
Jacques Brel
Voici lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1958
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:45
Voici
Here
Qu'un ciel penche ses nuages
As a sky tilts its clouds
Sur ces chemins d'Italie
Over these roads of Italy
Pour amoureux sans bagages
For lovers without baggage
Voici
Here
Des coteaux en ribambelles
Hills in ribbons
Pour enrubanner nos vies
To adorn our lives
De vins clairs de fleurs nouvelles
With clear wines and new flowers
Voici
Here
Des cloches sonnant la fête
Bells ringing in the celebration
Des fêtes pour que l'on rie
Parties for us to laugh
Des rires que rien n'arrête
Laughter that nothing can stop
Voici
Here it is
Des amours en robe blanche
Loves in white gowns
Moitié fleur et moitié fruit
Half flower and half fruit
Que nous jalousent les anges
That the angels envy us
Voici
Here it is
Des échos qui font la chaîne
Echoes that form the chain
Pur porter à l'infini
Purely carrying to infinity
Nos toujours et nos je t'aime
Our always and our I love you
Voici
Here
Des promesse de Saint-Jean
The promises of Saint-Jean
De Saint-Jean qui durent la vie
From Saint-Jean that last a lifetime
Des vies qu'épargne le temps
Lives spared by time
Voici
Here
Certains sourires de nos pères
Some smiles from our fathers
Que l'on recherche la nuit
That we seek in the night
Pour mieux calmer sa colère
To better calm our anger
Voici
Here
Qu'au carrefour des amitiés
At the crossroads of friendships
La douleur s'évanouit
The pain fades away
Broyée par nos mains serrées
Crushed by our clasped hands
Voici
Here we are
Qu'en nos faubourgs délavés
In our washed-out suburbs
Des prêtres en litanies
Priests in litanies
Sont devenus ouvriers
Have become workers
Voici
Here we are
Des mains ridées de courage
Wrinkled hands of courage
Qui caressent l'établi
That caress the workbench
D'où jaillit la belle ouvrage
From which beautiful work springs forth
Voici
Here
Ces fleurs poussant en pagaille
These flowers growing wild
Entre nous et l'ennemi
Between us and the enemy
Pour empêcher la bataille
To prevent the battle
Voici
Here
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Key vocabulary
- amours
- lovesA1
- amitiés
- friendshipA2
- chaîne
- chainA2
- moitié
- halfA2
- nuages
- cloudsA2
- bagages
- luggageB1
- certains
- certainA1
- chemins
- pathsA1
- ciel
- skyA1
- colère
- angerA1
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.