
Jacques Brel
J’aimais lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1963
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 4:03
J'aimais les fées et les princesses
I loved the fairies and the princesses
Qu'on me disait n'exister pas
That I was told did not exist
J'aimais le feu et la tendresse
I loved the fire and the tenderness
Tu vois, je vous rêvais déjà
You see, I was already dreaming of you
J'aimais les tours hautes et larges
I loved the tall and wide towers
Pour voir au large venir l'amour
To see the love come from afar
J'aimais les tours de cœur de garde
I loved the heartwatching towers
Tu vois, je vous guettais déjà
You see, I was already watching for you
J'aimais le col ondoyant des vagues
I loved the undulating collar of the waves
Les saules nobles languissant vers moi
The noble willows languishing toward me
J'aimais la ligne tournante des algues
I loved the swirling line of the seaweed
Tu vois, je vous savais déjà
You see, I already knew you
J'aimais courir jusqu'à tomber
I loved running until I fell
J'aimais la nuit jusqu'au matin
I loved the night until morning
Je n'aimais rien, non, j'ai adoré
I didn't love anything, no, I adored
Tu vois, je vous aimais déjà
You see, I loved you already
J'aimais l'été pour ses orages
I loved the summer for its storms
Et pour la foudre sur le toit
And for the thunder on the roof
J'aimais l'éclair sur ton visage
I loved the flash on your face
Tu vois, je vous brûlais déjà
You see, I was already burning for you
J'aimais la pluie noyant l'espace
I loved the rain drowning the space
Au long des brumes du pays plat
Along the mists of the flat land
J'aimais la brume que le vent chasse
I loved the fog that the wind chases away
Tu vois, je vous pleurais déjà
You see, I was already mourning you
J'aimais la vigne et le houblon
I loved the vine and the hops
Les villes du Nord, les laides de nuit
The Northern cities, the ugly ones at night
Les fleuves profonds m'appelant au lit
The deep rivers calling me to bed
Tu vois, je vous oubliais déjà
You see, I was already forgetting you
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Key vocabulary
- profonds
- deepB1
- garde
- guardA1
- large
- wideA1
- larges
- broadA1
- nord
- northA1
- vent
- windA1
- villes
- citiesA1
- non
- noA1
- nuit
- nightA1
- rien
- nothingA1
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.