Benjamin Biolay
Regarder la lumière lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2007
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:45
J'ai baissé la tête
I lowered my head
J'ai ôté mon chapeau
I took off my hat
Sans jouer les vedettes
Without playing the stars
Sans la vie de château
Without the life of luxury
À l'évidence
Clearly
Je vais payer pour mon imprudence
I will pay for my recklessness
Regarder la lumière
To gaze at the light
Regarder la lumière
To gaze at the light
Un seul pied sur la terre
One foot on the ground
Et l'autre au paradis
And the other in paradise
Regarder la lumière
Look at the light
Regarder la lumière
Look at the light
Car de mes congénères
For from my kindred
Implorer la merci, non merci
Pleading for mercy, no thanks
Regarder la lumière
Look at the light
Qui surgit d'un mystère
That arises from a mystery
Comme le ver du fruit
Like the worm in the fruit
Comme un cri dans la nuit
Like a scream in the night
J'ai creusé la terre
I have dug the earth
Sans jouer les héros
Without playing the hero
J'entendais le tonnerre
I heard the thunder
Et puis après l'écho
And then the echo
A l'évidence
Clearly
Je vais payer des années d'errance
I'll pay for years of wandering
Regarder la lumière
To look at the light
Regarder la lumière
To look at the light
Un seul pied sur la terre
One foot on the ground
Et l'autre au paradis
And the other in paradise
Regarder la lumière
To look at the light
Regarder la lumière
To look at the light
Car de mes congénères
For my fellow beings
Implorer la merci, non merci
Beg for mercy, no thanks
Regarder la lumière
Looking at the light
Et le soleil en pire
And the sun even worse
En chevauchant les nerfs
While riding the nerves
Sur un lévrier gris
On a gray greyhound
Nommé Blondie
Named Blondie
Regarder la lumière
Looking at the light
Regarder la lumière
Looking at the light
Regarder la lumière
Looking at the light
Et le soleil aussi
And the sun too
Regarder la lumière
Looking at the light
A la place du père
In place of the father
Avec au fond des yeux
With deep in my eyes
Le ciel cent fois promis
The sky a hundred times promised
Le monde à ma merci
The world at my mercy
Regarder la lumière
Looking at the light
Regarder la lumière
Looking at the light
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Key vocabulary
- baissé
- loweredB1
- tête
- headA1
- ôté
- removedB2
- chapeau
- hatA2
- jouer
- playA1
- vedettes
- starsB2
- vie
- lifeA1
- château
- castleA1
- évidence
- evidence
- vais
- go
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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.