Céline Dion
La Mémoire d’Abraham lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1995
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:50
Juste une prière avant d'obéir
Just a prayer before obeying
À l'ordre des choses et de nos pères
To the order of things and our fathers
Avant de partir
Before leaving
Juste une autre vie sauvée de l'oubli
Just another life saved from oblivion
Gravée bien mieux que par une lame
Carved much better than by a blade
Dans la mémoire d'Abraham
In Abraham's memory
Longue l'attente de l'heure
Long the wait for the hour
Lourde la peine en nos cœurs
Heavy the pain in our hearts
Mais si grands notre amour, notre foi en toi
But so great our love, our faith in you
Et difficile de te comprendre parfois
And hard to understand you sometimes
Que sera demain nos destins plus loin?
What will tomorrow hold for our destinies ahead?
Un peu de paix, d'amour et de pain
A little peace, love, and bread
Au creux de tes mains
In the palm of your hands
Longue l'attente de l'heure
The wait for the hour is long
Lourde la peine en nos cœurs
The sorrow weighs heavy in our hearts
Mais si grands notre amour, notre foi en toi
But our love and faith in you are so great
Et difficile de te comprendre parfois
And sometimes it's hard to understand you
Conduis nos enfants pour la fin des temps
Guide our children to the end of times
Remplis de plus de joies que de larmes
Fill with more joys than tears
La mémoire d'Abraham
The memory of Abraham
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- pain
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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.