Édith Piaf
My Lost Melody (Je n’en connais pas la fin) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Ballad, French Pop
- Length
- 4:43
I used to know a little square
Back in Paris when I was small
All summer long it had a fair
Wonderful fair with swings and all
I used to love my little fair
And at the closing, everyday
And at the closing, every day
I could be found dancing around
A merry-go-round that used to play
Oh mon amour
Oh my love
A toi toujours
To you forever
Dans tes grands yeux
In your big eyes
Rien que nous deux
Just the two of us
All summer long my little fair
Made everyday a holiday
Made every day a holiday
Night after night it used to glare
People came there from far away
People came from far and wide
Everyone sang the little tune
Everyone sang that little tune
All over town you heard it played
Even Peppi from Napoli
He sang to Marie this serenade
Oh mon amour
Oh my love
A toi toujours
To you always
Dans tes grands yeux
In your big eyes
Rien que nous deux
Just the two of us
I can't forget my little square
And even though I'm far away
I can't forget my little fair
Maybe it's there, still there today
Sometimes I hear my little tune
And in a dream of long ago
And in my brain ran the little ain
The old French ain, I used to know
Oh mon amour
Oh my love
A toi toujours
To you always
Dans tes grands yeux
In your large eyes
Rien que nous deux
Nothing but us two
Key vocabulary
- amour
- loveA1
- toujours
- alwaysA1
- yeux
- eyes
- deux
- twoB2
- sang
- bloodA2
- peppi
- Pepper
- he
- I have
- i'm
- I am
- it's
- it is
- ain
- yes
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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.