Benjamin Biolay
Coin de rue lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:53
Je me souviens de cela
I remember that
Il y avait une palissade
There was a fence
Les voyous de mon quartier venaient s'y batailler
The punks from my neighborhood came to fight there
Un comptoir qui fait de l'effet
A bar that made an impression
Je revois mon coin de rue
I see my street corner again
Aujourd'hui disparu
Today vanished
Je me souviens d'un triste soir
I remember a sad evening
Un amour qui fût perdu juste à ce coin de rue
A love that was lost right at that street corner
À vous donner des visions
To give you visions
Je crois voir mon coin de rue
I think I see my street corner
Et soudain apparu
And suddenly appeared
Je revois ma palissade, mes copains, mes glissades
I see my fence again, my friends, my slides
Mes 15 ans, mes 20 ans
My 15 years, my 20 years
Tout ce qui fût mais qui n'est plus
All that was but is no more
Key vocabulary
- plus
- moreA1
- tout
- allA1
- souviens
- remember
- palissade
- palisadeC2
- voyous
- thugsB2
- quartier
- neighborhoodA1
- effet
- effect
- revois
- reviewA1
- coin
- cornerA1
- venaient
- were coming
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.