Michel Sardou
Le Curé lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:27
Moi qui suis le jeune curé
I who am the young priest
De la paroisse abandonnée
Of the abandoned parish
Là-bas, au flanc de la montagne
Over there, at the mountainside
Moi qui n'intéresse personne
I who interests no one
Pas plus les Cardinaux de Rome
Not even the Cardinals of Rome
Que mes paroissiens qui se damnent
Nor my parishioners who are damning themselves
Quand je m'ennuie, les soirs d'hiver
When I get bored, on winter evenings
Comme un berger dans son désert
Like a shepherd in his desert
Je vais coucher dans mon église
I will lie down in my church
Ah, bon Dieu, si l'on était deux
Ah, good God, if only we were two
Ah, bon Dieu, si l'on était deux
Ah, good Lord, if only we were two
Pour t'aimer, pour te servir
To love you, to serve you
On ne serait pas trop de deux
We wouldn't be too many with two
Ah, bon Dieu, si l'on était deux
Ah, good Lord, if only we were two
Moi qui suis le jeune curé
Me, who is the young priest
De la paroisse abandonnée
Of the abandoned parish
Souvent, je pense à cette femme
Often, I think of that woman
Qui partagerait le pain, le sel
Who would share the bread, the salt
Qui m'endormirait avec elle
Who would lull me to sleep with her
Et qui protégerait mon âme
And who would protect my soul
Mais là-devant la croix de Dieu
But here before God's cross
Ma prière n'atteint pas les cieux
My prayer doesn't reach the heavens
Je suis tout seul dans mon église
I'm all alone in my church
Ah, bon Dieu, si l'on était deux
Ah, good God, if we were two
Ah, bon Dieu, si l'on était deux
Ah, good God, if we were two
Pour t'aimer, pour te servir
To love you, to serve you
On ne serait pas trop de deux
We wouldn't be too many at two
Ah, bon Dieu, si l'on était deux
Ah, good God, if we were two
Accorde-moi cette faveur
Grant me this favor
Si tu ne m'entends pas, Seigneur
If you don't hear me, Lord
Demain, on fermera ton église
Tomorrow, we will close your church
Ah, bon Dieu, si l'on était deux
Ah, good God, if only we were two
Ah, bon Dieu, si l'on était deux
Ah, good God, if only we were two
Pour t'aimer, pour te servir
To love you, to serve you
On ne serait pas trop de deux
We wouldn't be too few, just two
Ah, bon Dieu, si l'on était deux
Ah, good God, if only we were two
Ha-ha-ha, ah-ah-ah-ah
Ha-ha-ha, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ha-ha-ha, ah-ah-ah-ah
Ha-ha-ha, ah-ah-ah-ah
Ha-ha-ha, ah-ah-ah-ah
Ha-ha-ha, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ha-ha-ha, ah-ah-ah-ah
Ha-ha-ha, ah-ah-ah-ah
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Key vocabulary
- intéresse
- interests
- jeune
- youngA1
- curé
- priestB1
- paroisse
- parishC2
- abandonnée
- abandoned
- là-bas
- over thereA1
- flanc
- side
- pense
- thinksA1
- personne
- nobodyA1
- plus
- moreA1
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About this song
Michel Sardou is a French singer-songwriter and actor associated with pop and chanson. He is known for his French chart-topping albums, frequent media controversy, and major hits such as “La maladie d’amour” and “La vieille.”