
Édith Piaf
Mon amant de la coloniale lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1936
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 3:11
Il était fort et puis si tendre
He was strong and yet so tender
Que, dès notre première nuit
That from our very first night
Je sentais que je ne pourrais plus me reprendre
I felt I could never hold back
Et pour toujours, j'étais à lui
And forever, I was his
J'voyais toutes les femmes lui sourire
I saw all the women smiling at him
Moi, je m'cramponnais à son bras
I was clinging to his arm
Et j'les regardais comme pour leur dire
And I looked at them as if to say
"Il est à moi et je l'lâche pas"
"He’s mine and I won’t let him go"
C'était un gars de la Coloniale
He was a guy from the Colonies
Il avait là, partant du front
He had there, starting from his forehead
Et descendant jusqu'au menton
And down to the chin
Une cicatrice en diagonale
A diagonal scar
Des cheveux noirs, des yeux tout pâles
Black hair, eyes so pale
La peau brûlée par le soleil
Skin burned by the sun
J'en ai plus jamais vu d'pareil
I've never seen another like him
Ah mon amant de la Coloniale
Ah my lover from the Colonial days
Des fois, quand il avait la fièvre
Sometimes, when he had a fever
Il parlait trop et j'avais peur
He talked too much and I was scared
Je mettais la main sur ses lèvres
I would place my hand over his lips
Pour pas connaître le fond de son cœur
To not know the depths of his heart
Car je sentais que, dans son âme
For I felt that, in his soul
Y avait des larmes et du cafard
There were tears and sadness
Longtemps, j'ai cru, c'était une femme
For a long time, I believed it was a woman
Quand j'ai compris, c'était trop tard
When I understood, it was too late
C'était un gars de la Coloniale
He was a guy from the Colonial
Il avait là, partant du front
He had there, starting from the brow
Et descendant jusqu'au menton
And descending down to the chin
Une cicatrice en diagonale
A diagonal scar
Des cheveux noirs, des yeux tout pâles
Black hair, eyes so pale
La peau brûlée par le soleil
Skin burned by the sun
J'en ai plus jamais vu d'pareil
I've never seen one like that again
Ah mon amant de la Coloniale
Ah my lover from the Colonial days
Lorsque j'ai connu ma rivale
When I met my rival
Alors, j'ai serré fort mes bras
Then, I held my arms tight
Pour qu'cette grande garce "La Coloniale"
So that this big bitch 'The Colonial'
Lui foutre la paix et n'me l'vol' pas
Would leave him alone and not steal him away from me
Et lui, il m'avait dit "je reste"
And he had told me, 'I stay'
Mais un beau jour, il est réparti
But one fine day, he left
Vers ces pays que je déteste
To those countries that I hate
Dont il rêvait souvent la nuit
Which he often dreamed of at night
C'était un gars de la Coloniale
He was a guy from the Coloniale
Il avait là, partant du front
He had there, starting from his forehead
Et descendant jusqu'au menton
And descending down to his chin
Une cicatrice en diagonale
A scar in a diagonal line
Je reverrai plus ses beaux yeux pâles
I will see his beautiful pale eyes no more
Ses yeux qui n'ont pas leurs pareils
His eyes that have no equal
Il est reparti vers son soleil
He has gone back to his sun
Mon bel amant de la Coloniale
My beautiful lover from the Coloniale
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Key vocabulary
- cœur
- heartA1
- déteste
- hateA1
- femme
- womanA1
- grande
- bigA1
- jour
- dayA1
- là
- thereA1
- longtemps
- long timeA1
- noirs
- blackA1
- paix
- peaceA1
- pays
- countryA1
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.