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Si j’avais un frère – Michel Sardou

Michel Sardou

Si j’avais un frère lyrics with English translation

Language
French
Level
Beginner
Released
1968
Genre
French Pop
Length
3:10
  1. Si j'avais un frère au Viêt-Nam

    If I had a brother in Vietnam

  2. Je lui parlerais de la France

    I would talk to him about France

  3. Je lui dirais que j'ai la chance

    I would tell him that I'm fortunate

  4. De rencontrer de jolies femmes

    To meet lovely women

  5. Je lui écrirais ce qu'elles lisent

    I would write to him what they read

  6. Et j'inventerais des prénoms

    And I would make up some first names

  7. Qui lui feraient de grosses bises

    That would send him big kisses

  8. Sur une carte du Panthéon

    On a postcard of the Pantheon

  9. Je lui dirais ce qu'elles me disent

    I would tell him what they say to me

  10. Quand on a fini de s'aimer

    When we've finished loving each other

  11. Et je raconterais des bêtises

    And I would tell foolish tales

  12. Sur ma façon de les quitter

    About how I left them behind

  13. Je lui écrirais que je l'aime

    I would write to her that I love her

  14. Je parlerais au féminin

    I would speak in the feminine

  15. Pour que ses copains et lui-même

    So that her friends and he himself

  16. Puissent encore croire en quelqu'un

    Could still believe in someone

  17. Je lui dirais que ceux qui l'aiment

    I would tell him that those who love him

  18. ParIent de lui de temps en temps

    Speak of him from time to time

  19. Mais qu'ils l'embrasseront quand même

    But they will embrace him all the same

  20. Quand il reviendra au printemps

    When he returns in the spring

  21. Je lui raconterais ma peine

    I would tell her about my sorrow

  22. Elle m'a quitté le mois dernier

    She left me last month

  23. Et si je l'entends rire quand même

    And if I hear her laugh still

  24. C'est qu'il sera en bonne santé

    It's that he will be healthy

  25. Si j'avais un frère au Viêt-Nam

    If I had a brother in Vietnam

  26. Je ne crierais pas dans la rue

    I wouldn't shout in the street

  27. Je lui parlerais de sa femme

    I would talk to her about her husband

  28. La guerre n'est qu'un mal-entendu

    War is just a misunderstanding

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Key vocabulary

viêt-nam
Vietnam
parlerais
would speak
dirais
would say
écrirais
would write
lisent
read
inventerais
would invent
feraient
would do
grosses
thick
panthéon
PantheonC2
disent
say

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.”

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Si j’avais un frère

Si j'avais un frère au Viêt-Nam

If I had a brother in Vietnam

Je lui parlerais de la France

I would talk to him about France

Je lui dirais que j'ai la chance

I would tell him that I'm fortunate

De rencontrer de jolies femmes

To meet lovely women

Je lui écrirais ce qu'elles lisent

I would write to him what they read

Et j'inventerais des prénoms

And I would make up some first names

Qui lui feraient de grosses bises

That would send him big kisses

Sur une carte du Panthéon

On a postcard of the Pantheon

Je lui dirais ce qu'elles me disent

I would tell him what they say to me

Quand on a fini de s'aimer

When we've finished loving each other

Et je raconterais des bêtises

And I would tell foolish tales

Sur ma façon de les quitter

About how I left them behind

Je lui écrirais que je l'aime

I would write to her that I love her

Je parlerais au féminin

I would speak in the feminine

Pour que ses copains et lui-même

So that her friends and he himself

Puissent encore croire en quelqu'un

Could still believe in someone

Je lui dirais que ceux qui l'aiment

I would tell him that those who love him

ParIent de lui de temps en temps

Speak of him from time to time

Mais qu'ils l'embrasseront quand même

But they will embrace him all the same

Quand il reviendra au printemps

When he returns in the spring

Je lui raconterais ma peine

I would tell her about my sorrow

Elle m'a quitté le mois dernier

She left me last month

Et si je l'entends rire quand même

And if I hear her laugh still

C'est qu'il sera en bonne santé

It's that he will be healthy

Si j'avais un frère au Viêt-Nam

If I had a brother in Vietnam

Je ne crierais pas dans la rue

I wouldn't shout in the street

Je lui parlerais de sa femme

I would talk to her about her husband

La guerre n'est qu'un mal-entendu

War is just a misunderstanding