Lara Fabian
Il venait d’avoir 18 Ans lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2009
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:20
Il venait d'avoir 18 ans
He had just turned 18
Il était beau comme un enfant
He was as handsome as a child
Fort comme un homme
Strong like a man
C'était l'été, évidemment
It was summer, obviously
Et j'ai compté en le voyant
And I counted as I saw him
Des nuits d'automne
Autumn nights
J'ai mis de l'ordre à mes cheveux
I tidied up my hair
Un peu plus de noir sur mes yeux
A little more black around my eyes
Ça l'a fait rire
It made him laugh
Quand il s'est approché de moi
When he got close to me
J'aurais donné n'importe quoi
I would have given anything
Pour le séduire
To win him over
Il venait d'avoir 18 ans
He had just turned 18
C'était le plus bel argument
It was the finest argument
De sa victoire
Of his victory
Il ne m'a pas parlé d'amour
He didn't talk to me about love
Il pensait que les mots d'amour
He thought that love words
Sont dérisoires
Were ridiculous
Il m'a dit "j'ai envie de toi"
He told me 'I want you'
Il l'avait vu au cinéma
He had seen it at the cinema
Le blé en herbe
The wheat in the grass
Au creux d'un lit improvisé
In the hollow of an improvised bed
J'ai découvert émerveillée
I discovered in wonder
Un ciel superbe
A splendid sky
Il venait d'avoir 18 ans
He had just turned 18
Ça le rendait presqu'insolent
It made him almost insolent
De certitude
With certainty
Et pendant qu'il se rhabillait
And while he got dressed again
Déjà vaincue, je retrouvais
Already defeated, I found back
Ma solitude
My solitude
J'aurais voulu le retenir
I would have liked to hold him back
Pourtant, je l'ai laissé partir
Yet, I let him go
Sans faire un geste
Without making a move
Il m'a dit "c'était pas si mal"
He told me, 'it wasn't so bad'
Avec la candeur infernale
With his infernal innocence
De sa jeunesse
Of his youth
J'ai mis de l'ordre à mes cheveux
I tidied up my hair
Un peu plus de noir sur mes yeux
A little more black on my eyes
Par habitude
Out of habit
J'avais oublié simplement
I had simply forgotten
Que j'avais deux fois 18 ans
That I were twice 18 years old
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Key vocabulary
- approché
- approachedA1
- beau
- beautifulA1
- ciel
- skyA1
- cinéma
- cinemaA1
- compté
- countedA1
- déjà
- alreadyA1
- habitude
- habitA1
- jeunesse
- youthA1
- laissé
- leftA1
- importe
- matters
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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.