
Benjamin Biolay
Chère inconnue lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:17
Chère Inconnue,
Dear Stranger,
Auriez-vous pris possession
Would you have taken possession
De ma vie, de ma vue,
Of my life, of my sight,
En terre inconnue
In an unknown land
Non?
No?
Chère Inconnue
Dear Stranger
Si vous saviez qu'un amour
If you knew that a love
Transi et déçu
Frozen and disappointed
Vibrait à votre insu
Was vibrating unbeknownst to you
Non?
No?
Chère Inconnue,
Dear Unknown,
Qui ne sortez jamais sans
Who never steps out without
Votre cher par-dessus
Your dear overcoat
L'auriez-vous choisi
Would you have chosen it
Non?
No?
Cette avenue,
This avenue,
Ce deux-pièce en ville avec vis à vue,
This two-piece in the city with a view in sight,
Qui fait de vous ma cible, ma belle ingénue,
That makes you my target, my lovely ingenue,
Toute de noir dévêtue
Fully dressed in black,
Déçu.
Disappointed.
Chère Inconnue,
Dear Stranger,
J'ignore votre état civil,
I don't know your marital status,
Née de père inconnu
Born of an unknown father
Au fond de la rue
At the end of the street
Non?
Right?
Chère Inconnue,
Dear Stranger,
J'enchaine aux fortes crayons
I’m bound by the bold pencils
Les éprises de vue,
Those who are captivated by sight,
De votre anatomie
Of your anatomy
Si j'avais su,
If I had known,
Que vous étiez facile, je serais venu,
If you were easy, I would have come,
Au lieu de cet imbécile, qui reste au dessus
Instead of this fool, who stays above
Tout de noir dévêtu
All dressed in black
Le sais-tu?
Do you know?
Chère Inconnue,
Dear Unknown,
Je veux tes bas couleur chair
I want your nude stockings
Je veux ta peau écrue,
I want your raw skin,
Pour la vie entière
For my whole life
Non.
No.
Chère Inconnue,
Dear Unknown,
Je l'ignorais mais la vie
I didn't know but life
Est une somme de bévues
Is a sum of blunders
Et qu'un point de vue
And a point of view
Et cette avenue
And this avenue
Coulait des jours tranquilles
Flowed with tranquil days
Avant votre venue, qui me rend irascible,
Before your arrival, which makes me irritable,
Ma Chère Inconnue
My Dear Unknown
Toute de noir dévêtue
All dressed in black
Chère Inconnue,
Dear Unknown,
Auriez-vous pris possession
Have you taken possession
De ma vie, de ma vue,
Of my life, of my sight,
En terre inconnue
In unknown lands,
Non?
No?
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Key vocabulary
- couleur
- colorA1
- facile
- easyA1
- fortes
- strongA1
- jours
- daysA1
- lieu
- placeA1
- rend
- returnA1
- reste
- remainA1
- tout
- allA1
- tranquilles
- calmA1
- inconnue
- unknownA2
About this song
Benjamin Biolay is a French singer-songwriter and arranger in the tradition of chanson. He is known for writing and performing gruff, low-register songs that move between modern French pop, rock, and reworked tango and Latin rhythms, with albums such as Trash Yeye, Palmero Hollywood, and Trenet.