
Jacques Brel
Titine lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1964
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:25
J'ai retrouvé Titine
I found Titine again
Titine, oh ma Titine
Titine, oh my Titine
J'ai retrouvé Titine
I found Titine again
Que je ne trouvais pas
Whom I couldn't find
Je l'ai retrouvée par hasard
I stumbled upon her by chance
Qui vendait du buvard
Who was selling blotting paper
Derrière une vitrine
Behind a shop window
De la gare Saint-Lazare
At the Saint-Lazare station
Je lui ai dit Titine
I said to her, Titine
Titine, oh ma Titine
Titine, oh my Titine
Je lui ai dit Titine
I told her, Titine
Pourquoi m'avoir quitté
Why did you leave me?
Tu es partie comme ça
You left just like that
Sans un geste sans un mot
Without a gesture, without a word
Voir un film de Charlot
Watching a Chaplin film
Au ciné de l'Olympia
At the Olympia cinema
Et il y a trente ans déjà
And already thirty years ago
Que nous te cherchions partout
That we searched for you everywhere
Mon Hispano et moi
My Hispano and I
En criant comme des fous
Screaming like crazy
Je cherche après Titine
I'm searching for Titine
Titine, oh ma Titine
Titine, oh my Titine
Je cherche après Titine
I'm searching for Titine
Mais j'ai retrouvé Titine
But I found Titine again
Titine, oh ma Titine
Titine, oh my Titine
J'ai retrouvé Titine
I've found Titine
Que je ne trouvais pas
That I couldn't find
Je l'avais cherchée partout
I looked for her everywhere
Au Gabon au Tonkin
In Gabon and Tonkin
Je l'avais cherchée en vain
I had searched for her in vain
Au Chili au Pérou
In Chile, in Peru
Et j'lui ai dit Titine
And I said to her, Titine
Titine, oh ma Titine
Titine, oh my Titine
Et j' lui ai dit Titine
And I said to her, Titine
Je t'en supplie reviens
I beg you, come back
Tu as changé je sais bien
You've changed, I know well
Tu es un peu moins tentante
You're a little less enticing
Et tu marches comme Chaplin
And you walk like Chaplin
Puis tu es devenue parlante
Then you became talkative
Mais enfin c'est mieux que rien
But hey, it's better than nothing
Quand on vit depuis trente ans
When you've lived for thirty years
Tout seul avec un chien
All alone with a dog
Et avec douze enfants
And with twelve children
Qui cherchent après Titine
Who are searching for Titine
Titine, oh ma Titine
Titine, oh my Titine
Qui cherchent après Titine
Who are searching for Titine
Mais j'ai retrouvé Titine
But I've found Titine again
Titine, oh ma Titine
Titine, oh my Titine
J'ai retrouvé Titine
I've found Titine again
Que je ne trouvais pas
That I couldn't find
J' aim'rais que vous la voyiez
I wish you could see her
Titine elle est en or
Titine, she's made of gold
Bien plus que Valentine
Much more than Valentine
Bien plus qu'Éléonore
Much more than Eleanor
Mais hier quand je lui ai dit
But yesterday when I told her
Titine, oh ma Titine
Titine, oh my Titine
Quand je lui ai dit Titine
When I told her Titine
Est-ce que tu m'aimes encore
Do you still love me
Elle est repartie comme ça
She left just like that
Sans un geste sans un mot
Without a gesture, without a word
Voir un film de Charlot
Watching a Charlie Chaplin film
Au ciné de l'Olympia
At the Olympia cinema
Alors voilà pourquoi
So here’s why
Nous la recherchons partout
We search for her everywhere
Mon Hispano et moi
My Hispano and I
En criant comme des fous
Screaming like madmen
Je cherche après Titine
I’m looking for Titine
Titine, oh ma Titine
Titine, oh my Titine
Je cherche après Titine
I’m looking for Titine
Mais je retrouverai Titine
But I will find Titine
Titine, oh ma Titine
Titine, oh my Titine
Je retrouverai Titine
I will find Titine again
Et tout ça s'arrangera
And everything will be alright
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Key vocabulary
- trente
- thirtyC1
- cherchions
- we searched
- hispano
- Hispanic
- criant
- shoutingB2
- vit
- livesB2
- depuis
- sinceA1
- titine
- doll
- trouvais
- found
- retrouvée
- found
- hasard
- chanceB1
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.