Jacques Brel
La lumière jaillira lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1958
- Genre
- Ballad, French Pop
- Length
- 3:01
La lumière jaillira
The light will break forth
Claire et blanche un matin
Bright and white one morning
Brusquement devant moi
Suddenly before me
Quelque part en chemin
Somewhere along the way
La lumière jaillira
The light will break forth
Et la reconnaîtrai
And I will recognize her
Pour l'avoir tant de fois
For having seen her so many times
Chaque jour espérée
Hoped for each day
La lumière jaillira
The light will break forth
Et de la voir si belle
And to see her so beautiful
Je connaîtrai pourquoi
I'll know why
J'avais tant besoin d'elle
I needed her so much
La lumière jaillira
The light will burst forth
Et nous nous marierons
And we will get married
Pour n'être qu'un combat
To be just a struggle
N'être qu'une chanson
To be just a song
La lumière jaillira
The light will burst forth
Et je l'inviterai
And I'll invite her
À venir sous mon toit
To come under my roof
Pour y tout transformer
To transform everything there
La lumière jaillira
The light will burst forth
Et déjà modifié
And already transformed
Lui avouerai du doigt
I'll confess with my finger
Les meubles du passé
The furniture of the past
La lumière jaillira
The light will burst forth
Et j'aurai un palais
And I will have a palace
Tout ne change-t-il pas
Doesn't everything change?
Au soleil de juillet
In the July sun
La lumière jaillira
The light will burst forth
Et toute ma maison
And all my house
Assise au feu de bois
Seated by the wood fire
Apprendra ces chansons
Will learn these songs
La lumière jaillira
The light will burst forth
Parsemant mes silences
Scattering my silences
De sourires de joie
With smiles of joy
Qui meurent et recommencent
That die and begin again
La lumière jaillira
The light will burst forth
Qu'éternel voyageur
Oh eternal traveler
Mon cœur en vain chercha
My heart searched in vain
Mais qui était en mon cœur
But who was in my heart
La lumière jaillira
The light will burst forth
Reculant l'horizon
Pushing back the horizon
La lumière jaillira
The light will burst forth
Et portera ton nom
And will carry your name
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Key vocabulary
- chansons
- songsA1
- chaque
- eachA1
- chemin
- pathA1
- cœur
- heartA1
- déjà
- alreadyA1
- feu
- fireA1
- joie
- joyA1
- jour
- dayA1
- juillet
- JulyA1
- maison
- houseA1
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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.