Ne Me Quitte Pas

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"Ne Me Quitte Pas"
Henry Padovani's CD I Love Today
Recorded by both Sting & Henry Padovani
Released: 1991-MM-DD (Sting)

2016-09-02 (Henry Padovani)

Recorded: YYYY
Length: 3:35 (Sting)

4:42 (Henry Padovani)

Album(s): I Love Today (Henry Padovani)
Label(s): A&M (Sting)

Repertoire Records (Henry Padovani)

Writer(s): Jacques Brel
Producer(s): Sting & Kim Turner (Sting)

Mark St. John (Henry Padovani)

Studio(s): live version (Sting)

Smokehouse Studios (Henry Padovani)

Released as single? B-SIDE (Sting)

NO (Henry Padovani)

"Ne Me Quitte Pas" is a song written by Jacques Brel and recorded by Sting in YYYY and by Henry Padovani in YYYY.

About the song

Henry Padovani: "I used to live in Amsterdam. And I remember one day being in a 'brown bar' and hearing that song sung by Jacques Brel in the Flemish language. And people were totally inspired by it. It struck me that Jacques Brel, who I had then only heard sing in French, was not only a poet for the beautiful words he put together but also for the deep meaning they conveyed. That is true poetry. The English version is too sentimental and doesn't carry the desperation Jacques Brel implied in the song."

Personnel

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Release History

Albums

Ne Me Quitte Pas appears on the following album releases:

Cover art Album title Catalog no. Release country Format Release date
I Love Today CD cover.jpg I Love Today REPUK 1297 Europe CD 2016-09-02

Singles

CD Singles

Cover art Catalog no. Songs Release date Release country
Stub.gif PCDY-10025 "SONG / SONG YYYY-MM-DD Country

7" Singles

Cover art Catalog no. A-side song/B-side song Release date Release country
Stub.gif AM 390 796-7 " Why Should I Cry For You? / Ne Me Quitte Pas (live) 1991-MM-DD Germany

12" Singles

Cover art Catalog no. A-side song(s)/B-side song(s) Release date Release country
Stub.gif Catalog no. "A-side song"/"B-side song" (add more songs as necessary) YYYY-MM-DD Country

Video

"SONG TITLE" appears on the following video and dvd releases:

Cover art Video title Release date Release country
Stub.gif Video or dvd title YYYY-MM-DD Country

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Year Winner Award Category
YYYY WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Nominations

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Year Nominee Award Category
YYYY NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Certifications

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Country Certifier Classification Certification
COUNTRY CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...) CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...) CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Lyrics

Ne me quitte pas il faut oublier
Tout peut s'oublier qui senfuit déjà
Oublier le temps des malentendus
Et le temps perdu à savoir comment
Oublier ces heures qui tuaient parfois
A coups de pourquoi le cœur du bonheur
Ne me quitte pas 

Moi je t'offrirai des perles de pluie
Venues de pays où il ne pleut pas
Je creuserai la terre jusqu'après ma mort
Pour couvrir ton corps d'or et de lumière
Je ferai un domaine où l'amour sera roi
Où l'amour sera loi, où tu seras reine
Ne me quitte pas

Ne me quitte pas je t'inventerai des mots insensés
Que tu comprendras, je te parlerai
De ces amants là qui ont vu deux fois
Leur cœur s'embraser
Je te raconterai l'histoire de ce roi mort de n'avoir pas
Te raconterai
Ne me quitte pas

On a vou souvent rejaillir le feu
De l'ancien volcan qu'on croyait trop vieux
Il est, paraît-il, des terres brulées donnant plus de blé
Qu'un meilleur avril
Et quand vient le soir pour qu'un ciel flamboie
Le rouge et le noir ne s'épousent ils pas
Ne me quitte pas 

Ne me quitte pas
Je ne vais plus pleurer
Je ne vais plus parler
Je me cacherai là à te regarder
Danser et sourire  et à  t'écouter
Chanter et puis rire
Laisse-moi devenir l'ombre de ton ombre
L'ombre de ta main l'ombre de ton chien
Ne me quitte pas

Quotations and trivia

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Alternative and cover versions

See also

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External links

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References

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