Dalida
Comment l’oublier lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1981
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:29
Il était fils de lumière comment l'oublier
He was a son of light, how can we forget him
Paysan né de la terre comment l'oublier
A peasant born of the earth, how can we forget him
Depuis ce matin d'automne
Since this autumn morning
Le fleuve immobile raisonne
The still river resonates
D'un silence étrange désemparé
With a strange, disarmed silence
Oh, oh, le vent a porté sa voix comment l'oublier
Oh, oh, the wind carried his voice, how can we forget him
De Luxor à Sakarya comment l'oublier
From Luxor to Sakarya, how can we forget him
Comment effacer le rêve quand au ciel blesse s'élève
How to erase the dream when it rises, wounded, to the sky
Le cri d'une colombe qui est tombée
The cry of a dove that has fallen
Était-ce un ange, était ce un homme, qui peut le dire
Was it an angel, was it a man, who can say
Mais il a marqué l'histoire de souvenirs
But he has marked history with memories
Là-bas au pied des pyramides sous le soleil
Over there at the foot of the pyramids under the sun
Il dort pareil aux pharaons
He sleeps just like the pharaohs
Oh, oh, la vallée des rois m'a dit comment l'oublier
Oh, oh, the valley of kings told me how to forget
Il pleut sur Alexandrie comment l'oublier
It rains on Alexandria, how to forget
Le ciel bleu n'a plus de flammes
The blue sky no longer has flames
Le sphinx a perdu ses larmes
The sphinx has lost its tears
D'avoir trop pleuré, bien trop pleuré
From crying too much, far too much
Même si parfois il a soulevé des orages
Even if sometimes he raised storms
Comment être indifférent à son message
How can one be indifferent to his message
Car il n'avait qu'une seule idée
For he had just one idea
Faire de la terre avec ses frères
To make a land with his brothers
Une terre de paix
A land of peace
Oh, oh, il était fils de lumière comment l'oublier
Oh, oh, he was a son of light, how can we forget him?
Paysan né de la terre comment l'oublier
A peasant born from the earth, how can we forget him?
Il a tracé une route que d'autres suivront sans doute
He paved a way that others will surely follow
Pour que vive encore le grand espoir
So that the great hope may live on
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Comment l'oublier
How can we forget him?
Comment l'oublier
How can we forget him?
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
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Key vocabulary
- effacer
- eraseB1
- espoir
- hopeB1
- étrange
- strangeB1
- flammes
- flamesB1
- indifférent
- indifferentB1
- désemparé
- desperateC2
- orages
- stormsB1
- pareil
- sameB1
- paysan
- peasantB1
- soulevé
- raisedB1
About this song
Dalida was a French singer and actress of Egyptian origin, associated with French pop and disco. She is known for chart records such as the long run of “Bambino” and for “J’attendrai,” the first disco hit with French lyrics.