My father sang this song to my mother, when he came home from work. My mother died young, she was only 49 years old. Today is her birthday.

@realpokefar5988

3 ай бұрын

❤

@karika4633

23 күн бұрын

Paix à son âme 🙏😢🥰🥰🥰🥰♥️💚💙❤️❤️❤️

Every time I play this, I feel goosebumps. I'm honoured to owe my name to this song and this oh so talented artist. Never have I seen anyone sing with this much visible emotion

@tarquinmidwinter2056

Жыл бұрын

My daughter owes her name to this song too.

@ezandman6804

Жыл бұрын

...daar denkt Jef toch net anders over. Salut

@jean-paulclaustres8496

Жыл бұрын

C'est une connerie ..encore une de plus !

@dangaines405

11 ай бұрын

“Ay, Marieke, Marieke, le ciel flamande”! The passion and talent that Jacques Brel had when singing will never be duplicated!

@ririke06

9 ай бұрын

Me too 😊

Living in Belgium, I have no feeling of national coherence whatsoever. But this song brings me tears, and gives me a sense of unity. It brings me a feeling of nostalgia of a time I wasn't even alive.

@mpspuij

7 жыл бұрын

Living in Zeeland, the Netherlands does also not give me the feeling of being dutch. I feel more close to the places around me, Zeeland en Vlaanderen (Zeeuws en Belgisch). Ik heb niks met Holland. Jacques Brell was also before my time, my parents did not play his music. I am glad I got to know him together with other great singers from that time.

@PatrickSullivan-6462266133

6 жыл бұрын

welcome to the club!

@ForgiveAllOfUs

6 жыл бұрын

We can have multiple identities... Living in french speaking belgium, I feel human, european, wallon, then belgian, in that order...

@razzmatazz1974

5 жыл бұрын

I am Argentinian of French and Belgian descent. These songs remind me of my beloved grandparents. They used to play LP records in their living room and at family gatherings. I miss them so much.

@thorn_in_the_crown

5 жыл бұрын

I'm crying too and I don't even know what he's saying.

No one on this planet could sing or write a song like Brel. He put every fibre of his being into each performance -- as if his life depended on it. Il est mon heros.

@mpspuij

7 жыл бұрын

That is why he always will live on. His songs are part of my life.

@progranma2864

7 жыл бұрын

Hello - I love Jacques Brel. I advice you Peter Hammill - he is too a incredible poet and singer. (For example, he sings in the songs "A House With No Door" of Van Der Graaf Generator, "Still Life" of Van Der Graaf Generator, "Forsaken Garden" of Peter Hammill, "Refugees" of Van Der Graaf Generator, "Betrayed" of Peter Hammill) Have a nice day

@48Amalia

3 жыл бұрын

Le plus grand poete-interpret de langue française, ce lui qui aurait merite un Nobel pour literature, et aussi pour la paix. Un grand etre humain.

@Ironingbrd

3 жыл бұрын

don't be so sure...

@peterbyrne178

3 жыл бұрын

I agree fully Jacques Brel was a truly unique writer and performer and an immense talent.. His work will live on forever

Je ne comprends pas un seul mot de flammand et je n'ai jamais été en Belgique, mais quel homme les gars, quel homme...

Des frissons à chaque fois que ce chef d’œuvre s'ouvre à moi ! Non Jacques, tu n'es pas mort ...

@pudzicowkurwialudzi

14 күн бұрын

C'est vrai, je suis Polonaise, mais j'adore chansons de monsier Jacques. Je parles francais en pue. Sorry for my bad french, but tomorrow i will go to Belgium to work.

Jacques Brel, kampioen dictie en timing, onovertroffen, een ware kunstenaar!

At 67 yrs, today this song popped into my head for no reason. I recall hearing it as a child (on the radio). Haven't heard it for almost 5 decades. Decided to try looking it up and here I am. Had no clue it was in Flemish. And then of course I had to look up the lyrics. An empassioned love song. I am a bit freaked out about the sudden memory of this tune from long ago though. Eerie. 🥺

Une des plus belles chansons de Jacques Brel !!

Non seulement magnifique chanson qui me fait pleurer mais j'aime beaucoup la façon de bouger de Jacques Brel. Quelle grâce !

Brel, BREL, B R E L et après, le désert ! Cet homme est un génie ! Respect absolu

Geht mir das Herz auf. Er war der Beste. Liebe das Lied

c'est superbe.....Brel était un génie , certainement le plus grand de la chanson avec Brassens !

Exceptionnel chanteur et chanson egalement....merci Mr Brel.

Greatest song of lost love, longing and homesickness in any language.

Toen het nummer net uit was, hoorde ik het op de radio. Ik was tien en kon het volgen, die man zong in het Vlaams. De meeste amusementsmuziek toen was Engels/Amerikaans of Duits. Ik was zó onder de indruk... En nog steeds.

Un Génie Brel pour toujours !

Il y a plusieurs versions de cette sublime musique mais celle la donne des frissons ✌️✌️❤️❤️

Peut-être faut-il quelqu'un comme Jacques Brel pour réunir les Belges de Virton à Knokke-Heist parce qu'au moins là tout le monde est d'accord, dommage qu'il soit parti...

@jrsblue

2 жыл бұрын

Je pense qu'il faut juste un Sjaak Bral

@susannejakobsen6409

Жыл бұрын

❤😂pleure avec 🎉 ☮️❤️ Love moi....min Flanders Land

Cette chanson me toujours fait pleurer.

so powerful makin me cry - thank you Jacques one of the true greats - your music will live on after I'm gone too ,Austin Durack

des frissons a chaque fois que j écoute le grand Jacques

@patrickfavier2892

5 жыл бұрын

Moi aussi ,depuis toujours...

Brel's music will outlive my great grandchildren

Many of Brel's songs I could sing in English. Although I didn't know French, Brel's enunciation of this song, both the French and Flemish, I readily learned by ear. Over cold winter in the mid-70's on my first visit to Paris, my friend convinced me to sing at his local bistro on the Left Bank. I sang in English but didn't garner much attention, not even the Brel songs. I then launched into "Marieke" just as Brel sings it here, without looking up. I figured I was probably mangling the French. I'm a powerful singer-not quite the energy Brel has here-but the verve in this song just builds to that wonderful crescendo at the end. When I finished, for a just moment you could have heard a pin drop. Then came a tremendous applause. But of course, they wanted more French songs but I'd none to give. Sigh...

@smorgasbroad1132

Жыл бұрын

Ken B, That's a wonderful story. I enjoyed reading it-as you have a lovely way of relaying your experience in words. I too did quite a lot of singing (not professionally) back in the 70's. Good times and fond memories. Thanks for sharing yours.

immer noch sooo schön ! Merci M Brel !

Une chanson ,qui fait chaud au coeur .

Könnte diesen Song ewig hören

In belgie geboren en getogen. Heb me hier nooit welcome gevoeld of thuis gevoeld. Maar dit liedje brengt zoveel nostalgie en liefde !♡

@wiebeest

5 ай бұрын

Hier Nederlander, zelfde gevoel. Beetje zoals Ramses Shaffy.

@LizelBekker

5 ай бұрын

@@wiebeestWaarom voel jy nie welkom in jou geboorteland. Eks 'n Afrikaner Boer in Suid Afrika en sukkel om dit te verstaan, dis tog 'n land waar jy as 'n volwaardige burger erken word, al dan nie?

Oh Marieke, Marieke, I loved you so much Between the towers of Bruges and Ghent Oh Marieke, Marieke, long ago Between the towers of Bruges and Ghent Without love, warm love The wind blows, the stupid wind Without love, warm love The ocean cries, the grey ocean Without love, warm love The light suffers, the dark light And the sand scours my country My flat country, my Flanders Oh Marieke, Marieke, the Flemish sky The colour of the towers between Bruges and Ghent Oh Marieke, Marieke, the Flemish sky Cries with me from Bruges to Ghent Without love, warm love The wind blows “IT’S OVER” Without love, warm love The ocean cries “ALREADY OVER” Without love, warm love The light suffers, “EVERYTHING IS OVER” And the sand scours my country My flat country, my Flanders Oh Marieke, Marieke, the Flemish sky Did it weigh too much from Bruges to Ghent? Oh Marieke, Marieke, on your twenty years I loved that so much, from Bruges to Ghent Without love, warm love The devil laughs, the black devil Without love, warm love My heart burns, my old heart Without love, warm love The summer dies, the sad summer And the sand scours my country My flat country, my Flanders Oh Marieke, Marieke, rewind the time Rewind the time back to Bruges and Ghent Oh Marieke, Marieke, rewind the time Where you loved me, from Bruges to Ghent Oh Marieke, Marieke, often at night Between the towers of Bruges and Ghent Oh Marieke, Marieke, all ponds Open their/your arms for me from Bruges to Ghent From Bruges to Ghent, from Bruges to Ghent… Beautiful song that takes on so much more after reading a translation of the lyrics.

@conniekehrer2952

9 жыл бұрын

Casey Malone I just discovered this song today. Kendra Kassenbaum's performance at ACT in Seattle took my breath away. Thank you for the translation. Very much appreciated.

@caseymalone3402

9 жыл бұрын

No Problem! Beautiful song and beautiful translation!

@salvadorlopez5108

8 жыл бұрын

+Connie Kehrer Dont speak french but da na d tran s la tiooon

@aliengirl6836

6 жыл бұрын

thank you for the translation

@raqib56

6 жыл бұрын

great jaques Brel ......

Unsterblich! Jacques Brel, ein Jahrhundertkünstler so geliebt!

@mariekefalke4735

5 жыл бұрын

Helen Sulzer Der Meinung ist meine Mutter auch, darum benannte sie mich nach diesem Stück :-)

I've never been to Bruges or Gand and I can't understand half the words (the ones in Flemish) but none of that matters because this is the greatest love song I've ever heard. Brel was an amazing talent!

@user-xk7ev3lx7b

2 ай бұрын

You should put it on your bucket list, Bruges is the most amazing place because of his midievel authentic style, Ghent is also a very nice place to visit , Brussels and Antwerp should also be on the list.

This is one of the most beautiful songs ever!!!

I'm a fan of Jacques Bel. My french teacher came from Brussels and introduced to this artist.

Magnifique artiste magnifique chanson

L'une des plus belles chansons du grand Jacques.......

trés belle chanson ...

Of course he spoke both languages fluently as many people from Brussels did in his time. French/Flemish...who cares. His heart gushes out with such passion it captivates one.

@paulberckmans1288

6 жыл бұрын

He was from Ghent,... in the Flemish part of Belgium.

@erwinkuen3653

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Berckmans neen hij was van Brussel.

@galaxia4709

5 жыл бұрын

@@paulberckmans1288 Flemish speaking region. My whole family is bilingual, and it's how Belgium was. It's quite misleading to say it would be because he was from BXL.

@liseloupal7286

5 жыл бұрын

non il est né à Schàerbeek fàubourg de Bruxelles !

@r.v.b.4153

4 жыл бұрын

His roots are (at least partially) in West Flanders. He didn't have his roots in Brussels. He spoke French natively as part of the bourgeoisie and didn't speak a Dutch dialect nor the standard language of Dutch fluently. He did speak it to some extent though and made songs in Dutch, for which I really respect him.

Ruk my Afrikaanse hart...! So mooi, so diep. Dankie vir die deel!!

The most beautiful song ever!

One of the most beautiful songs ever written in my opinion and when Elly Stone sang it during the show in the 1960's it made my heart hurt. Do translate the words when you can... Brel was a genius..

@Wilbtube

2 жыл бұрын

In French Aw, Marieke, Marieke I loved you so Between the towers of Bruges and Ghent Aw, Marieke, Marieke So long ago Between the towers of Bruges and Ghent in Dutch Without love, without hot love Wind will blow, the stupid wind Without love, without hot love Sea will weap, the grim grey sea Without love, without hot love Light will ail, the gloomy light And sand will scour all over the land My low, flat land, my Flemish land in French Aw, Marieke, Marieke, The Flemish sky Toned like the towers of Bruges and Ghent Aw, Marieke, Marieke, The Flemish sky Weaps just like me from Bruges to Ghent in Dutch and (in French) Without love, without hot love Wind will blow (it is gone) Without love, without hot love Sea will weap (it is long gone) Without love, without hot love Light will ail (all is gone) And sand will scour all over the land My low, flat land, my Flemish land in French Aw, Marieke, Marieke, The Flemish sky Was it too much from Bruges to Ghent, Aw, Marieke, Marieke, to bear for one so young I loved from Bruges to Ghent?* (*literally: Did the sky weigh too heavily on your 20 years, whom I loved from Bruges to Ghent?) in Dutch Without love, without hot love, The Devil laughs, the black-hued Devil, Without love, without hot love, My heart's aflame, my aging heart, Without love, without hot love, The summer dies, the dreary summer, And sand will scour all over the land My low, flat land, my Flemish land in French Aw, Marieke, Marieke, Go back in time Go back in time to Bruges and Ghent** (**literally: may the time return of Bruges and Ghent) Aw, Marieke, Marieke Go back in time to our love*** (***literally: may the time return when you loved me from B to G) from Bruges to Ghent Aw, Marieke, Marieke, On many an eve between the towers of Bruges and Ghent Aw Marieke, Marieke, All waters run To open their arms from Bruges to Ghent from Bruges to Ghent from Bruges to Ghent etc...

Een prachtig gevoelige zanger. 👍❤️👋

Love this, can't get enough

Geweldige zanger onze noorderbuur. Eenzame hoogte en ontroerend mooi

I love this song, I love Jacques Brel, period. and this is coming from an American 8th grader!!!

@Neoproxy_

3 жыл бұрын

very nice

@martinevensen406

Жыл бұрын

Great tell all your American friends about him

Ein singender Gott

Die Legende, einzigartig

Surement l'une de ses plus belles chansons....

@franckpepin7825

4 жыл бұрын

c'est une très belle chanson remplie d'émotion et cette terre est tellement regrettable! ça vous dirait de faire plus ample connaissance si cela ne vous pose aucun souci? je suis de Saint-jean du Var vous connaissez? Passez une très journée .

@aboukamel1975

2 жыл бұрын

Toutes ses chansons sont belles sans exception aucune

❤🇧🇪 with love from Bruges

Eins meiner Lieblingslieder. Auch in der Version von Klaus Hoffmann.

Que cancion bella!

Both of my grandmothers used to sing this to me: today I only think of them when I hear my name.

@fibonaccisusan

3 жыл бұрын

I sang this to a girl once in 1984 - she never looked at me again

what a beautiful song!...good memories.

Magnifique!!!

Listening Jacques Brel means a lot of tears! I’am French and his lyrics are just awesome like no one else! It was the only one who played with the language of Molière 😭😭😭

I first became aware of him when I saw "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" @the Village Gate in Greenwich Village in 1969 and was blown away by the songs, eventually getting his albums. Beautiful and emotionally draining singer.

Jacques Brel bleibt einzigartig. Seine Musik, seine Texte ... Aus heutiger Sicht geradezu rührend der Auftritt. Im Hintergrund eine Treppe (kein Mensch weiß, wozu die da ist), davor ein wie ein Tanzbär seine Arme schlenkernder Brel. Heutzutage würde man ihn wohl ganz anders "performen". Zum Glück bleiben uns Jacques Brel und seine Zeit in Erinnerung anhand der alten Aufzeichnungen. Bitte, lasst sie ruhen, ich meine, so bleiben, wie sie sind. Keine Reanimationen oder andere Grässlichkeiten.

Une de mes préférées ❤❤

ik in 1964 geboren, en jij Jacques Brel gaat er uit,,,,,, ne me quitte pass, maar je verliet me wel Brel...

Pourquoi cette chanson me fait autant pleurer :( :( :(

Insanely beautiful

❤❤ TRE' BELLE

Je n'aimais pas mon prénom jeune, mais là j'adore, rare et super beau :D !

@melonsquette

9 жыл бұрын

Marieke espana yes beautiful

@Kildamia

8 жыл бұрын

+Marieke espana j'avoue moi aussi :'(

@titouv991

6 жыл бұрын

Ma Rieke oui je t'aime mareike 👀💙

@polherverolland

3 жыл бұрын

C'est un très beau prénom , a vrai dire je l'ai découvert avec Brel.

@lavinial4864

2 жыл бұрын

Il est magnifique votre prénom ❤️

Totally awesome

Just simply wonderful...

A bloody marvel !

I love life but despite saying tragedy is glorious I love glory and for as long as I live I will desire greater magnitudes!!@!

ma mère est belge-flamande ; j'essaie d'apprendre de flamand , mais je le trouve difficile ! dommage ! je vais encore essayer ... je suis revenue sur son lieu de naissance à Rumbèke ( Flandres occidentales) : il s'y trouve un château original ! amitiés à toute la Belgique :une franco-belge : Monica40

I'm totally ignorant of him, and I am now OBSESSED after hearing/seeing this. OMG, he's f'ing amazing!

@geoffreydepre5367

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to Stromae, also a Belgian who thinks of Brel as a big example.

Ich liebe dieses Lied

Mon père voulait m'appeler Marieke, quel honneur ! malheureusement ce n'est pas mon prénom, ils ont changé d'avis dommage !

@mariekefalke4735

5 жыл бұрын

marieke anna 🌹

@TheMariekeJackson

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariekefalke4735 Marieke Falke

Sensational æternal Golden Classical Standard......BRAVO from Acapulco!

@steveegallo3384

6 ай бұрын

....and even GREAER now.....from Mexico City!

After listening to this I always want to take a trip to Bruges and Ghent

I am dutch and my name is marieke:)

@galaxia4709

9 жыл бұрын

Too bad you still don't have anything to do with Jacques Brel, classy Belgium nor this song. Besides, MarieKE is a Belgian name, see? Also, Marie is a Roman-Catholic name, so you got that from Belgium too. May I quote a countryman of yours at another Brel video: "Lets make a deal with the Belgians to posthumously declare Jaques [spelled wrong] Brel a Dutchman.".... How dare you be so shockingly disrespectful towards Jacques Brel and the whole Belgian nation. The very fact you don't feel ashamed about all of these millions of "incidents" says it all. Poor Dutch, pretending to be Romanesque like the Belgians (meanwhile denying it from Belgium and being separatists first class), these days, still anti-french to the back of your bones. No matter how hard you try, you'll never become as classy and civilized as the Belgians, a history of over 2000 yrs of civilization with foundation in the Roman Empire made us the way we are.

@mariekevandorpe

9 жыл бұрын

Mine's too :D

@HoobaBros

9 жыл бұрын

Galaxia respect for what you are, sir. Greets and love from kingdom Belgium. :)

@nickvandrepol3

8 жыл бұрын

+Galaxia I'm afraid that I don't follow

@bas8116

6 жыл бұрын

+Galaxia National borders that go back a couple of years have no meaning you fool. It is language through which the roots of culture run. Dutch, Flemish its in the embrace of language that we are united, a bond which nationalism can't break.

Merci Grand Jacques

One of my favorites

Una delle più belle canzoni di Brel

@aboukamel1975

2 жыл бұрын

Oui très belle chanson

Puisse cette vidéo rester longtemps sur youtube.

Ay Marieke, Marieke je t'aimais tant Entre les tours de Bruges et Gand Ay Marieke, Marieke il why a longtemps Entre les tours de Bruges et Gand Zonder liefde warme liefde Waait de wind de stomme wind Zonder liefde warme liefde Weent de zee de grijze zee Zonder liefde warme liefde Lijdt het licht het donk're licht En schuurt het zand over mijn land Mijn platte land mijn Vlaanderland Ay Marieke, Marieke le ciel flamand Couleur des tours de Bruges et Gand Ay Marieke, Marieke le ciel flamand Pleure avec moi de Bruges à Gand Zonder liefde warme liefde Waait de wind see'est fini Zonder liefde warme liefde Weent de zee déjà fini Zonder liefde warme liefde Lijdt het licht tout est fini En schuurt het zand over mijn land Mijn platte land mijn Vlaanderland Ay Marieke, Marieke le ciel flamand Pesait-il trop de Bruges à Gand Ay Marieke, Marieke sur tes vingt ans Que j'aimais tant de Bruges à Gand Zonder liefde warme liefde Lacht de duivel de zwarte duivel Zonder liefde warme liefde Brandt mijn hart mijn oude hart Zonder liefde warme liefde Sterft de zomer de droeve zomer En schuurt het zand over mijn land Mijn platte land mijn Vlaanderland Ay Marieke, Marieke revienne le temps Revienne le temps de Bruges et Gand Ay Marieke, Marieke revienne le temps Où tu m'aimais de Bruges à Gand Ay Marieke, Marieke le soir souvent Entre les tours de Bruges et Gand Ay Marieke, Marieke tous les étangs M'ouvrent leurs bras de Bruges à Gand De Bruges à Gand de Bruges à Gand Traduire en français

@jean-noeldabert9661

2 жыл бұрын

Simplement les paroles sont des chan sons en soi j adore Nos poètes français ! Merci de nous faire vivre de rêves !

geweldig !!

I love him what an artist!

une chanson qui n'a pas besoin de traduction / een lied dat geen vertaling behoeft!

Grand Pays la Belgique 👍❤️

Super!!!!!

God, why haven't You made all artists immortal!! Why dear God!

@arthurlecomte8950

6 жыл бұрын

Because dead artists are better than living artists

@erenaykaracan4628

4 жыл бұрын

he did...

Perfection ♡

Un bijou

je suis marieke! c'est un banger

Grand chanson!

Je pense que c'est vraiment ma préférée...

1981 à Gand, Caspar de Crayerstrrat! J'étais à l'Ecole Royale du Service Médical et j'avais 20 ans.

Extraordinary!

Ἀσφαλῶς, ναί, μοῦ ἀρέσει. Ἀπὸ τὰ πρῶτα δισκάκια τῆς νιότης μου...

De Brujas a Gante, he estado en ambos sitios tras la huella de Jaques Brel

J'adore.

Zonder liefde warme liefde, le ciel Flamand, pleur avec moi..., schitterend😀

Je trouve que c .est une des plus belle.

La Belgique est un grand pays et 2 language français et flamand... Amis aussi 👍 ❤️

Talent for the ages.

Ilooove this j'aime jb!!!

Super super super. Ik heet ook marieke en ik ben 8

@mariekewillems4099

8 жыл бұрын

nee ik ben 9

@mariekefalke4735

5 жыл бұрын

Ik ook😂

@mariam8353

4 жыл бұрын

me too

@jeanfrancoistournier5529

2 жыл бұрын

Moi Jean et j ai 3 mois...