Lara Fabian
Papillon lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:37
Quelqu'un m'entendra-t-il
Will someone hear me
Si je ne dis plus un mot?
If I don't say another word?
Quelqu'un me verra-t-il
Will someone see me
Si je disparaissais?
If I vanished?
Je sais, je sais
I know, I know
J'aurais pu être un papillon
I could have been a butterfly
J'aurais vécu
I would have lived
Une unique journée
For just one day
Je vole-volerais
I fly—would fly
M'habillerais de lumière
I would dress myself in light
Je me cache-cacherais
I hide-would hide
De la pluie et du vent
From the rain and the wind
Je regarderais la terre
I would gaze at the earth
Apprécierais sa beauté
And appreciate its beauty
Je vole-volerais
I fly-would fly
Serais un papillon
I'd be a butterfly
Quelqu'un m'attendra-t-il
Will someone wait for me
Pour que ma chrysalide?
For my chrysalis?
Se libère de ses fils
To break free from its threads
Et se lance dans le vide?
And dive into the void?
Je sais, je sais
I know, I know
J'aurais pu être un papillon
I could have been a butterfly
J'aurais vécu
I would have lived
Une unique journée
One single day
Je vole-volerais
I fly-would fly
M'habillerais de lumière
I would dress myself in light
Je me cache-cacherais
I hide-would hide
De la pluie et du vent
From the rain and the wind
Je regarderais la terre
I would gaze at the earth
Apprécierais sa beauté
I would cherish its beauty
Je vole-volerais
I fly-would fly
Serais un papillon
I would be a butterfly
Je vole-volerais
I fly-would fly
Je me cache-cacherais
I hide-would hide
Je regarderai la terre
I will look at the earth
Apprécierais sa beauté
I would appreciate its beauty
Je vole-volerais
I fly-would fly
Serais un papillon
I would be a butterfly
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Key vocabulary
- plus
- moreA1
- papillon
- butterflyB2
- regarderais
- would watch
- chrysalide
- chrysalisC1
- quelqu'un
- someoneA1
- cache-cacherais
- would hide
- pluie
- rainA1
- vent
- windA1
- terre
- earthA1
- apprécierais
- would appreciate
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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.