The girl who I will marry will have a heart so wise that in the hollow of her eyes my heart will want to tarry. The girl who will be mine will have skin so soft and tender, and when it comes December, her skin will be my wine.
Interpretation
The quote expresses deep admiration and longing for a partner with both wisdom and tenderness.
In this quote, Jacques Brel poetically illustrates his ideal vision of love, emphasizing the emotional depth and allure of a partner who possesses wisdom and sensitivity. The imagery used conveys a yearning for companionship that transcends physical attraction, suggesting that the essence of true love lies in the emotional and spiritual connection shared between partners.
In practice
In a wedding toast where you want to honor the couple's deep connection.
When you write a song, most of the words you use are in black and white, and then, from time to time, you use one that’s in color. These words in color are a part of ourselves, because we give them a meaning. If you like, we give them a third dimension.
I love you. I love you, but I’m turning to my verses and my heart is closing like a fist.
At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.
Love, in the eyes of the world, is either a carnal appetite or a vague fancy, which possession extinguishes or absence destroys. That is why it is commonly said, with a strange abuse of words, that passion does not endure.
If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true happiness and joy. Faith does not run counter to your highest ideals; on the contrary, it elevates and perfects those ideals. Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than Christ.
In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love. When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
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