
Carla Bruni
Liberté lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2013
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:37
Elle a mis des feuilles à ses branches
She adorned her branches with leaves
Elle a mis des voiles à son mat
She draped her mast with sails
Enfilé ses plus jolis bas
Slipped on her prettiest stockings
Brulé ses habits du dimanche
Burned her Sunday clothes
Elle a regardé l'existence
She gazed at existence
Tous ces souvenirs entassés
All those memories piled up
Dans son coeur comme des cendres
In her heart like ashes
Tous ces rêves à demi-fanés
All those dreams half-faded
Alors elle a murmuré
Then she whispered
"Liberté liberté liberté
"Freedom freedom freedom"
Ouuuh
Ouuuh
Liberté tu dois bien exister "
Freedom, you must surely exist
Oui on l'entendit murmurer
Yes, we heard it whispering
"Liberté liberté liberté
"Freedom, freedom, freedom
Ouuuh
Ouuuh
Liberté tu dois bien exister"
Freedom, you must surely exist"
Il s'est fait un royaume étrange
He has created a strange kingdom
Entre le mur et le caniveau
Between the wall and the gutter
A l'abri d'un kiosque à journaux
In the shelter of a newspaper stand
Il a choisi sa résidence
He has chosen his residence
Il n'a pas connu de vendange
He has known no harvest,
Ni de douceur au fil de l'eau
Nor any sweetness flowing like water.
La cruauté l'indifférence
Cruelty and indifference,
Se sont penchées sur son berceau
Have leaned over his cradle.
Mais on l'entend mumurer
But we hear him murmuring,
"Liberté liberté liberté
"Freedom, freedom, freedom,
Ouuuuh
Ouuuuh,
Liberté tu dois bien exister"
Freedom, you must surely exist."
Oui on l'entend murmurer
Yes, we hear him whispering,
"Liberté liberté liberté
"Freedom, freedom, freedom"
Ouuuh
Ouuuh
Liberté tu dois bien exister"
Freedom, you surely must exist
On peut l'ajuster à ses hanches
We can fit it to our hips
S'en envelopper comme d'un manteau
Wrap ourselves in it like a cloak
La porter à même la peau
Wear it close to the skin
Bien au chaud sur son ventre
Warm against the belly
Nichée dans son dos
Nestled in our back
On peut se la jouer carte blanche
We can play it as a blank canvas
La brandir tout comme un drapeau
Waving it just like a flag
On peut la glisser dans sa manche
We can slide it into our sleeve
La cacher sous ses jupes
To hide it under her skirts
Pour en faire son crédeau
To make it her creed
A chacun sa fleur où ça flanche
Everyone has their flower where it falters
A chacun son tout premier mot
Everyone has their very first word
A chacun sa cave et sa grange
Everyone has their cellar and their barn
A chacun sa rue son bistrot
Everyone has their street, their bistro
A chacun son âme de faillance
Everyone has their soul of weakness
A chacun son ombre au tableau
Everyone has their shadow on the canvas
A chacun ses trois pas de danse
Everyone has their three dance steps
A chacun son genre de tombeau
Everyone has their type of tomb
Mais il nous reste à rêver
But we still have to dream
"Liberté liberté liberté
"Freedom freedom freedom
Ouuuh
Ouuuh
Liberté tu dois bien exister"
Freedom you must surely exist"
Oui il nous reste à rêver
Yes, we still have to dream
"Liberté liberté liberté
"Freedom freedom freedom
Ouuuh
Ouuuh
Liberté tu dois bien exister"
Freedom you must surely exist"
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Key vocabulary
- chaud
- hotA1
- dos
- backA1
- fleur
- flowerA1
- jouer
- playA1
- journaux
- newspapersA1
- liberté
- freedomA1
- même
- sameA1
- mur
- wallA1
- oui
- yesA1
- ventre
- bellyB1
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.