Michel Sardou
Tu es Pierre lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 2:52
Cette histoire aurait pu se passer
This story could have taken place
Sur les bords du lac de Tibériade,
On the shores of the Sea of Galilee,
Dans les années 30 de l'ère chrétienne.
In the 30s of the Christian era.
C'était au printemps le grand jour de l'ouverture.
It was in spring, the great day of the opening.
Pierre surveillait son bouchon.
Peter was watching his float.
Pas le moindre espoir de la plus maigre friture,
Not the slightest hope of the thinnest fry,
Pas plus d'ablette que de goujon.
No more than a bleakling or a stickleback.
Quand il aperçut, aux alentours de midi,
When he saw, around noon,
Un genre de prophète, un Messie,
A kind of prophet, a Messiah,
Qui lui dit qui lui dit qui lui dit oh:
Who said to him, who said to him, who said oh:
Tu es Pierre.
You are Peter.
C'est sur toi que je bâtirai la terre.
You're the foundation on which I'll build the earth.
Tu dois sauver tes frères.
You must save your brothers.
Tu es Pierre.
You are Peter.
Salue ton père et va faire ta valise.
Say goodbye to your father and go pack your bag.
Sur toi je rebâtirai mon église.
On you, I will rebuild my church.
Moi j'aime mon boulot, ma famille et mes copains.
I love my job, my family, and my friends.
Je n'peux pas m'en aller comme ça.
I can't just leave like this.
J'aurais l'air de quoi, de partir sur les chemins
What would I look like, leaving down the roads
Pour chanter des alléluia?
To sing hallelujahs?
"Fais ce qu'on te dit", lui répondit le Messie,
Do what you're told,
"Et n'oublie pas qu'au Paradis
the Messiah replied to him,
C'est écrit c'est écrit c'est écrit oh:"
And don't forget that in Paradise
Tu es Pierre
It's written, it's written, it's written, oh:
C'est sur toi que je bâtirai la terre
You are Peter
Tu dois sauver tes frères
It's on you that I will build the earth
Tu es Pierre
You must save your brothers
Salue ton père et va faire ta valise
You are Peter
Sur toi je rebâtirai mon église
Greet your father and go pack your bags
Tu es Pierre.
On you I will rebuild my church
C'est sur toi que je bâtirai la terre.
It's on you that I'll build the earth.
Tu dois sauver tes frères.
You must save your brothers.
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Key vocabulary
- valise
- suitcaseB1
- rebâtirai
- rebuild
- église
- churchA1
- aime
- love
- boulot
- jobB1
- famille
- familyA1
- copains
- matesA1
- peux
- can
- aller
- goA1
- histoire
- storyA1
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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.”