
Céline Dion
J’attendais lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1995
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:25
Et j'écoutais longtemps couler l'eau des fontaines
And I listened for a long time to the water flowing from the fountains
Et j'écoutais le vent chanter infiniment
And I listened to the wind sing endlessly
Vagues de quiétude et de paix
Waves of tranquility and peace
D'aussi loin que je me souvienne
As far back as I can remember
L'enfance est un immense océan
Childhood is an immense ocean
Et je rêvais longues années, longue indolence
And I dreamed for many years, long indolence
Où rien ne se passe mais où rien ne s'oublie
Where nothing happens but nothing is forgotten
J'allais sereine et sans connaître
I wandered serene and unaware
Le moindre feu d'une absence
Of the slightest flame of absence
Ce n'est qu'en te croisant
It was only when I crossed your path
Que j'ai su, j'ai compris
That I knew, I understood
J'attendais, j'attendais
I was waiting, I was waiting
J'attendais ton regard pour expliquer enfin
I was waiting for your gaze to finally explain
Le pourquoi de ces au revoir
The why of these goodbyes
A tout ce long chemin
To all this long journey
J'attendais, j'attendais
I was waiting, I was waiting
Le pays de ton corps le toucher de tes mains
The land of your body, the touch of your hands
Ma douce boussole mon nord,
My sweet compass, my north,
Le sens à mes demains
The meaning to my tomorrows
Et j'abordais les troubles rives adolescentes
And I approached the troubled adolescent shores
Les doutes, les jeux, les mauvais courants
Doubts, games, bad currents
Je me souviens les coups de sang
I remember the fits of anger
Des musiques et des mots de France
Of music and words from France
Amants d'avant
Lovers of the past
Y a bien des vies qu'on nourrit d'étude ou de science
There are many lives fed by study or science
Destins faits d'aventures, de records ou d'argent
Fates made of adventures, records, or money
Des vies d'écriture et de voyage
Lives of writing and travel
Ou de rêve de puissance
Or dreams of power
J'y pensais bien de temps en temps,
I thought about it from time to time,
En écoutant le vent
While listening to the wind
J'attendais, j'attendais
I was waiting, I was waiting
J'attendais ton regard pour expliquer enfin
I was waiting for your gaze to finally explain
Le pourquoi de ces au revoir
The reason for these goodbyes
A tout ce long chemin
For all this long road
J'attendais, j'attendais, j'attendais ton amour
I was waiting, I was waiting, I was waiting for your love
Ton beau ton bel amour
Your beautiful, your lovely love
Je l'attendais pour enfin vivre
I was waiting for it to finally live
En donnant à mon tour
By giving in return
J'attendais
I was waiting
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Key vocabulary
- infiniment
- infinitelyB2
- vagues
- wavesB1
- écoutais
- listened
- couler
- flowB1
- aussi
- also
- sereine
- sereneB2
- souviens
- remember
- feu
- fireA1
- puissance
- powerB1
- amants
- loversB2
About this song
Céline Dion is a Canadian pop singer from Quebec known for her powerful, emotive voice and major international hits including “My Heart Will Go On.” She is associated with chart-pop and adult contemporary, with releases in both French and English.