Eurovision 1963 Switzerland:
Esther Ofarim - "T'en Va Pas"
T'en vas pas
Je n'ai pas su trouver les mots pour te garder
Mais je pense tout bas
T'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas
Quand je parlais trop fort à travers et à tort
Ce n'était pas ma voix
T'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas
Au plus noir de l'été, quand l'orage est tombé
Refleurissent les bois
T'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas
Si ton cœur et ton corps se souviennent encore
Une dernière fois
T'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas
L'amour a fait parfois tomber les forteresses
La mort a fait parfois se trouver les vivants
Ma joie et ma détresse, parties avec le vent
Revenez-moi, toi, je t'attends
Toi, mon pain, mon soleil, qui volas mon sommeil
Avec toi, rends-le moi
T'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas
Si ton cœur et ton corps se souviennent encore
Une dernière fois
T'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas, t'en vas pas
Et si ma voix t'arrive là-bas
Reviens sur tes pas, sur tes pas, sur tes pаs
Revienѕ-moi
Don't leave
I couldn't find the words to keep you
But I'm thinking to myself
Don't leave, don't leave, don't leave, don't leave
When I was talking a lot of nonsense
It wasn't my voice
Don't leave, don't leave, don't leave, don't leave
In the darkest of summer, when the storm has fallen
The forests bloom again
Don't leave, don't leave, don't leave, don't leave
If your heart and your body still remember
A last time
Don't leave, don't leave, don't leave, don't leave
Love sometimes made fortresses fall down
Death sometimes made the living find themselves
My joy and my sadness, gone with the wind
Come back to me, you, I'm waiting for you
You, my bread, my sun, that stole my sleep
With you, give it back to me
Don't leave, don't leave, don't leave, don't leave
If your heart and your body still remember
A last time
Don't leave, don't leave, don't leave, don't leave
And if my voice arrives there with you
Retrace your steps, your steps, your stepѕ
Come bаck to me
ARTIST
- Esther OfarimReal name: Esther Zaied
COMPOSER
- Géo Voumard
- Switzerland 1962: Le Retour (composer)
- Switzerland 1961: Nous Aurons Demain (composer)
- Switzerland 1957: L'enfant Que J'étais (composer)
- Switzerland 1956: Refrain (composer)
LYRICIST
- Émile Gardaz
- Switzerland 1962: Le Retour (lyricist)
- Switzerland 1961: Nous Aurons Demain (lyricist)
- Switzerland 1957: L'enfant Que J'étais (lyricist)
- Switzerland 1956: Refrain (lyricist)
CONDUCTOR
- Eric Robinson
- United Kingdom 1965: I Belong (conductor)
- United Kingdom 1963: Say Wonderful Things (conductor)
- Luxembourg 1963: A Force De Prier (conductor)
- Netherlands 1963: Een Speeldoos (conductor)
- United Kingdom 1960: Looking High, High, High (conductor)
- Luxembourg 1960: So Laang We's Du Do Bast (conductor)
- United Kingdom 1959: Sing Little Birdie (conductor)
- United Kingdom 1957: All (conductor)
SPOKESPERSON
- Alexandre Burger
- Switzerland 1970: spokesperson
- Switzerland 1969: spokesperson
- Switzerland 1968: spokesperson
- Switzerland 1967: spokesperson
- Switzerland 1966: spokesperson
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- Switzerland 1964: spokesperson
- Switzerland 1962: spokesperson
COMMENTATORS
- Georges Hardy (French)
- Switzerland 1983: commentator
- Switzerland 1982: commentator
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- Switzerland 1965: commentator
- Switzerland 1964: commentator
- Switzerland 1962: commentator
- Switzerland 1956: commentator
- Theodor Haller (German)
- Switzerland 1983: commentator
- Switzerland 1982: commentator
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- Switzerland 1970: commentator
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- Switzerland 1961: commentator
- Switzerland 1960: commentator
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- Switzerland 1958: commentator