or of a deceased loved one?
Mr. Jean-Pierre Ferland wrote a heartfelt song about his beloved’s face. It was released in 1960 and its music was composed by Mr. Paul de Margerie. This French-Canadian song is entitled “Ton visage” [“Your Face”].
Ahead of his national funeral (https://shorturl.at/BQe1j ; https://shorturl.at/ayQdN), which will take place at the Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral Basilica (June 1st, 2024; Montreal, Québec), Ms. Elaine Thibert paid tribute to Ferland by recording “Ton visage“. Bravo to her for the moving performance. Congratulations to the talented pianist, called Mr. Emmanuel Pitois, and thanks also to “groupe Paradoxe” for this beautiful production.
Following the YouTube video below, if you are interested, you can listen to the original song by Mr. Ferland himself. For those of you who do not understand French, you can find a quick English translation at the end of this post. Bambi is grateful to her friend Mr. Google Translate who stayed up late with her to help translate it :).
May Mr. Ferland’s memory be eternal. May Québec and Canada always cherish not just his pen and his voice, but also his unforgettable face.
“Brown eyes for the day, green eyes for love, your face
Eyes that I will love, for two eternities, your face
A mouth forever, sweet like a secret, your face
It’s beautiful, it’s warm, it’s the flower of my skin, your face
Closing my eyes, I sense it in the hollow of the clouds
I had to close my eyes, I should have tied a knot to the clouds
The wind turned and the rain blew me away, your face
And I got drunk, to try to forget your face
But it remains stuck, established on my past, which misses your face
I redraw it and the wind blows it back, your face
I am the captain of a boat of sadness that will never sink
I have twice the sorrow, of a hundred captains who will no longer embark
And I got drunk to try to forget your face
And I get drunk again, sober and starboard, what a trip
Yesterday was tomorrow, tomorrow will always be your face
It persists in sticking, like a wet flag, in retreat
I redraw it and the wind blows it back, your face
Brown eyes for the day, green eyes for love, your face
Eyes that I will love, for two eternities, your face
It’s beautiful, it’s warm, it’s the flower of my skin, your face
Closing my eyes, I sense it in the hollow of the clouds
Brown eyes for the day, green eyes for love, your face“.
