You'll See Yourself

Vietnam is a former French colony and has a considerable French influence.  French movies and music played a major role influencing Vietnamese apparently.  I just get to enjoy listening to new music.

I vaguely recall taking French in pre-school but basically I remember Oof (egg) and Bacon (apparently bacon is universal, except if you're Muslim or Jewish [oh the irony]...)

This is a video of Ann-Marie David singing in Luxemborg in 1973.  The song is called Tu Te Reconnaîtras.  The title basically means You'll Recognize Yourself.



I found the following site which provided a translation into English.

Tu te reconnaîtras	You'll recognise yourself
Dans les rêves de l'enfance	In the dreams of childhood
Dans l'élève que le maître a puni	In the student that the teacher has punished
Dans la gare où commence	In the train station where
La première aventure de la vie	The first adventure of life begins
Dans celui qui doute	In the one who doubts
Dans celui qui croit	In the one who believes
Tu verras, tu te reconnaîtras	You'll see, you'll recognise yourself
À chaque instant dans chaque joie, dans chaque larme	At every moment in each joy, in each tear
Tu verras, tu te reconnaîtras	You'll see, you'll recognise yourself
Dans cet enfant, parmi ces gens, tous comme toi	In that child, surrounded by those people, just like you
Dans les rêves de l'artiste	In the dreams of the artist
Que la gloire n'a jamais couronné	That glory has never awarded
Dans ce monde égoïste	In that egoistic world
Qui renie ce qu'il a adoré	That denies what it has loved
Dans ceux qui ont peur	In those who are scared
Dans ceux qui ont froid	In those who are cold
Tu verras, tu te reconnaîtras	You'll see, you'll recognise yourself
À chaque instant dans chaque joie, dans chaque larme	At every moment in every joy, in every tear
Tu verras, tu te reconnaîtras	You'll see, you'll recognise yourself
Dans cet enfant, parmi ces gens, tous comme toi	In that child, surrounded by those people, just like you
Tu verras, tu te reconnaîtras	You'll see, you'll recognise yourself
Dans cet amour que j'ai pour toi	In that love that I have for you
Oui, tu verras, tu te reconnaîtras	Yes, you'll see, you'll recognise yourself

Translation by Morgan Trouillet.