Jacques Brel
Il neige sur Liège lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1963
- Genre
- Ballad, French Pop
- Length
- 2:55
Il neige, il neige sur liège
It's snowing, it's snowing on Liège
Et la neige sur liège
And the snow on Liège
Pour neiger met des gants
To snow, put on some gloves
Il neige, il neige sur liège
It's snowing, it's snowing on Liège
Croissant noir de la Meuse
Black crescent of the Meuse
Sur le front d'un clown blanc
On the forehead of a white clown
Il est brisé le cri
The cry is broken
Des heures et des oiseaux
Of hours and of birds
Des enfants à cerceaux
Of children with hoops
Et du noir et du gris
And of black and gray
Il neige, il neige sur liège
It snows, it snows on Liège
Que le fleuve traverse sans bruit
That the river crosses quietly
Il neige, il neige sur liège
It snows, it snows on Liège
Et tant tourne la neige
And so the snow keeps swirling
Entre le ciel et liège
Between the sky and Liège
Qu'on ne sait plus s'il neige
That you no longer know if it snows
S'il neige sur liège
If it snows on Liège
Ou si c'est liège
Or if it's Liège
Qui neige vers le ciel
That snows towards the sky
Et la neige marie
And the snow marries
Mes amants débutants
My novice lovers
Mes amants promenant
My lovers walking
Sur le carré blanchi
On the white square
Il neige, il neige sur liège
It snows, it snows on Liège
Que le fleuve transporte sans bruit
That the river carries silently
Ce soir ce soir, il neige
Tonight, tonight, it snows
Sur mes rêves et sur Liège
On my dreams and on Liège
Que le fleuve transperce sans bruit
That the river pierces silently
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Key vocabulary
- brisé
- brokenB1
- débutants
- beginnersB1
- ciel
- skyA1
- cri
- screamA1
- enfants
- childrenA1
- met
- puts
- gants
- glovesB1
- noir
- blackA1
- blanc
- whiteA1
- oiseaux
- birds
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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.