
Charles Trenet
La Mer lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1945
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 3:22
Qu'on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
That dances along the clear gulfs
A des reflets d'argent, la mer
With silver reflections, the sea
Des reflets changeants sous la pluie
Changing reflections under the rain
La mer
The sea
Au ciel d'été confond ses blancs moutons
In the summer sky blends its white sheep
Avec les anges si purs, la mer
With angels so pure, the sea
Bergère d'azur infinie
Shepherdess of infinite azure
Voyez
See
Près des étangs ces grands roseaux mouillés
Near the ponds these tall, wet reeds
Voyez
See
Ces oiseaux blancs et ces maisons rouillées
These white birds and these rusty houses
La mer
The sea
Les a bercés, le long des golfes clairs
Rocked them along the clear gulfs
Et d'une chanson d'amour, la mer
And with a love song, the sea
A bercé mon cœur pour la vie
Has rocked my heart for life
La mer
The sea
Qu'on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
That we see dancing along the clear gulfs
A des reflets d'argent, la mer
Has silver reflections, the sea
Des reflets changeants sous la pluie
Changing reflections beneath the rain
La mer
The sea
Au ciel d'été confond ses blancs moutons
In the summer sky, it blurs its white sheep
Avec les anges si purs, la mer
With the angels so pure, the sea
Bergère d'azur infinie
Shepherdess of infinite azure
Voyez (voyez)
See (see)
Près des étangs (près des étangs) ces grands roseaux mouillés
By the ponds (by the ponds) those tall wet reeds
Voyez (voyez)
See (see)
Ces oiseaux blancs (ces oiseaux blancs) et ces maisons rouillées (la la la-la-la)
Those white birds (those white birds) and those rusty houses (la la la-la-la)
La mer
The sea
Les a bercés, le long des golfes clairs
Has cradled them, along the clear gulfs
Et d'une chanson d'amour, la mer
And with a love song, the sea
A bercé mon cœur pour la vie
Has cradled my heart for life
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Key vocabulary
- anges
- angelsB1
- golfes
- gulfsB2
- confond
- confuseB1
- moutons
- sheepA2
- changeants
- changingB2
- reflets
- reflectionsB2
- blancs
- whiteA1
- ciel
- skyA1
- voit
- seesA1
- mer
- seaA1
About this song
Charles Trenet was a French singer-songwriter associated with French chanson, active for more than 60 years. He wrote both music and lyrics for nearly 1,000 songs, including “La Mer,” and collaborated with musicians Michel Emer and Léo Chauliac.