Dalida
Les Yeux de mon amour lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1958
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:38
Tes yeux, oh mon amour sont tristes
Your eyes, oh my love, are sad
Pourtant notre bonheur existe
Yet our happiness exists
Bientôt le bateau aura quitté le quai
Soon the boat will leave the dock
Et le cœur serré nous serons séparés
And with heavy hearts, we will be parted
Pour nous dire adieu cachant notre chagrin
To bid farewell while hiding our sorrow
J'ai peur de voir trembler nos mains
I'm afraid to see our hands shaking
Tes yeux, oh mon amour sont tristes
Your eyes, oh my love, are sad
Pourtant notre bonheur existe
Yet our happiness exists
Il est dans les rues où nous avons marché
It lies in the streets where we walked
Il est sur cet arbre où deux noms sont gravés
It’s on this tree where two names are carved
Il est bien plus fort que l'ombre de la mort
He is much stronger than the shadow of death
Alors tu ne dois pas pleurer
So you must not cry
Je reviendrai un jour te chercher
I will come back one day to find you
Je reviendrai un jour te chercher
I will come back one day to find you
Key vocabulary
- yeux
- eyes
- serons
- we will be
- séparés
- separatedA2
- dire
- sayA1
- bateau
- boatA1
- aura
- will haveB2
- quitté
- leftA1
- quai
- quayA1
- cœur
- heartA1
- serré
- tightB1
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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.