Dalida
Salma ya salama lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1977
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:05
Un homme des sables
A man of the sands
Des plaines sans arbres
From treeless plains
S'en va de son pays
Leaves his homeland
Au-delà des dunes
Beyond the dunes
Courir la fortune
Chasing fortune
Car le paradis pour lui
For paradise to him
Ce n'est qu'un jardin sous la pluie
Is just a garden in the rain
Salma ya salama
Salma ya salama
Je te salue ya salama
I greet you, ya salama
Salma ya salama
Salma ya salama
Je reviendrai bessalama
I will return, bessalama
Mais l'homme des sables
But the man of the sands
Pour faire le voyage
To make the journey
N'a que l'espoir au cœur
Has only hope in his heart
Un jour il arrive
One day he arrives
Il touche la rive
He touches the shore
Il voit devant lui des fleurs
He sees before him flowers
La grande rivière du bonheur
The great river of happiness
Salma ya salama
Salma, oh salama
Je te salue ya salama
I greet you, oh salama
Salma ya salama
Salma, oh farewell
Je reviendrai bessalama
I'll return safely
C'était un mirage
It was just a mirage
Il n'y avait pas de rivière
There was no river
Et la bonne et riche et douce terre
And the good, rich, sweet land
N'était que du sable
Was nothing but sand
Il reprend sa course
It resumes its journey
Vers une autre source
Towards another source
Il finira pas trouver le puits de la liberté
It will eventually find the well of freedom
Salma ya salama
Salma, oh farewell
Je te salue ya salama
I greet you, oh peace
Salma ya salama
Salma, oh peace
Je reviendrai bessalama
I will return in safety
Un homme des sables
A man of the sands
Des plaines sans arbres
Plains without trees
S'en va de son pays
Leaving his homeland
Au-delà des dunes
Beyond the dunes
Courir la fortune
Chasing fortune
Le seul paradis pour lui
The only paradise for him
C'était un jardin sous la pluie
It was a garden under the rain
Salma ya salama
Salma, oh safety
Je te salue ya salama
I greet you, oh safety
Salma ya salama
Salma, oh safety
Je reviendrai bessalama
I will return in safety
Salma ya salama
Salma, oh safety
Je te salue ya salama
I greet you, oh safety
Salma ya salama
Salma, oh safety
Je reviendrai bessalama
I will return in safety
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Key vocabulary
- seul
- aloneA1
- terre
- earthA1
- touche
- touchA1
- trouver
- findA1
- voit
- seesA1
- voyage
- journeyA1
- sables
- sandsA2
- plaines
- plainsB1
- arbres
- treesA1
- va
- go
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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.