Lara Fabian
River lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2009
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:25
It's coming on Christmas
Ça arrive, Noël approche
They're cutting down trees
Ils abattent les arbres
They're putting up reindeer
Ils installent des rennes
And singing songs of joy and peace
Et chantent des chansons de joie et de paix
Oh, I wish I had a river
Oh, je voudrais avoir une rivière
I could skate away on
Sur laquelle je pourrais glisser
But it don't snow here
Mais ici, il ne neige pas
It stays pretty green
Ça reste plutôt vert
I'm going to make a lot of money
Je vais gagner beaucoup d'argent
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
Puis je vais quitter cette folie
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby cry
I made my baby cry
He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Et il m'aimait si maladroitement
Made me weak in the knees
Me rendait faible aux genoux
Oh, I wish I had a river
Oh, je souhaiterais avoir une rivière
I could skate away on
Sur laquelle je pourrais glisser
I'm so hard to handle
Je suis si difficile à gérer
I'm selfish and I'm sad
Je suis égoïste et je suis triste
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
Maintenant, je suis allée et j'ai perdu le meilleur bébé
That I ever had
Que j'aie jamais eu
I wish I had a river
Je souhaiterais avoir une rivière
I could skate away on
Sur laquelle je pourrais glisser
Oh, I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby say goodbye
I made my baby say goodbye
It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
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Key vocabulary
- it's
- it is
- cutting
- cut
- putting
- put
- stays
- remains
- i'm
- I am
- lot
- plotB2
- quit
- leave
- he
- I have
- ease
- comfort
- loved
- love
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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.