THIS APPEARED TO BE LATELY, IT WAS LONG TIME AGO ©, 2015

Hi, my friends! There was happened a beautiful performance of the song "Tales of Vienna Forest" which was artistically enriched by heritage of Edith Piaf. So I just share my own linguistic expressions within world of English speaking audience. That is. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxwJR4AY_fY

1

On the cinema-show that in town was held

I recall song of actress in strange language performed

 Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz* in the movie I've heard 

This appeared to be lately, it was long time ago ...

R1*

Padam...padam...padam

It comes running up behind me

Padam...padam...padam

It plays me the trick of: do you remember

Padam...padam...padam

It is a tune that points me out

And I drag after me like a mistake child

This tune that knows everything by heart

2

How could I then think so, how could I believe in 

That partition with youth came so sudden to me?

But the waltz from the movie I will always recall

This appeared to be lately, it was long time ago

R2*

Come on in, Milord,

Sit down at my table;

It's so cold outside,

But it's warm in here.

Relax, Milord

And make yourself well-off.

You can tell me your troubles

And put your feet up.

I know you, Milord

Though you have never seen me

I'm just an immigrant*,

A shadow of the street...

3

All those days do not get up, they don't get up from fire

Why old waltz everywhere is still looking for me?

As if we're again together, in the darkened movie-palace

This appeared to be lately, it was ...

R3*

A life of love

Which we had sworn on ourselves

And that the time disarticulated

Day after day ...

Unharmonized joys

Paddles in flowers

At the gray twilight

All goes, all dies

But the flame survives ...

Good year bad year

My love

To still love you

This appeared to be lately, it was long time ago

* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og3joyCntrI

* - Edith Piaf's songs:

* - The R1 - "Padam ... Padam" - translation from French into English was submitted on lyricstranslate.com by "fridaflower.b", 2013. 

* - The R2 - "Milord" - translation from French into English was submitted on lyricstranslate.com by "Guest on Sun", 2011; I found myself to feel free to change wording "comfortable" for "well-off".

* - The R3 - "Une vie d’amour" - translation from French into English was submitted on lyricstranslate.com by "fridaflower.b", 2013.
* - Pictures of performers are borrowed from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdtow85G3Y8

By BORIS K'ZORIN, the another last romantic ©, Los Angeles, CA 2014

You are welcome - http://wow4singingtranslations.blogspot.com

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ORIGINAL RUSSIAN LYRIC

Это было недавно, этo было давно

1

На вечернем сеансе в небольшом городке

Пела песню актриса на чужом языке

Сказку Венского леса1 я услышал в кино

Это было недавно, это было давно

Это было недавно, это было давно

R1*

Padam...padam...padam...

Il arrive en courant derrière moi

Padam...padam...padam...

Il me fait le coup du souviens-toi

Padam...padam...padam...

C’est un air qui me montre du doigt

et je traine apres moi comme une drole d’erreur

Cet air qui sait tout par coeur

2

Разве мог я подумать мог поверить тогда

В то что с юностью нашей расстаюсь навсегда

Но остался надолго этот вальс из кино

Это было недавно, это было давно

Это было недавно, это было давно

R2*

Allez, venez, Milord!

Vous asseoir à ma table;

Il fait si froid, dehors,

Ici c'est confortable.

Laissez-vous faire, Milord

Et prenez bien vos aises,

Vos peines sur mon coeur

Et vos pieds sur une chaise

Je vous connais, Milord,

Vous n'm'avez jamais vue

Je ne suis qu'une fille du port,

Qu'une ombre de la rue...

3

Этим дням не подняться и не встать из огня

Что же вальс этот старый всюду ищет меня

Будто вновь мы с тобою в полутемном кино

Это было недавно, это было давно

Это было недавно, это было ...

R3*

Une vie d'amour

Que l'on s'était jurée

Et que le temps a désarticulée

Jour après jour ...

De joies désharmonisées.

Des aubes en fleurs

Aux crépuscules gris

Tout va, tout meurt

Mais la flamme survit ...

Bon an mal an

Mon amour

T'aimer ...

Это было недавно, это было ...

1 - Штраус Иоганн (сын) - (1825-1899); 

вальс «Сказки Венского леса».

* Песни Эдит Пиаф:

R1 - "Padam ... Padam" - автор перевода на lyricstranslate.com: "fridaflower.b", 2013. 

R2 - "Milord" - автор перевода на lyricstranslate.com: "Guest on Sun", 2011. 

R3 - "Une vie d’amour" - автор перевода на lyricstranslate.com: "fridaflower.b", 2013.