Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?
"Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?" is a French popular song, with music by Léo Chauliac and Charles Trenet and lyrics by Charles Trenet. A version of the song with English lyrics entitled "I Wish You Love" is recognizable by the opening line "I wish you bluebirds, in the spring".
Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?
French publication's cover containing the musical score and lyrics edited in 1942.
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly 1,000 songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These songs include "Boum!" (1938), "La Mer" (1946) and "Nationale 7" (1955). Trenet is noted for his work with musicians Michel Emer and Léo Chauliac, with whom he recorded "Y'a d'la joie" (1938) for the first and "La Romance de Paris" (1941) and "Douce France" (1947) for the latter. He was awarded an Honorary Molière Award in 2000.
Trenet in concert at Delorimier Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 24 July 1946
Charles Trenet. La mer (78 rpm Columbia)
The house where Charles Trenet was born, in Narbonne (Aude), France, now opened to visitors
Trenet at the first Printemps de Bourges in 1977