Mon Beau Sapin

An old German carol everyone knows as O Tannenbaum is sung here in French by the wonderful Tino Rossi. The French version - Mon Beau Sapin (My Beautiful Evergreen) pays homage to the eternal unchanging beauty of the tree that does not lose its adornments when the cold comes. Unfortunately the unimaginative video is nowhere near the qualitative equal of the song. So just listen. The French lyrics are after the video.

Tino Rossi has another version on video as well, but I feel the performance does not quite match this one.



Mon beau sapin, Roi des forêts
Que j'aime ta verdure!
Quand, par l'hiver, bois et guérêts
Sont dépouillés de leurs attraits
Mon beau sapin, Roi des forêts
Tu gardes ta parure.

Toi, que Noël planta chez nous
Au saint anniversaire
Joli sapin, comme ils sont doux
Et tes bonbons et tes joujoux
Toi, que Noël planta chez nous
Tout brillant de lumière.

Mon beau sapin, tes verts sommets
Et leur fidèle ombrage
De la foi qui ne ment jamais
De la constance et de la paix
Mon beau sapin, tes verts sommets
M'offrent la douce image.

The photo at top is from Flickr.

Update: December 2010 - The version of the song that I posted in 2009 was removed by YouTube for copyright reasons. I have replaced it with this version, very similar, but not quite as perfect as the other one.