Dalida
Tesoro mio lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1957
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:26
Si tu reviens à Napoli
If you return to Napoli
Quand les lauriers seront fleuris
When the laurels are blooming
Que l'air embaume le chianti
As the air fills with Chianti
Tesoro mio
My treasure
Tu reverras sur la piazza
You will see again in the piazza
Tous les amis qui pensent à toi
All the friends who think of you
Qui t'attendent tout comme moi
Who are waiting just like I do
Tesoro mio
My treasure
Tu revivras le temps bénit
You will relive the blessed times
Ou nous dansions jusqu'à la nuit
When we danced until the night
Enlacé, nous allions deux par deux
Embraced, we walked two by two
Pour rêver sous la lune
To dream under the moon
Des guitares tout doucement
Guitars gently
Nous berçaient dans le firmament
Rocked us in the firmament
Et mon chœur te chantait
And my heart sang to you
Les plus belles chansons d'Italie
The most beautiful songs of Italy
Mais un jour, sur la mer immense
But one day, on the vast sea
Vers d'autre pays, tu es allé
You went to other lands
Et pourtant sur cette eau qui danse
And yet on this dancing water
Je vois en rêve ton arrivée
I see in my dreams your arrival
Si tu reviens à Napoli
If you return to Napoli
Quand les lauriers seront fleuris
When the laurels are in bloom
Que l'air embaume le chianti
And the air is fragrant with chianti
Tesoro mio
My treasure
Dans les rues, sous les banderoles
In the streets, beneath the banners
Nous danserons des farandoles
We will dance in farandoles
Entraînés par des rondes folles
Carried away by crazy circles
Tesoro mio
My treasure
Sur les barques, les vieux pécheurs
On the boats, the old fishermen
Reprendrons nos refrains en cœur
We'll sing our refrains in unison
Et ces chants feront briller les yeux
And these songs will make eyes shine
Favorable aux idylles
Favorable to the idylls
Si tu reviens à Napoli
If you return to Napoli
Tout mon cœur te dira merci
All my heart will say thank you to you
Et la main dans la main
And hand in hand
Nous irons vers un nouveau destin
We will go towards a new destiny
Tesoro mio ne tarde pas
My treasure, don't take long
Tesoro mio, reviens vers moi
My treasure, come back to me
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Key vocabulary
- merci
- thanksA1
- chansons
- songsA1
- doucement
- gentlyA1
- jour
- dayA1
- nuit
- nightA1
- plus
- moreA1
- rêver
- dreamA1
- temps
- timeA1
- tout
- allA1
- tous
- allB1
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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.