Michel Sardou
Les Dessins lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1968
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 2:36
Je dessine un nuage, tu dessines le vent
I draw a cloud, you draw the wind
Le vent tue mon nuage et je pleure
The wind kills my cloud and I cry
Mais j'invente un moulin qui enferme le vent
But I invent a mill that traps the wind
Et ton dessin meurt
And your drawing dies
Je dessine un soleil, tu dessines la pluie
I draw a sun, you draw the rain
La pluie noie mon soleil et je pleure
The rain drowns my sun and I cry
Mais j'accroche un orage sur ton beau paysage
But I hang a storm on your beautiful landscape
Et ton dessin meurt
And your drawing dies
Ce ne sont que des images
They're just images
Dessinées sur du papier
Drawn on paper
Ce ne sont que des mirages
They are just illusions
Des mirages coloriés
Colorful illusions
Je dessine un bateau, tu dessines une vague
I draw a boat, you draw a wave
Mon bateau fend la vague et tu pleures
My boat cuts through the wave and you cry
Mais tu poses un rocher sur la mer déchaînée
But you place a rock on the raging sea
Et mon dessin meurt
And my drawing dies
Je dessine une auto, tu dessines une fleur
I draw a car, you draw a flower
Mon auto tue la fleur et tu pleures
My car kills the flower and you cry
Mais tu dessines un clou qui vient crever ma roue
But you draw a nail that comes to puncture my wheel
Et mon dessin meurt
And my drawing dies
Ce ne sont que des images
These are just images
Dessinées sur du papier
Drawn on paper
Ce ne sont que des mirages
These are just illusions
Des mirages coloriés
Colorful illusions
Je t'assures que la vie c'est bien plus compliqué
I assure you life is much more complicated
Car il ne suffit pas d'un crayon
For it takes more than just a pencil
Et d'un joli dessin pour tout recommencer
And a pretty drawing to start all over again
Comme dans ma chanson
Like in my song
Ce n'étaient que des images
They were just images
Dessinées sur du papier
Drawn on paper
Ce n'étaient que des mirages
They were just illusions
Des mirages coloriés
Colored illusions
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Key vocabulary
- pleure
- criesA1
- pluie
- rainA1
- plus
- moreA1
- dessine
- drawA1
- nuage
- cloudA2
- dessines
- drawA1
- tue
- killsA2
- invente
- invents
- vent
- windA1
- moulin
- millA1
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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.”