Lara Fabian
Dire lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1991
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 4:07
Plus que tout, c'est comme ça que tu voulais l'aimer
More than anything, that's how you wanted to love her
Rien que nous, tu lui disais pur la faire rêver
Just the two of us, you'd tell her to make her dream
Après tout, lui mentir ne t'as pas servi
After all, lying to him didn't help you
Tu es là tout seul le coeur désuni
You're there all alone with a broken heart
Pour toujours, douceur, tendresse elle t'avait jurées
Forever, sweetness, tenderness she had sworn to you
Par amour, elle s'était donnée
Out of love, she had given herself
Sans détour, elle voulait t'aimer
Without hesitation, she wanted to love you
Ça t'faisait peur ces overdoses de bonheur
These overdoses of happiness scared you
Dire que tu réalises à ton tour
To think that you're realizing in turn
Que vivre sans elle c'est l'enfer tous les jours
That living without her is hell every day
Libre, tu te prends à tout détester
Free, you find yourself hating everything
Même cette liberté, tu te sens emprisonné
Even this freedom, you feel imprisoned
Dire que tu regrettes à en crever
To say that you regret it to the core
C'est pire tu t'accuses d'avoir mal aimé
It's worse, you blame yourself for loving poorly
Dire que tout semblait parfait
To say that everything seemed perfect
Tu voudrais courir, la rattraper
You wish you could run, catch up to it
Dire encore, que ses yeux désarmants
To say once more, that her disarming eyes
Vibrent fort dans tes rêves noirs et blancs
Pulse strong in your black and white dreams
Vivre alors que tout s'éclaire trop tard
To live when everything illuminates too late
Vivre fort comme s'il restait de l'espoir
To live fiercely as if hope still remains
Dire que tu réalises à ton tour
To say that you're realizing in your turn
Que vivre sans elle c'est l'enfer tous les jours
That living without her is hell every day
Libre, tu te prends à tout détester
Free, you're starting to hate everything
Même cette liberté, tu te sens emprisonné
Even that freedom, you feel imprisoned
Dire que tu regrettes à en crever
To say that you regret it so deeply
C'est pire tu t'accuses d'avoir mal aimé
It's worse, you blame yourself for loving poorly
Dire, que tout semblait parfait
To say that everything seemed perfect
Tu voudrais courir, la rattraper
You wish you could run and catch her
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Key vocabulary
- amour
- loveA1
- plus
- moreA1
- détour
- detourB2
- donnée
- dataB2
- pur
- pureB2
- voulais
- wanted
- faire
- doB1
- mentir
- lieA2
- désuni
- united
- voulait
- wanted
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About this song
Lara Fabian is a Canadian-Belgian singer-songwriter and actress who performs in pop and operatic vocal styles. She is known for international hits such as “I Will Love Again,” her multilingual recordings, and her Eurovision-representing performance in 1988.