
Michel Sardou
Si j’avais un frère lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1968
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:10
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
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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.”