Édith Piaf
Il pleut lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1949
- Genre
- Ballad, French Pop
- Length
- 3:18
Il pleut
It's raining
Les pépins, tristes compagnons
The woes, sad companions
Comme d'immenses champignons
Like immense mushrooms
Sortent un par un des maisons
Come out one by one from their homes
Il pleut
It's raining
Et toute la ville est mouillée
And the whole town is soaked
Les maisons se sont enrhumées
The houses have caught a cold
Les gouttières ont la goutte au nez
The gutters are dripping from their noses
Il pleut
It's raining
Comme dirigés par un appel
As if guided by a call
Les oiseaux désertent le ciel
The birds abandon the sky
Nuages et loups
Clouds and wolves
Les fenêtres, une larme à l'œil
The windows, a tear in the eye
Semblent toutes porter le deuil
Seem to all wear mourning
Des beaux jours
For the beautiful days
Il pleut
It's raining
Et l'on entend des clapotis
And we hear the splashes
La ville n'a plus d'harmonie
The city has lost its harmony
Solitaires, les rues s'ennuient
Lonely, the streets are bored
Il pleut
It's raining
J'écoute quand s'égoutte, la pluie qui me dégoûte
I listen as it drips, the rain that makes me sick
Sur les chemins des routes et, partout alentour
On the roads and paths, and all around me
Les gouttes qui s'en foutent, ne savent pas sans doute
The drops that don't care, surely don't know
Que mon cœur en déroute a perdu son amour
That my heart in disarray has lost its love
Il pleut
It's raining
Les pépins, tristes compagnons
The seeds, sad companions
Comme d'immenses champignons
Like huge mushrooms
Sortent un par un des maisons
Come out one by one from the houses
Il pleut
It's raining
Et toute la ville est mouillée
And the whole city is wet
Les maisons se sont enrhumées
The houses have caught a cold
Les gouttières ont la goutte au nez
The gutters have a drip at their nose
Il pleut
It's raining
La nature est chargée d'ennui
Nature is weighed down by boredom
Là-haut, tout est vêtu de gris
Up above, everything is dressed in gray
Le ciel est boudeur
The sky is sulking
Le nez aplati au carreau
With my nose pressed to the windowpane
J'attends, laissant couler le flot de mes pleurs
I wait, letting the flow of my tears run
Il pleut
It's raining
Dans mon cœur aux rêves perdus
In my heart filled with lost dreams
Sur mon amour comme dans la rue
On my love just like in the street
Et sur mes peines sans issue
And on my troubles with no way out
Il pleut
It’s raining
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Key vocabulary
- pleut
- rains
- pépins
- seeds
- immenses
- immense
- champignons
- mushroomsB1
- sortent
- leave
- mouillée
- wetB2
- enrhumées
- rhymed
- gouttières
- guttersB2
- dégoûte
- disgustsB2
- toute
- allB1
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About this song
Édith Piaf was a French chanteuse in the French chanson tradition, remembered for the signature recordings “La vie en rose” and “Non, je ne regrette rien” during the mid-20th century. She was known for her prominence in Paris cabarets and international acclaim.