Jacques Brel
Heureux lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1957
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:52
Heureux qui chante pour l'enfant
Happy is he who sings for the child
Et qui sans jamais rien lui dire
And who never says a word to him
Le guide au chemin triomphant
Guiding him on the triumphant path
Heureux qui chante pour l'enfant
Happy is he who sings for the child
Heureux qui sanglote de joie
Happy is he who sobs with joy
Pour s'être enfin donné d'amour
For having finally given himself to love
Ou pour un baiser que l'on boit
Or for a kiss that one savors
Heureux qui sanglote de joie
Happy is he who sobs with joy
Heureux les amants séparés
Happy are the lovers who are apart
Et qui ne savent pas encor'
And who still do not know
Qu'ils vont demain se retrouver
That they will find each other tomorrow
Heureux les amants séparés
Happy are the lovers who are apart
Heureux les amants épargnés
Happy are the lovers who are spared
Et dont la force de vingt ans
And whose strength of twenty years
Ne sert à rien qu'à bien s'aimer
Is good for nothing but to love well
Heureux les amants épargnés
Happy are the lovers who are spared
Heureux les amants que nous sommes
Happy are the lovers that we are
Et qui demain loin l'un de l'autre
And who tomorrow far from each other
S'aimeront s'aimeront
Will love each other will love each other
Par-dessus les hommes
Above all men
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Key vocabulary
- bien
- wellC1
- encor
- againC1
- sert
- servesC1
- enfant
- child
- sanglote
- sob
- amour
- love
- boit
- drinks
- savent
- know
- vont
- go
- amants
- loversB2
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.