Mylène Farmer
Et si vieillir m’était conté lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 4:39
La nuit de ses doigts gantés
The night of her gloved fingers
Image inachevée
Unfinished image
Bientôt la lune est pleine
Soon the moon will be full
La nuit de ses doigts si frêles
The night of her frail fingers
Sculpte l'aube et le ciel
Sculpts the dawn and the sky
Dieu, que cette femme est belle
God, how beautiful this woman is
La nuit de ses doigts de fée
The night of her fairy fingers
A effleuré l'image
Has brushed the image
D'un bonheur de passage
Of a fleeting happiness
Mais j'ai vu l'être emporté
But I saw the being swept away
Elle n'a pas su s'aimer
She never learned to love herself
Le temps a fait ses ravages
Time has wreaked its havoc
Et si vieillir m'était conté
And if aging were told to me
Serais-je là pour t'aimer
Would I be there to love you
D'autres nuits s'achèvent et la vie
Other nights come to an end and life
A tout donné, tout repris
Gave everything, took it all back
La nuit de ses doigts de fer
The night with its iron fingers
A abîmé la chair
Has ruined the flesh
De sa rouille cruelle
With its cruel rust
Quand le temps a déposé
When time has laid down
Son sourire familier
Her familiar smile
C'est un pas vers la poussière
It's a step toward the dust
Et si vieillir m'était conté
And if aging were told to me
Serais-je là pour t'aimer
Would I be there to love you
D'autres nuits s'achèvent et la vie
Other nights come to an end, and life
A tout donné, tout repris
Gave everything, took it all back
Et si vieillir m'était conté
And if aging were told to me
Serais-je là pour t'aimer
Would I be there to love you
D'autres nuits s'achèvent et la vie
Other nights come to an end, and life
A tout donné, tout repris
Gave everything, took it all back
Et si vieillir m'était conté
And if aging were told to me
Serais-je là pour t'aimer
Would I be here to love you
D'autres nuits s'achèvent et la vie
Other nights come to an end and life
A tout donné, tout repris
Gave everything, took it all back
Et si vieillir m'était conté
And if aging were told to me
Serais-je là pour t'aimer
Would I be here to love you
D'autres nuits s'achèvent et la vie
Other nights come to an end and life
A tout donné, tout repris
Gave everything, took it all back
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Key vocabulary
- nuit
- nightA1
- doigts
- fingersA2
- gantés
- gloved
- inachevée
- unfinished
- bientôt
- soonA1
- lune
- moonA2
- pleine
- fullA1
- frêles
- frailB2
- sculpte
- sculptsB2
- aube
- dawn
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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.”