Camille
Elle s’en va lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2002
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:50
Elle se lève dans l'ombre
She rises in the shadows
Comme la chambre est sombre
How dark the room is
Ce matin
This morning
Dans l'immeuble il est tôt
In the building, it's early
Elle met son manteau
She puts on her coat
Puis elle sort
Then she steps outside
Et il fait encore noir
And it's still dark
Elle descend le boulevard
She walks down the boulevard
Elle s'en va
She is leaving
Le conducteur du car
The bus driver
Allume pour elle ses phares
Turn on his headlights for her
Et sourit
And smiles
La campagne défile
The countryside rushes by
Elle s'éloigne de la ville
She’s moving away from the city
Elle est bien
She feels good
Elle roule vers nulle part
She drives towards nowhere
Elle n'a plus de mémoire
She has no more memory
Elle est perdue dans un songe
She’s lost in a dream
Un grand vide la ronge
A great emptiness gnaws at her
Elle s'en va
She is leaving
Sous une pluie d 'orage
Under a stormy rain
A l'arrêt de la plage
At the stop by the beach
Elle descend
She descends
Pieds nus dans le sable
Barefoot in the sand
Elle regarde d'un air vague
She gazes with a distant look
L'océan pendant un bref instant
The ocean for a fleeting moment
Elle pense à ses enfants
She thinks of her children
Des images lui reviennent
Images come rushing back to her
Comme un film à l'ancienne
Like an old-fashioned film
Puis plus rien
Then nothing more
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Key vocabulary
- pieds
- feetA1
- plage
- beachA1
- pluie
- rainA1
- plus
- moreA1
- regarde
- lookA1
- roule
- rollA1
- vide
- emptyA1
- allume
- turns onA1
- phares
- headlightsB2
- sourit
- smiles
About this song
Camille, French singer-songwriter and actress, works in avant-pop and electronic-influenced chanson, and is known for her early vocal work with Nouvelle Vague and for the breakthrough album Le Fil with “Ta Douleur.” She is also associated with experimental live percussion and a crossover presence in film, including providing “Le Festin” for Ratatouille’s French release and dubbing Collette.