A2 · Episode 4 · 1:50
Cupid, the Love God
This episode features a French song about Cupid accidentally pricking himself with his own arrow, causing him to abandon his duty of spreading love—raising poetic reflections on love, illusion, and human relationships.
Source：Yves Fourneau · License：CC BY-SA 4.0
Transcript
Il distribue l'amour encore et toujours, même pour l'âme
He distributes love again and again, even to the
la plus riche.
richest soul.
Il sème le bonheur en réveillant les cœurs à l'aide de son
He sows happiness by awakening hearts with his
arc et ses flèches.
bow and arrows.
mais ce soir une méprise distraction ou surprise il ne
But tonight, a misunderstanding, distraction, or surprise—
s'en remettra jamais Cupidon s'est piqué lui même pas exprès,
Cupid accidentally pricked himself,
il vivra heureux et en paix.
and he’ll never recover—he’ll live happily and peacefully.
Mais pour sa mission, nous le regretterons,
Yet for his mission, we’ll regret it:
il ne s'intéressera plus à nous.
he’ll no longer care about us.
jusqu'à la fin du monde l'amour
Until the end of the world, the love that floods us
qui nous inonde n'existera plus du tout
will vanish entirely.
Et pourtant on verra qui se donne le bras
Yet people will still see
tant d'amoureux dans les rues.
so many lovers walking arm-in-arm in the streets.
Tu n'es qu'une illusion, vieux recule, Cupidon, ton absence passera
You’re just an illusion, old man—step back! Cupid, your absence will go unnoticed.
inaperçue.
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