Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Je n'ai que les yeux pour toi
English translation:
I Only Have Eyes for You
Added to glossary by
Fuad Yahya
Oct 28, 2001 18:09
22 yrs ago
French term
jess
Je n'ai que les yeux pour toi
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
what does this mean?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | I Only Have Eyes for You |
Fuad Yahya
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| 5 +1 | I have eyes for only you... |
Kateabc
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| 5 +1 | I only have eyes for you |
FrAngXL
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| 5 | Je n'ai que les yeux pour toi |
schnampfe
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| 5 | I only have eyes for you |
JLA
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Change log
Feb 1, 2006 00:23: Fuad Yahya changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Poetry & Literature"
Feb 1, 2006 00:23: Fuad Yahya changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Proposed translations
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I Only Have Eyes for You
A Frank Sinatra song; words by Warren/Dubin:
My love must be a kind of blind love
I can't see anyone but you
And dear, I wonder if you find love
An optical illusion, too?
Are the stars out tonight?
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
'Cause I only have eyes for you, dear
The moon may be high
But I can't see a thing in the sky
'Cause I only have eyes for you.
I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here, so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all disappear from view
And I only have eyes for you
My love must be a kind of blind love
I can't see anyone but you
And dear, I wonder if you find love
An optical illusion, too?
Are the stars out tonight?
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
'Cause I only have eyes for you, dear
The moon may be high
But I can't see a thing in the sky
'Cause I only have eyes for you.
I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here, so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all disappear from view
And I only have eyes for you
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+1
9 mins
I have eyes for only you...
This is actually French, and it means that somebody is in love/lust with only the person they are speaking to.
Something interesting I found on the web:
"At times, adverbs can be placed (almost) anywhere with equivalent effect. But sometimes meaning can be affected by what they modify (generally the word that immediately follows).
[Only I have eyes for you. (No one else has eyes for you.)]
[I only have eyes for you. (I have them but I don't hold them, sell them, or do anything else with them.)]
[I have only eyes for you. (. . . no ears, nose or throat)]
[I have eyes only for you. (. . . not with you, to you or against you, among other things)]
[I have eyes for only you. (not for anyone else)]
[I have eyes for you only. (Moot. Could be considered to mean "I have eyes for you alone," as opposed to you in combination with anyone or anything else, but commonly taken as equivalent to "I have eyes for only you.")]"
Good luck!
Something interesting I found on the web:
"At times, adverbs can be placed (almost) anywhere with equivalent effect. But sometimes meaning can be affected by what they modify (generally the word that immediately follows).
[Only I have eyes for you. (No one else has eyes for you.)]
[I only have eyes for you. (I have them but I don't hold them, sell them, or do anything else with them.)]
[I have only eyes for you. (. . . no ears, nose or throat)]
[I have eyes only for you. (. . . not with you, to you or against you, among other things)]
[I have eyes for only you. (not for anyone else)]
[I have eyes for you only. (Moot. Could be considered to mean "I have eyes for you alone," as opposed to you in combination with anyone or anything else, but commonly taken as equivalent to "I have eyes for only you.")]"
Good luck!
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
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Nina Engberg
: Yes, I think that you covered most bases there.
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I had to look up correct position of the adverb and stumbled across the above. I liked it!
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athena22
: This is all correct, AND YET, the Frank Sinatra way (below) is how we actually say it.
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I agree - we do say it Frank's way too.
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FrAngXL
: I only have eyes for you, as in the Sinatra song
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Both are correct.
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12 hrs
I only have eyes for you
"Je n'ai que les yeux pour toi" is terrible French, translated literally from the English "I only have eyes for you", which is the title and first line of a popular song.
Peer comment(s):
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Henri (X)
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