Jacques Brel
Dors ma mie, bonsoir lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1958
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 3:44
Dors ma mie
Sleep, my dear
Dehors la nuit est noire
Outside, the night is dark
Dors ma mie bonsoir
Sleep, my dear, good night
Dors ma mie
Sleep, my dear
C'est notre dernier soir
It's our last night
Dors ma mie bonsoir
Sleep, my dear, good night
Sur les fleurs qui ferment leurs paupières
On the flowers that close their eyelids
Pleure la pluie légère
The light rain weeps
Et l'oiseau qui chantera l'aurore
And the bird that will sing the dawn
Dors et rêve encore
Sleep and dream once more
Ainsi demain déjà
So tomorrow already
Serai seul à nouveau
I will be alone once more
Et tu m'auras perdu
And you will have lost me
Rien qu'en me voulant trop
Simply by wanting me too much
Tu m'auras gaspillé
You will have wasted me
A te vouloir bâtir
In wanting to build yourself
Un bonheur éternel
An eternal happiness
Ennuyeux à périr
Boring to death
Au lieu de te pencher
Instead of just leaning
Vers moi tout simplement
Towards me simply
Moi qui avais besoin
Me, who needed
Si fort de ton printemps
So much of your spring
Non les filles que l'on aime
No, the girls we love
Ne comprendront jamais
Will never understand
Qu'elles sont à chaque fois
That they are every time
Notre dernier muguet
Our last lily of the valley
Notre dernière chance
Our last chance
Notre dernier sursaut
Our last surge
Notre dernier départ notre dernier bateau
Our last departure, our last boat
Dors ma mie
Sleep, my darling
Dehors la nuit est noire
Outside, the night is dark
Dors ma mie bonsoir
Sleep, my dear, good night
Dors ma mie c'est notre dernier soir
Sleep, my dear, it's our last night
Dors ma mie je pars
Sleep, my dear, I'm leaving
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Key vocabulary
- nuit
- nightA1
- légère
- light
- oiseau
- bird
- soir
- eveningA1
- paupières
- eyelidsB2
- fleurs
- flowersA1
- noire
- blackA1
- dors
- sleep
- mie
- crumbC1
- dehors
- outsideB1
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.