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"Dès que le printemps revient" (English: Once spring returns) was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 in Copenhagen, performed by Hugues Aufray.

It finished in joint 4th place with 14 points alongside the entry by Rachel from France.

Lyrics[]

Les filles sont jolies dès que le printemps est là
Mais les serments s’oublient dès que le printemps s’en va
Là-bas dans la prairie, j’attends toujours mais en vain
Une fille en organdi dès que le printemps revient
 
Je repense à ses yeux dès que le printemps est là
Je revois nos adieux dès que le printemps s’en va
Et son image rôde au détour de mon chemin
Quand les soirées se font chaudes dès que le printemps revient
 
Non, le temps n’y fait rien
Non, le temps n’y peut rien
 
Je crois la retrouver dès que le printemps est là
Je cesse d’y rêver dès que le printemps s’en va
Après bien des hivers pourtant mon cœur se souvient
Comme si c’était hier dès que le printemps revient
 
Non, le temps n’y fait rien
Oh non, le temps n’y peut rien
 
Parfois je veux mourir dès que le printemps est là
Je crois toujours guérir dès que le printemps s’en va
Mais je sens la brûlure d’une douleur qui m’étreint
Comme une ancienne blessure dès que le printemps revient
 
Dès que le printemps revient
Dès que le printemps revient
Dès que le printemps revient
Dès que le printemps revient

The girls are pretty as soon as spring is here
But the oaths are forgotten as soon as the spring is gone.
Over there in the meadow, I am still waiting but in vain
A girl in an organza dress as soon as spring returns.
 
I think of his eyes again as soon as spring is here.
I remember our farewells as soon as spring is gone
And her image lurks at the bend of my path
When the evenings get warm as soon as spring returns.
 
No, time doesn't do anything about it,
No, time can't do anything about it.
 
I think I'll find her again as soon as spring arrives.
I stop dreaming about her as soon as spring is gone.
After many winters yet my heart remembers
As if it was yesterday as soon as spring returns.
 
No, time doesn't do anything about it,
Oh no, time can't do anything about it.
 
Sometimes I want to die, as soon as spring is here
I always believe that I'm cured as soon as spring goes away.
But I feel the burning pain that hugs me
Like an old wound as soon as spring returns.
 
As soon as spring returns,
As soon as spring returns,
As soon as spring returns,
As soon as spring returns

Videos[]

Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Songs
"Non ho l'età" • "I Love the Little Things" • "Où sont-elles passées" • "Dès que le printemps revient" • "Le chant de Mallory" • "Warum nur, warum?" • "Laiskotellen" • "Spiral" • "Sangen om dig" • "Jij bent mijn leven" • "Près de ma rivière" • "Caracola" • "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" • "Oração" • "Život je sklopio krug" • "I miei pensieri"
Performers
Gigliola CinquettiMatt MonroRomualdHugues AufrayRachelUdo JürgensLasse MårtensonArne BendiksenBjørn TidmandAnneke GrönlohRobert CogoiLos TNTNora NovaAntónio CalvárioSabahudin KurtAnita Traversi