St. Martin, Si Jolie Original recording by Arno Peterson St. Maarten with the R.C. Church Choir of Marigot, featuring soloists Rev. Gerard Kemps and Léléne. Written by Rev. Gerard Kemps.
Recorded along with O Sweet St. Maartin Land in 1980, this French song is different lyrically and musically, but also celebrates the island.
St. Martin, Si Jolie
Trouvez-moi une perle si chère,
comme l’île Saint-Martin en mer,
chaîne de mornes et vallées;
riche de plages bien dorées
qui donnent la paix, donnent le repos
dans ses mornes et toutes ses eaux.
Chœur (refrain) :
Saint-Martin, Saint-Martin,
Si jolie en tous ses coins. (bis)
Quel charme ses flamboyants,
leur fleurs un enchantement,
tout un bouquet de flammes vives.
Quand le soleil ici arrive,
donnant splendeur, montrant beauté,
Quel éclat de tous cotés.
Sa cime “le Pic Paradis”,
ravit les touristes ici,
d’où sa verdure fait merveille;
un panorama sans pareil,
voyant les plaines, voyant la mer,
colorées en bleu et vert.
Le vol de ses pélicans,
gracieux et si élégants
quand ils plannent haut en l’air,
quand ils plongent dans la mer;
Dites-moi l’endroit, où on les voit,
lorsqu’ils fondent sur leur proies
Son nom toujours Saint-Martin
rest’ra dans l’histoire sans fin,
Christophe Colomb l’a découverte,
lui a donné son nom si cher,
Dieu protecteur, Dieu de bonté,
garde-la bien en prospérité !
Lyrics in English:
Find me a pearl so dear,
as the island of St. Martin in the sea,
chain of hills and valleys;
rich golden brown beaches
giving peace, give the rest
in its bleak and all its waters.
Chorus:
St. Martin, St. Martin,
So pretty in all its corners.(repeat)
What his flamboyant charm,
their enchanting flowers,
a whole bunch of flames.
When the sun comes here,
giving splendor, showing beauty,
What splendor on all sides.
Its top “Pic Paradis”,
delights tourists here,
hence its green works wonders;
an unparalleled panorama,
Seeing the plains, seeing the sea,
colored blue and green.
Flight of its pelicans,
graceful and elegant
when they hover high into the air,
when they dive into the sea;
Tell me the place where we see them,
when based on their prey
His name always St. Martin
Will in the never ending story,
Christopher Columbus discovered it,
gave it its name so dear,
Patron god, God of goodness,
guard it well in prosperity!
Hello.
There is another song about Saint Martin which I really like and is from Ambassador Junior Lion called “Soualiga “.