Édith Piaf
Retour lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1955
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:49
Tu retournes au pays, camarade
You're going back home, comrade
Et la paix va rena? tre pour toi.
And peace is about to be reborn for you.
Laisse-l? ton fusil, tes grenades.
Leave your rifle, your grenades behind.
On t'esp? re en te tendant les bras.
We're waiting for you, arms wide open.
Pense? nous, qui restons? la guerre,
Think of us, who remain in the war,
Les soirs calmes o? ton c? ur aimera
The calm evenings where your heart will love
Et va dire? mon p? re,? ma m? re
And go tell my father, my mother
Qu'? No? l, peut-? tre, on reviendra...
That at Christmas, maybe, we'll return...
Ne leur dit rien du front.
Don't tell them anything about the front.
Ne parle pas du feu
Don't speak of the fire
Et mens quand il faudra mentir.
And lie when you must lie.
Dis-leur que nous chantions
Tell them that we sang
Quand tu as d? partir
When you had to leave
En buvant tous le verre d'adieu.
While drinking every farewell drink.
Tu retournes au pays, camarade
You return to the homeland, comrade
Et la paix va rena? tre pour toi.
And peace will be reborn for you.
Laisse-l? ton fusil, tes grenades.
Leave your rifle, your grenades behind.
On t'esp? re en te tendant les bras.
We're waiting for you with open arms.
Pense? nous, qui restons? la guerre,
Think of us, who remain in the war,
Les soirs calmes o? ton c? ur aimera
The calm evenings where your heart will love.
Et va dire? mon p? re,? ma m? re
And go tell? my father, my mother
Qu'? No? l, peut-? tre, on reviendra...
That? No? maybe, we'll come back...
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Key vocabulary
- retournes
- returnedC2
- pays
- countryA1
- camarade
- comradeA2
- paix
- peaceA1
- va
- go
- rena
- reign
- bras
- armA1
- pense
- thinksA1
- restons
- let’s stayA1
- guerre
- warA1
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.