Édith Piaf

Mon amant de la coloniale lyrics with English translation

Language

French

Level

Intermediate

Released

1936

Genre

Ballad, French Pop

Length

3:11

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1. Il était fort et puis si tendre

   He was strong and yet so tender

2. Que, dès notre première nuit

   That from our very first night

3. Je sentais que je ne pourrais plus me reprendre

   I felt I could never hold back

4. Et pour toujours, j'étais à lui

   And forever, I was his

5. J'voyais toutes les femmes lui sourire

   I saw all the women smiling at him

6. Moi, je m'cramponnais à son bras

   I was clinging to his arm

7. Et j'les regardais comme pour leur dire

   And I looked at them as if to say

8. "Il est à moi et je l'lâche pas"

   "He’s mine and I won’t let him go"

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9. C'était un gars de la Coloniale

   He was a guy from the Colonies

10. Il avait là, partant du front

    He had there, starting from his forehead

11. Et descendant jusqu'au menton

    And down to the chin

12. Une cicatrice en diagonale

    A diagonal scar

13. Des cheveux noirs, des yeux tout pâles

    Black hair, eyes so pale

14. La peau brûlée par le soleil

    Skin burned by the sun

15. J'en ai plus jamais vu d'pareil

    I've never seen another like him

16. Ah mon amant de la Coloniale

    Ah my lover from the Colonial days

17. Des fois, quand il avait la fièvre

    Sometimes, when he had a fever

18. Il parlait trop et j'avais peur

    He talked too much and I was scared

19. Je mettais la main sur ses lèvres

    I would place my hand over his lips

20. Pour pas connaître le fond de son cœur

    To not know the depths of his heart

21. Car je sentais que, dans son âme

    For I felt that, in his soul

22. Y avait des larmes et du cafard

    There were tears and sadness

23. Longtemps, j'ai cru, c'était une femme

    For a long time, I believed it was a woman

24. Quand j'ai compris, c'était trop tard

    When I understood, it was too late

25. C'était un gars de la Coloniale

    He was a guy from the Colonial

26. Il avait là, partant du front

    He had there, starting from the brow

27. Et descendant jusqu'au menton

    And descending down to the chin

28. Une cicatrice en diagonale

    A diagonal scar

29. Des cheveux noirs, des yeux tout pâles

    Black hair, eyes so pale

30. La peau brûlée par le soleil

    Skin burned by the sun

31. J'en ai plus jamais vu d'pareil

    I've never seen one like that again

32. Ah mon amant de la Coloniale

    Ah my lover from the Colonial days

33. Lorsque j'ai connu ma rivale

    When I met my rival

34. Alors, j'ai serré fort mes bras

    Then, I held my arms tight

35. Pour qu'cette grande garce "La Coloniale"

    So that this big bitch 'The Colonial'

36. Lui foutre la paix et n'me l'vol' pas

    Would leave him alone and not steal him away from me

37. Et lui, il m'avait dit "je reste"

    And he had told me, 'I stay'

38. Mais un beau jour, il est réparti

    But one fine day, he left

39. Vers ces pays que je déteste

    To those countries that I hate

40. Dont il rêvait souvent la nuit

    Which he often dreamed of at night

41. C'était un gars de la Coloniale

    He was a guy from the Coloniale

42. Il avait là, partant du front

    He had there, starting from his forehead

43. Et descendant jusqu'au menton

    And descending down to his chin

44. Une cicatrice en diagonale

    A scar in a diagonal line

45. Je reverrai plus ses beaux yeux pâles

    I will see his beautiful pale eyes no more

46. Ses yeux qui n'ont pas leurs pareils

    His eyes that have no equal

47. Il est reparti vers son soleil

    He has gone back to his sun

48. Mon bel amant de la Coloniale

    My beautiful lover from the Coloniale

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