Francis Cabrel
Imagine‐toi lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1977
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:41
Imagine une nuit d'hiver
Imagine a winter night
Des arbres morts, les bras ouverts
Dead trees, arms wide open
Une nuit profonde et glacée
A deep and freezing night
Que tu est seul à traverser
That you alone are crossing
Le vent a dû brûler tes mains
The wind must have burned your hands
T'es presque à genoux quand soudain
You're almost on your knees when suddenly
Dans la nuit d'hiver que tu imagines
In the winter night that you imagine
Se lève un feu sur la colline
A fire rises on the hill
Refrain:
Chorus:
Imagine, imagine-toi
Imagine, picture yourself
Tu as moins peur, tu as moins froid
You fear less, you feel less cold
Imagine, imagine un peu
Imagine, just imagine a little
Comme la première fois que j'ai croisé ses yeux
Like the first time I locked eyes with hers
Devant chez toi tout a vieilli
In front of your house, everything has aged
Tout a séché, tout a jauni
Everything has dried, everything has turned yellow
Le fleuve a fini de couler
The river has stopped flowing
Tout ça tu peux l'imaginer
You can picture all of that
La terre craque et se divise
The earth cracks and divides
Le soleil brûle ta chemise
The sun burns your shirt
Tu crois que tout va disparaître
Do you think everything will disappear
Quand tu entends une source naître
When you hear a spring being born
Imagine, imagine-toi
Imagine, just imagine yourself
Tu as moins peur, tu as moins froid
You're less afraid, you're less cold
Imagine, imagine un peu
Imagine, just imagine a little
Comme la première fois que j'ai croisé ses yeux
Like the first time I gazed into her eyes
Tu fais la collection des femmes
You collect women
Tu a fait un lac avec leurs larmes
You've made a lake with their tears
Pour s'asseoir dans ta limousine
To sit in your limousine
Elles se battent, j'imagine
They fight, I imagine
Ton bonheur ressemble à l'hiver
Your happiness looks like winter
à un paysage à l'envers
to an upside-down landscape
Tu as toujours peur, tu as toujours froid
You are always scared, you are always cold
Puisque tu ne la connais pas
Since you don't know her
Imagine, imagine-toi
Imagine, imagine yourself
Tu as moins peur, tu as moins froid
You are less scared, you are less cold
Imagine, imagine un peu
Imagine, imagine a bit
Comme la première fois que j'ai croisé ses yeux
Like the first time I met her eyes
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Key vocabulary
- peur
- fearA1
- soudain
- suddenA1
- terre
- earthA1
- nuit
- nightA1
- hiver
- winter
- genoux
- knees
- imagines
- imagineA1
- lève
- raisesB2
- feu
- fireA1
- colline
- hillA2
About this song
Francis Cabrel is a French singer-songwriter known for his French-language songwriting and major commercial success. He became a staple of French pop music with chart-topping albums and singles, including the hit “Je l’aime à mourir,” and is also noted for recording French-language covers of Bob Dylan.