Francis Cabrel
Photos de voyages lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1985
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 4:17
Comme l'enfant des îles
Like a child from the islands
Avec rien sur la peau
With nothing on my skin
Qui regarde tranquille
Who looks on calmly
Croiser les paquebots
Watching the cruise ships pass
Tu descends, tu t'approches
You come down, you draw near
T'as l'argent dans les poches
You've got money in your pockets
Tu le prends en photo
You take a picture of it
Au retour du voyage
On your return from the journey
Dans des coins du salon
In corners of the living room
Tu revois son visage
You see his face again
Sur des bouts de carton
On pieces of cardboard
Dans des boîtes à chaussures
In shoeboxes
Au milieu des factures
Amidst the bills
Et des billets d'avion
And airplane tickets
Toi t'as l'argent
You've got the money
Lui le soleil
He's got the sun
Il a tout son temps
He's got all his time
Toi t'as ton appareil
You've got your camera
Tu ramènes des images
You bring back images
Des photos de voyage
Travel photos
Tu crois que t'es heureux pareil
You think you're happy just the same
T'as tes repas d'affaires
You have your business meals
Et tes nuits de travail
And your working nights
Il est assis par terre
He's sitting on the ground
Les cheveux jusqu'à la taille
Hair down to his waist
Il répare la nasse
He's mending the net
Pour les poissons qui passent
For the fish that swim by
La barrière de corail
The coral barrier
Toi t'as l'argent
You have the money
Lui le soleil
He has the sun
Il a tout son temps
He's got all the time in the world
Toi t'as ton appareil
You’ve got your camera
Tu ramènes des images
You bring back the pictures
Des photos de voyage
Photos from your travels
Tu crois que t'es heureux pareil
You think you're happy like that
C'était à peine croyable
It was barely believable
Tous ces insectes partout
All those insects everywhere
Ces chambres pleines de sable
Those rooms full of sand
Ces femmes à peine debout
Those women barely standing
Dans le fond de ta ville
In the depths of your city
T'as remis ton manteau
You've put your coat back on
Quelquefois ça descend
Sometimes it drops down
Quinze en dessous de zéro
Fifteen below zero
Sur le bord de sa case
On the edge of his place
Que la chaleur écrase
That the heat crushes
Il boit le lait de coco
He drinks coconut milk
Toi t'as l'argent
You've got the money
Lui le soleil
He's got the sun
Il a tout son temps
He's got all the time
Toi t'as ton appareil
You've got your device
Tu ramènes des images
You bring back some images
Des photos de voyage
Travel photos
Tu crois que t'es heureux pareil
You think you're happy just the same
Comme l'enfant des îles
Like the child from the islands
Avec rien sur la peau
With nothing on your skin
Qui regarde tranquille
Who watches at ease
Croiser les paquebots
Crossing the ocean liners
Comme l'enfant des îles
Like the child from the islands
Avec rien sur la peau
With nothing on your skin
Rien sur la peau
Nothing on your skin
Rien sur la peau
Nothing on the skin
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Key vocabulary
- tout
- allA1
- tranquille
- calmA1
- travail
- workA1
- visage
- faceA1
- voyage
- journeyA1
- milieu
- middleA1
- nuits
- nightsA1
- prends
- takeA1
- regarde
- lookA1
- repas
- mealA1
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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.