
Carla Bruni
Darling lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2013
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:19
Il m'appelait darling
He called me darling
En buvant son long drink
While sipping his long drink
Tout de lin blanc vêtu
Dressed all in white linen
Pochette mauve et pieds nus
With a purple pocket and bare feet
Il m'appelait darling
He called me darling
Comme un grand frère unique
Like a unique big brother
Un oncle d'Amérique
An uncle from America
Tout seul dans le living
All alone in the living room
Il me disait darling
He would call me darling
L'époque est bien cruelle
These times are indeed cruel
Mais pour toi elle est belle
But for you, she's beautiful
Tu es faite pour le ring
You were made for the ring
Et il me disait darling
And he would say to me, darling
Quand on a l'étincelle
When we have the spark
Et des rêves à la pelle
And dreams by the handful
On doit piquer son sprint
We must take our sprint
Il m'appelait darling
He called me darling
Comme un vieux lord anglais
Like an old English lord
Un cousin égaré
A lost cousin
Entre Proust et Kipling
Between Proust and Kipling
Il m'appelait darling
He used to call me darling
Tout en me souriant
While smiling at me
Et je le revois si grand
And I see him again so tall
Nostalgique et charming
Nostalgic and charming
Il me disait darling
He would say to me darling
Prends garde à l'existence
Watch out for existence
Tout est dans l'élégance
Everything is in elegance
Même au creux d'un looping
Even in the heart of a loop
Il me disait darling
He would say to me darling
Rien ne vaut l'éphémère
Nothing compares to the ephemeral
Rien ne vaut le mystère
Nothing compares to the mystery
Dans une larme de gin
In a tear of gin
Il m'appelait darling
He called me darling
Mais plus rien ne lui était cher
But nothing was dear to him anymore
Et sa solitude amère
And his bitter solitude
Lui allait comme un smoking
Fit him like a tuxedo
Il m'appelait darling
He called me darling
Mais quand tombait le soir
But when evening fell
À l'heure du désespoir
At the hour of despair
Il plongeait dans son spleen
He sank into his gloom
Il me disait darling
He used to say darling
Certains sont trop fragiles
Some are just too fragile
Certains sont mal habiles
Some lack finesse
Tout le monde n'a pas ton swing
Not everyone has your swing
Et il me disait darling
And he would say darling
Je n'ai plus de saveur
I've lost all my flavor
Je n'ai plus rien à cœur
I have nothing left in my heart
Plus l'ombre d'un feeling
Not a trace of a feeling
Il m'appelait darling
He used to call me darling
Maintenant j'ai son silence
Now I have his silence
Le trou de son absence
The hole of his absence
Et sa montre Breitling
And his Breitling watch
Il m'a écrit darling
He wrote to me darling
À toi mon dernier mot
To you my last word
Ne m'en veux pas darling
Don't hold it against me darling
Je quitte le bateau
I'm leaving the boat
Et il m'a écrit darling
And he wrote to me darling
Dis à ceux que j'aimais
Tell those I loved
Que mon corps de bastringue
That my ragged body
A fini par lâcher
Has finally given in
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Key vocabulary
- soir
- eveningA1
- trop
- tooA1
- anglais
- EnglishA1
- blanc
- whiteA1
- cher
- dearA1
- frère
- brotherA1
- appelait
- called
- buvant
- drinking
- lin
- flax
- vêtu
- dressedC1
About this song
Carla Bruni is a French singer-songwriter and former supermodel, associated with chanson française. She is known for her chart-topping debut album Quelqu’un m’a dit (2002) and her subsequent No. 1 releases Comme si de rien n’etait (2008), alongside collaborations with artists including Harry Connick Jr., Marianne Faithfull, and Willie Nelson.