Dalida
La Violetera lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1956
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:51
Pour rendre plus jolie toute la vie
To make all of life more beautiful
Pour que tout s'harmonise, se poétise
So that everything harmonizes, turns poetic
Des fleurs suffisent
Just flowers are enough
Sans aucun artifice
Without any artifice
Elles ravissent, elles rajeunissent
They delight, they rejuvenate
Oh, Señor et Señorita
Oh, Señor and Señorita
Des doigts de la carmensita
With the fingers of the little Carmen
Acceptez ces violettes
Accept these violets
C'est du bonheur qu'on achète
It's happiness that we buy
Le bon Dieu vous le rendra
The good God will return it to you
Señor pour vos Señorita
Sir for your Miss
Prenez-moi les fleurs que voilà
Take these flowers here
Pour faire éclore un sourire
To bring forth a smile
Pour parler sans rien se dire
To talk without saying a word
Rien ne vaut ma violeta
Nothing compares to my violet
Como aves percursora de primavera
Like birds heralding spring
En Madrid aparecen las violettera
In Madrid the violets appear
Que pregonando aparce gonlondrinas
That proclaim like swallows
Que van piando que van piando
That are chirping, that are chirping
Llévele usted señorito.
Take it, young sir.
No vale mas que un reat
It's not worth more than a trifle
Comprene usted este ramito
Understand this little bouquet
Comprene usted este ramito
Understand this little bouquet
Pa' lucirlo en el ojal
To wear it in the buttonhole
La, la, la, la, la
Leveme usted este ramito
Take this little bouquet for me
Levem usted este ramito
Take this little bouquet for me
Pa' lucirlo en el ojal
To wear it in the buttonhole
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Key vocabulary
- aucun
- noneA1
- bon
- goodA1
- bonheur
- happinessA1
- dieu
- GodA1
- dire
- sayA1
- fleurs
- flowersA1
- parler
- talkA1
- rien
- nothingA1
- sourire
- smileA1
- voilà
- hereA1
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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.