| | Complainte de la Butte Lyrics Artist(Band):Rufus Wainwright
pose un diadème (puts a tiara) sur tes cheveux roux. (on your red hair) La lune, trop rousse, (the moon, too red) de gloire éclabousse (with glory splashes) ton jupon plein de trous. (your ragged underskirt) La lune, trop pâle, (the moon, too pale) caresse l'opale (caress the opal) de tes yeux blasés. (of your indifferent eyes) Princesse de la rue, (princess of the street) sois la bienvenue (be welcome) dans mon coeur brisé. (in my broken heart) The stairways up to la butte can make the wretched sigh. While windmill wings of the Moulin shelter you and I. Ma petite mandigotte, (my little beggar) je sens ta menotte (I feel your hand) qui cherche ma main. (searching for mine) Je sens ta poitrine (I feel your chest) et ta taille fine, (and your slim waist) j'oublie mon chagrin. (I forget my sorrow) Je sens sous tes lèvres (I smell on your lips) une odeur de fièvre, (a scent of fever) de gosse mal nourrie, (of an underfed kid) et sous ta caresse, (and under your caress) je sens une ivresse (I feel a drunkeness) qui m'anéantit. (that kills me) The stairways up to la butte Can make the wretched sigh While windmill wings of the Moulin Shelter you and I et voilà qu'elle trotte, (and there she goes strutting about) la lune qui flotte, (the floating moon) la princesse aussi. (along with the princess) lalala.... Mes rêves épanouis. (my thriving dreams) Les escaliers de la butte (The stairways up to la butte) sont durs aux miséreux. (are tough on the poor) Les ailes du Moulin (the wings of the Moulin) protègent les amoureux. (shelter those who love) If you find some error in Complainte de la Butte Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Thanks to Nour MADY for submitting the lyrics. Review about Complainte de la Butte really | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/7/09 its an old french folk song. and an old story. and its what pretty woman is based on, as well as moulin rouge. its a song about him loving her no matter what and he knows what she is, but he knows WHO she is. and he thinks she perfect, but hates the profession. My Views, Moulin Rouge | Reviewer: Konan | 2/14/09 Alright....here's what I pick up in it. That "drunkeness" Is the feeling of being lost in her love. and he calls her a princess despite what she is, a sinner, and how he truly does love her.... and in the end after all was said and done it could only end in sorrow, but is a love...that will live on...forever :) I think you're taking it to litterally people, Have you ever been caressed? If so, Do you remember that feeling of loosing everything, all your worries and just loving to be with that other person, your love? ...exactly :) It's terribly Romantic, and beautiful. Bittersweet and Lovely | Reviewer: Jackie | 1/16/09 The song is basically about Christian and Satine (y'know, from Moulin Rouge? Since this song was on the soundtrack?). That's the reason it's on the soundtrack - it describes their relationship perfectly: a young man (Christian) who falls hopelessly in love with a courtesan (Satine), and how they love each other intensely but it can only end in sadness. So yeah, the girl's a prostitute, but it's still a beautiful song, and would make a lovely lullaby so long as you don't tell the kid till later what the song means. Hehe =) Unadmitting Romantic | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/8/08 I disagree with the Anonymous reviewer above who said "it is about having sex with drunken, under-aged (or at least extremely young) prostitutes..." I believe that this song goes along with the movie and the theme of the original "Roxanne" by the Police: I believe it is about a man who falls deeply in love with a prostitute, not caring that she is a prostitute and that she has lived her life in what most would believe to be a sin. I believe that she is "underfed" in love and that her "drunkeness" is the wonderful feeling she finally experiences of being loved. I think it is "killing" him to know that she has lived such a life of torment. lullaby? | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/2/08 To the 16 yr old's comments below: While I think the song is amazing, I'm not sure about it being great children's lullaby... you realize that it is about having sex with drunken, under-aged (or at least extremely young) prostitutes, right? R's | Reviewer: sacha | 4/4/08 I'm french, i live in france, and his r's are just perfect, not rolled, but not that gutturals: if you listen to the original song from 1955, you realize that RF's r's sound even more french than the original ones! French singers like rolling r's in this kind of songs, when it's about love and topics like that. possible confusion | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/27/08 Maybe people are confusing the concept of rolling r's with the back-of-the-throat sound that is essential to proper french pronunciation. I can see when he sings the word "princesse" some may hear a slightly rolled r, but it's good pronunciation for a non-native speaker, like someone else said above. uh huh | Reviewer: someone.. | 12/29/07 i am only 16.. i hope that when i have children, i will remember that when i was 16, this is the song i wanted to be a lullaby for my children. French | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/15/07 A lot of people don't realize the differences when singing in French. For instance, in classical French music, syllables not pronounced normally are pronounced. Even fellow Frenchmen interpret certain pronunciations differently when singing. But Rufus is French-Canadian so I'm not sure if there are any differences because of that area's differences when speaking French. AMAZING | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/30/07 I love this song and of course the movie. I don't speak a word of French, thus I would love to find the music to this piece along with the correct pronunciation of the words. Then at least when I attempt to sing along I will know how to say some of the words. Review By Pages: 1 2 3 Review the song Complainte de la Butte The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Rufus Wainwright" Music | |
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