
Jacques Brel
La Haine lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1954
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 1:56
Comme un marin je partirai
Like a sailor, I will set sail
Pour aller rire chez les filles
To go and laugh with the girls
Et si jamais tu en pleurais
And if ever you cried about it
Moi j'en aurais l'âme ravie
I would be filled with joy instead
Comme un novice je partirai
Like a novice, I will depart
Pour aller prier le bon Dieu
To go and pray to the good Lord
Et si jamais tu en souffrais
And if ever you felt pain from it
Moi Je n'en prierais que mieux
I would only pray even harder
Tu n'as commis d'autre péché
You have committed no other sin
Que de distiller chaque jour
Than to distill each day
L'ennui et la banalite
Boredom and the mundane
Quand d'autres distillent l'amour
While others distill love
Et mille jours pour une nuit
And a thousand days for a night
Voilà ce que tu m'as donné
That's what you gave me
Tu as peint notre amour en gris
You painted our love in gray
Terminé notre éternité
Our eternity is over
Comme un ivrogne je partirai
Like a drunkard, I'll take my leave
Pour aller gueuler ma chanson
To go shout my song
Et si jamais tu l'entendais
And if you ever heard it
J'en remercierais le Démon
I would thank the Demon
Comme un soldat je partirai
Like a soldier, I will depart
Mourir comme meurent les enfants
To die like children do
Et si jamais tu en mourais
And if ever you were to die
J'en voudrais revenir vivant
I would want to return alive
Et toi tu pries et toi tu pleures
And you, you pray, and you cry
Au long des jours au long des ans
Through the days, through the years
C'est comme si avec des fleurs
It's as if with flowers
On ressoudait deux continents
We were to reconnect two continents
L'amour est mort vive la haine
Love is dead, long live hate
Et toi matériel déclassé
And you, devalued material
Va-t-en donc accrocher
So go hang
Ta peine au musée
Your pain in the museum
Des amours ratées
Of failed loves
Comme un ivrogne je partirai
Like a drunkard, I will depart
Pour aller gueuler ma chanson
To go shout my song
Et si jamais tu l'entendais
And if ever you heard it
J'en remercierais le Démon
I would thank the Demon
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Key vocabulary
- vivant
- livingB1
- chaque
- eachA1
- dieu
- GodA1
- jour
- dayA1
- jours
- daysA1
- mieux
- betterA1
- amour
- loveA1
- autres
- others
- distillent
- distill
- peint
- painted
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.