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An Adapted French Song by FH

Alice Poon
Jul 20, 2013
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The French version

lyrics were adapted from the English by Hardy herself and have a sad, realist,

almost fatalistic ring with a romantic hue, while the original English lyrics

are more like a dreamer’s plain prose. Probably unfair to the original title

composer and lyrics writer, the French song seems to have an unmistaken “Francoise

Hardy” signature to it.

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