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Seoul (Korean pronunciation: [sʌ.ul] ( listen), English /soʊl/), officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world. The Seoul National Capital Area is the world's second largest metropolitan area with over 25 million inhabitants, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Almost a quarter of South Koreans live in Seoul, half of South Koreans live in the metropolitan area, along with over 275,000 international residents.
Located in the Han River, Seoul has been a major settlement for over 2,000 years, with its foundation dating back to 18 B.C. when Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, established its capital in what is now south-east Seoul. It continued as the capital of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty and the Korean Empire. The Seoul National Capital Area is home to four UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Changdeokgung, Hwaseong Fortress, Jongmyo Shrine and the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty.
Don Juan (Spanish, or "Don Giovanni" in Italian) is a legendary, fictional libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors. El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra (The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest) by Tirso de Molina is a play set in the fourteenth century that was published in Spain around 1630. Evidence suggests it is the first written version of the Don Juan legend. Among the best known works about this character today are Molière's play Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre (1665), Byron's epic poem Don Juan (1821), José de Espronceda's poem El estudiante de Salamanca (1840) and José Zorrilla's play Don Juan Tenorio (1844). Along with Zorrilla's work (still performed every year on November 2nd throughout the Spanish-speaking world), arguably the best known version is Don Giovanni, an opera composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, first performed in Prague in 1787 (with Giacomo Casanova probably in the audience) and itself the source of inspiration for works by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Alexander Pushkin, Søren Kierkegaard, George Bernard Shaw and Albert Camus.
Dans le quartier des dames
Où l'homme a ses fantasmes
Là où le rêve prend sa forme
Pas besoin d'état d'âme
Pour vous conter le drame
De cet homme dans l'effort d'un corps à corps
Demande encore à l'autre corps et puis s'endort
Seul, oh seul, tout seul, oh oh seul
Seul, oh seul, tout seul, oh oh seul
L'homme seul s'imagine
Les scènes les plus intimes
Dans les bras d'une compagne
Puis il se touche en prime
Les bourses du sexe à films
Bourre et bourre et ratatam le corps de femme
Qui réclame le bien de l'âme et vit ce drame
Seul, oh seul, tout seul, oh oh seul
Seul, oh seul, tout seul, oh oh seul
Soudain le rêve cesse
La vérité l'agresse
A l'aube quand se lève le jour
Et l'homme au noble geste
Qui donnait ses caresses
Dans la souffrance de l'amour, espère toujours
Non sans humour, qu'à deux l'amour, ça rend moins sourd
Seul, oh seul, tout seul, oh oh seul