Je suis allé au marché aux oiseaux
Et j'ai acheté des oiseaux
Pour toi
mon amour
Je suis allé au marché aux fleurs
Et j'ai acheté des fleurs
Pour toi
mon amour
Je suis allé au marché à la ferraille
Et j'ai acheté des chaînes
De lourdes chaînes
Pour toi
mon amour
Et je suis allé au marché aux esclaves
Et je t'ai cherchée
Mais je ne t'ai pas trouvée
mon amour
30 September 2007
Pour toi mon amour - Prevert
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I totally read part of the title of this as Pervert and wondered what the heck was that premise, but now I see it is something I cannot understand because it is in French.
He goes to three markets, to one of them to buy birds for his lover; then he buys "lourde chaines" "heavy chains". (What was he thinking about?) Then he goes to the market of slaves (female salves, I presume). And he doesn't find her there.....
A beautiful poem, meant to say that love is letting go free...
iT IS A POEM ABOUT TRYING TO SEDUCE THE ONE YOU LOVE? TO TRY AND MAKE THEM YOUR OWN; aND IT IS ABOUT THE DISSAPOINTMENT OFF FINDING AN UNSHARED LOVE
I think this poem is about a man who tries to buy this woman's love. He tried to enslave her, but his love was unrequited and she escaped, as is seen in the last stanza, "je t'ai cherchée mais je ne t'ai pas trouvée". In my opinion the overall message of the poem is that love is about freedom, not captivity.
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