Song of
separation, in a Russian theater. Not a dry eye in the house there.
Originally
Performed in French by Jacques Brel.
Performed in
English If You Go Away by Dusty Springfield,
Frank Sinatra
and many others.
Though often
cited as the most beautiful love song in the French language,
Brel tells us
it's not a love song at all, rather a portrait of a man who
degrades
himself and loses his dignity for a woman who doesn't love him.
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