Dalida
Et la vie continuera lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1981
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:29
Et la vie continuera tant que la terre tournera
And life will go on as long as the earth keeps turning
Et l'amour continuera même sans nous, même sans toi
And love will endure even without us, even without you
Tous les tyrans de l'histoire
All the tyrants of history
Un jour ont perdu la guerre
One day lost the war
Ils éclataient de gloire
They burst with glory
Les voilà six pieds sous terre
There they are six feet under
Depuis le siècle dernier
Since the last century
On dit que tout a changé
They say that everything has changed
Les gens et les saisons
People and the seasons
Les chanteurs et les chansons
Singers and songs
Et la vie continuera tant que la terre tournera
And life will go on as long as the earth keeps spinning
Et l'amour continuera même sans nous, même sans toi
And love will go on even without us, even without you
On dit que plus rien ne va
They say that nothing goes right anymore
Que notre monde s'en va
That our world is fading away
Qu'il n'y a plus d'enfant
That there are no more children
Plus de belle au bois dormant
No more beautiful sleeps in the woods
Les champions du désespoir
The champions of despair
Les professeurs de morose
The professors of gloom
Sont sans aucun pouvoir
Are completely powerless
Sur la force d'une rose
Against the strength of a rose
Et la vie continuera tant que la terre tournera
And life will go on as long as the earth keeps turning
Et l'amour continuera même sans nous, même sans toi
And love will carry on even without us, even without you
Tu es parti pour de bon
You've gone for good
À l'autre bout de la ville
To the other side of the city
Et moi dans ma maison
And me in my house
Je me sens en exil
I feel in exile
Et je suis désespérée
And I'm desperate
Je crois que tout est fini
I believe that everything is over
Mais tout peut s'arranger
But everything can be fixed
Quand on chante et qu'on se dit
When we sing and we tell ourselves
Que la vie continuera
That life will go on
Que l'amour continuera
That love will endure
La vie continuera
Life will go on
Avec moi ou bien sans moi
With me or without me
Sans moi, sans toi
Without me, without you
La vie continuera
Life will go on
Avec moi ou bien sans moi
With me or without me
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Key vocabulary
- tant
- so muchA1
- terre
- earthA1
- tout
- allA1
- continuera
- will continue
- tournera
- will turn
- amour
- love
- tous
- allB1
- tyrans
- tyrantsB2
- histoire
- story
- éclataient
- were exploding
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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.