
Dalida
Fado lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1956
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:38
La, la, la oh
La, la, la oh
Fado, fado
Fado, fado
Le Portugal te doit ses nuits blanches
Portugal owes you its sleepless nights
Quand du fond de l'ombre tu te penches
When from the shadows you lean in
Offrant ta fraîcheur sous le ciel chaud
Offering your freshness under the warm sky
Fado, fado
Fado, fado
Le soir sur la place on se rassemble
In the evening in the square we gather
Et dès que ta voix se fait entendre
And as soon as your voice is heard
Toutes les mères rythment le fado
All the mothers rhythm the fado
Tous les cœurs
All the hearts
Te confient leurs espoirs et leurs peines
They entrust you with their hopes and their pains
Le bonheur se confond enfin avec les pleurs
Happiness finally merges with the tears
Grâce au fado
Thanks to the fado
Fado
Fado
Quand la femme au châle noir te chante
When the woman in the black shawl sings to you
C'est tout un monde que l'on invente
It's an entire world that we invent
Rien que pour un refrain de fado
Just for a fado refrain
La la, la oh
La la, la oh
Fado, fado
Fado, fado
Pour deux étrangers venus t'entendre
For two strangers who came to hear you
Le bonheur ne s'est pas fait attendre
Happiness didn't take long to arrive
Car l'amour aime bien le fado
For love truly adores the fado
Fado, fado
Fado, fado
On s'est regardés sans rien se dire
We looked at each other without saying a word
Aussitôt tu fleuris en sourire
And right away you blossomed into a smile
Nos cœurs se sont compris sans un mot
Our hearts understood each other without a sound
Dans ma main
In my hand
En tremblant, il pose sa main douce
Trembling, he places his gentle hand
Et soudain pour nos deux cœurs il ne dit plus rien
And suddenly for our two hearts, he says nothing more
Que le fado
But the fado
Fado
Fado
Rythmons cet amour devenu nôtre
Let’s set to rhythm this love that has become ours
Nous sommes partis l'un contre l'autre
We’ve gone against each other
Tandis que s'éloigne le fado
While the fado drifts away
Fado, fado, fado
Fado, fado, fado
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Key vocabulary
- chaud
- hotA1
- ciel
- skyA1
- cœurs
- heartsA1
- enfin
- at lastA1
- entendre
- hearA1
- étrangers
- foreignersA1
- femme
- womanA1
- grâce
- graceA1
- invente
- inventsA1
- mères
- mothersA1
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.