Benjamin Biolay
Little Darlin’ lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 5:29
Sans trop entrer
Without going too deep
Dans les détails
Into the details
J'ai attaqué
I took on
Le train postal
The postal train
Si je dérive
If I drift
C'est en aval
It's downstream
Mon univers
My universe
Est carcéral
Is a prison cell
Mon amour, j'ai péché
My love, I've sinned
My little darling, oh how I love you
My little darling, oh how I love you
How I love you, none can tell
How I love you, none can tell
In your heart you love another
In your heart you love another
Little darling, pal of mine
Little darling, pal of mine
Mon amour, j'ai péché
My love, I have sinned
My little darling, oh how I love you
My little darling, oh how I love you
How I love you, none can tell
How I love you, none can tell
In your heart you love another
In your heart you love another
Little darling, pal of mine
Little darling, pal of mine
Mon amour, j'ai péché
My love, I have sinned
Sans trop entrer
Without going too deep
Dans les détails
In the details
Il est grand temps
It’s high time
Que je m'en aille
That I take my leave
Je sens le feu
I feel the fire
Dans mes entrailles
In my innards
Cette injection
This injection
Qu'on dit létale
They say it's lethal
Mon amour, j'ai échoué
My love, I have failed
My little darling, oh how I love you
My little darling, oh how I love you
How I love you, none can tell
How I love you, none can tell
In your heart you love another
In your heart you love another
Little darling, pal of mine
Little darling, pal of mine
Mon amour, j'ai échoué
My love, I have failed
My little darling, oh how I love you
My little darling, oh how I love you
How I love you, none can tell
How I love you, none can tell
In your heart you love another
In your heart you love another
Little darling, pal of mine
Little darling, pal of mine
Sans dévoiler
Without revealing
Trop de mystère
Too much mystery
J'ai quitté cette
I left this
Vie de misère
Life of misery
J'ai ma devise
I have my motto
J'ai mon dicton, dit on
I have my saying, they say
Les gens c'est tous
People are all
De sacrés cons
Some real fools
Mon amour, j'ai basculé
My love, I have tipped over
My little darling, oh how I love you (de l'autre côté)
My little darling, oh how I love you (on the other side)
How I love you, none can tell (mon amour, j'ai basculé)
How I love you, none can tell (my love, I have tipped over)
In your heart you love another (de l'autre côté)
In your heart you love another (on the other side)
Little darling, pal of mine (mon amour, j'ai échoué)
Little darling, pal of mine (my love, I have failed)
My little darling, oh how I love you
My little darling, oh how I love you
How I love you, none can tell (mon amour, j'ai péché)
How I love you, none can tell
In your heart you love another
In your heart you love another
Little darling, pal of mine (mon amour, j'ai basculé de l'autre côté)
Little darling, pal of mine
My little darling, oh how I love you
My little darling, oh how I love you
How I love you, none can tell
How I love you, none can tell
In your heart you love another
In your heart you love another
Little darling, pal of mine
Little darling, pal of mine
My little darling, oh how I love you
My little darling, oh how I love you
How I love you, none can tell
How I love you, none can tell
In your heart you love another
In your heart, you love another
Little darling, pal of mine
Little darling, pal of mine
My little darling, oh how I love you
My little darling, oh how I love you
How I love you, none can tell
How I love you, none can tell
In your heart you love another
In your heart, you love another
Little darling, pal of mine
Little darling, pal of mine
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Key vocabulary
- détails
- detailsA1
- attaqué
- attackedA2
- dérive
- driftB2
- aval
- downstreamC1
- univers
- universeB2
- carcéral
- prisonB2
- amour
- loveA1
- autre
- other
- côté
- sideA1
- entrer
- enterA1
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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.