Mylène Farmer
Dessine‐moi un mouton lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 4:39
Quelle solitude
What solitude
De mourir sans certitude d'être au moins
To die without the certainty of being at least
Une particule
A particle
De vie, un point minuscule utile à quelqu'un
Of life, a tiny point useful to someone
Quelle solitude
What solitude
D'ignorer ce que les yeux ne peuvent pas voir
To ignore what the eyes cannot see
Le monde adulte
The adult world
Isolé, un monde abrupt et là, je broie du noir
Isolated, a harsh world and there, I drown in darkness
Dessine-moi un mouton
Draw me a sheep
Le ciel est vide, sans imagination
The sky is empty, without imagination
C'est ça, dessine-moi un mouton
That's it, draw me a sheep
Redevenir l'enfant que nous étions
To become the child we once were
Dessine-moi un mouton
Draw me a sheep
Le monde est triste, sans imagination
The world is sad, without imagination
C'est ça, dessine-moi un mouton
That's it, draw me a sheep
Apprivoiser l'absurdité du monde
Tame the absurdity of the world
Quelle solitude
What solitude
De se dire que la morsure du temps n'est rien
To tell oneself that the bite of time is nothing
Le rêve est bulle
Dream is a bubble
De vie un bien majuscule utile au chagrin
Of life a capital good useful for sorrow
Déconfiture
Collapse
Des pépins mais je veux croire en l'au-delà
There are setbacks but I want to believe in the beyond
Et vivre est dur
And living is hard
Toujours un choix mais je jure que le monde est à moi
There’s always a choice but I swear the world is mine
Dessine-moi un mouton
Draw me a sheep
Le ciel est vide, sans imagination
The sky is empty, without imagination
C'est ça, dessine-moi un mouton
That's it, draw me a sheep
Redevenir l'enfant que nous étions
To become the child we once were
Dessine-moi un mouton
Draw me a sheep
Le monde est triste sans imagination
The world is sad without imagination
C'est ça, dessine-moi un mouton
That's it, draw me a sheep
Apprivoiser l'absurdité du monde
Tame the absurdity of the world
Il est à moi
It's mine
Il est à moi
It's mine
Il est à moi
It's mine
Il est à moi
It's mine
Il est à moi (le monde)
It's mine (the world)
Il est à moi (le monde)
It's mine (the world)
Il est à moi (le monde)
It's mine (the world)
Il est à moi (le monde)
It's mine (the world)
Le monde
The world
Le monde
The world
Dessine-moi un mouton
Draw me a sheep
Le ciel est vide, sans imagination
The sky is empty, without imagination
C'est ça, dessine-moi un mouton
That's it, draw me a sheep
Redevenir l'enfant que nous étions
Become once again the child we were
Dessine-moi un mouton
Draw me a sheep
Le monde est triste sans imagination
The world is sad without imagination
C'est ça, dessine-moi un mouton
That's it, draw me a sheep
Apprivoiser l'absurdité du monde
Tame the absurdity of the world
Dessine-moi un mouton
Draw me a sheep
Le ciel est vide, sans imagination
The sky is empty, without imagination
C'est ça, dessine-moi un mouton
That's it, draw me a sheep
Redevenir l'enfant que nous étions
To become the child we once were
Dessine-moi un mouton
Draw me a sheep
Le monde est triste sans imagination
The world is sad without imagination
C'est ça, dessine-moi un mouton
That's it, draw me a sheep
Apprivoiser l'absurdité du monde
Tame the absurdity of the world
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Key vocabulary
- adulte
- adultA1
- ciel
- skyA1
- dire
- sayA1
- là
- thereA1
- moins
- lessA1
- monde
- worldA1
- quelle
- which
- certitude
- certaintyB2
- particule
- particleB2
- utile
- usefulA2
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About this song
Mylène Farmer is a French pop artist known for boundary-pushing lyrics and the music videos that accompanied her major releases. She is recognized as one of France’s most successful chart figures, including a record-setting run of No. 1 hits and the signature status of “Désenchantée.”