French term
chagrin d'amour
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Proposed translations
to be unhappy in love
I don't think one should read too much into this; yes, it MIGHT be the end of a love affair, grief for a love lost, etc. — but it might just as easily be 'un coup de blues' for not being in love, or for the idol not loving back...
Keep it simple and don't over interpret is what I suggest here.
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Yes, absolutely! 'boyfriend trouble' is ideal (well, except for the fact that it COULD be girlfriend trouble...), if this isn't a poetic register.
I don't like heartache for the reason that it might just be homesickness or something else, not just 'problems in love' — and as you say, many of the other variants risk being too specific.
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Susan Spier (X)
: I like your idea of keeping it general here. However the reference to the the song would not then be apt. "chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie...
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Thanks, Bluebird! Well, I've been 'generally unhappy in love' all my life, so I feel it is very apt!
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mistahara (X)
: Absolutely, if this is the context, if the girl has some "love issues", not yet a broken heart :)
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Thanks, Mista!
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grief of love or love's chagrin
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Tony M
: Basically, because it has a slightly different meaning in EN from in FR
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Thanks Tony:-) anyway
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Christina Keating (X)
: I prefer love's chagrin...broken heart is ok, I suppose it depends on how poetic one wishes to be.
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Thanks Cristina:-) I agree with your comment
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heartache, broken heart
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I love you as always and I'm yearning
In my thoughts for just one thing alone,
Soon to ease my heartache by returning
To our humble low-roofed country home.
Sergei Esenin
Proud of My Broken Heart
PROUD of my broken heart since thou didst break it,
Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee,
Proud of my night since thou with moons dost slake it,
Not to partake thy passion, my humility.
by Emily Dickinson.
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Jenny Duthie
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Thank you!
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Hi, Julie et merci!
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Thanks, Victoria!
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Thank you, Valeska!
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unhappy love affair /disappointment in love /grieving for love lost
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Carol Gullidge
: the first 2 are in my trusty Collins Robert!
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thank you carol
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the pain of loving
love troubles
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Melissa McMahon
: Yes, it sounds like a fairly prosaic context that more dramatic options might not suit
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Thanks, Melissa.
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romantic setback
Obviously there are many options, some sounding quite prosaic and 'detached': problems, difficulty(ies), setback in her love-life, and so on.
Why not put the word 'setback' together with your suggested 'romantic'?
the pangs of love / the pangs of young love
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does it sound poetic enough. anyhow this is the expression i have come across in romantic novels
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Tony M
: This is a good solution too, though I feel it runs the risk of being TOO poetic...
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lovesick
This allows for all sorts of symptoms and not just heart-ache or broken heart.
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