Jacques Brel
Chanson sans paroles lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1962
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:52
J'aurais aimé ma belle
I would have loved my beautiful one
T'écrire une chanson
To write you a song
Sur cette mélodie
On this melody
Rencontrée une nuit
Met one night
J'aurais aimé ma belle
I would have loved my beautiful one
Rien qu'au point d'Alençon
Just at the point of Alençon
T'écrire un long poème
To write you a long poem
T'écrire un long: je t'aime
To write you a long: I love you
Je t'aurais dit: amour
I would have told you: love
Je t'aurais dit: toujours
I would have told you: always
Mais de mille façons
But in a thousand ways
Mais par mille détours
But by a thousand detours
Je t'aurais dit: partons
I would have said: let's leave
Je t'aurais dit: brûlons
I would have said: let's burn
Brûlons de jour en jour
Let's burn day by day
De saisons en saisons
From season to season
Mais le temps que s'allume
But the time it takes to ignite
L'idée sur le papier
The idea on the paper
Le temps de prendre une plume
The time to take a pen
Le temps de la tailler
The time to sharpen it
Mais le temps de me dire
But the time to tell me
Comment vais-je l'écrire
How am I going to write it
Et le temps est venu
And the time has come
Où tu ne m'aimais plus
When you no longer loved me
Mais le temps que s'allume
But the time for it to light up
L'idée sur le papier
The idea on paper
Le temps de prendre une plume
The time to take a pen
Le temps de la tailler
The time to sharpen it
Mais le temps de me dire
But the time to tell me
Comment vais-je l'écrire
How am I going to write it
Et le temps est venu
And the time has come
Où tu ne m'aimais plus
When you no longer loved me
Où tu ne m'aimais plus
When you no longer loved me
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Key vocabulary
- aurais
- would have
- aimé
- lovedA1
- belle
- beautifulC2
- écrire
- write
- chanson
- songA1
- mélodie
- melodyB1
- rencontrée
- met
- nuit
- nightA1
- rien
- nothingA1
- alençon
- lace
About this song
Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer, songwriter, and actor associated with lyric-driven French-language chanson. He was known for theatrical vocal delivery and character-driven songs, and his work influenced artists such as David Bowie, Scott Walker, and Marc Almond.