Mylène Farmer
Et tournoie… lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1995
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 4:28
J'perçois tes funérailles
I perceive your funeral
Cerveau en bataille
Brain in battle
Tu te veux liquide
You want to be liquid
Pantin translucide
Translucent puppet
Mais tu n'pourras rien changer
But you won't be able to change anything
Côté sombre, c'est mon ombre
Dark side, it's my shadow
Dissout dans l'éternité
Dissolved in eternity
Et l'astre est de cendre
And the star is made of ashes
Ton fantôme intérieur
Your inner ghost
Affronte tes heures
Face your hours
Assassin blotti
Assassin lurking
Ton pire ennemi
Your worst enemy
Tu veux t'expulser de toi
You want to cast yourself out
Mais ta vie, fait envie
Yet your life makes others crave
Ton fil tu l'aimes, déjà
You already love your thread
Et l'astre s'élève
And the star rises
Mets ton âme de lumière
Put on your soul of light
Et tournoie, et tournoie
And whirl, and whirl
Mets ton habit de mystère
Put on your cloak of mystery
Et tournoie, et tournoie
And whirl, and whirl
Sous ton âme la plainte amère
Beneath your soul, the bitter lament
Panse-la, donne-la
Heal it, give it
Mets ton âme de lumière
Put your soul of light
Dedans tout n'est que faille
Inside, all is but a flaw
Ton cœur de cristal
Your heart of crystal
Se brise au moindre éclat
Shatters at the slightest spark
De rire et de larmes
Of laughter and tears
Aux morts qu'importe les dés
To the dead, what do the dice matter
Le soleil, ton emblème
The sun, your emblem
Ne te sera dérobé
Will not be taken from you
Que pour l'éternel
For the eternal
Mets ton âme de lumière
Put on your soul of light
Et tournoie, et tournoie
And spin, and spin
Mets ton habit de mystère
Put on your cloak of mystery
Et tournoie, et tournoie
And spin, and spin
Sous ton âme la plainte amère
Under your soul, the bitter lament
Panse-la, donne-la
Heal it, give it
Mets ton âme de lumière
Put on your soul of light
Mets ton âme de lumière
Put on your soul of light
Et tournoie, et tournoie
And spin, and spin
Mets ton habit de mystère
Put on your cloak of mystery
Et tournoie, et tournoie
And spin, and spin
Sous ton âme la plainte amère
Beneath your soul the bitter sorrow
Panse-la, donne-la
Heal it, give it
Mets ton âme de lumière
Put on your soul of light
Mets ton âme de lumière
Put on your soul of light
Et tournoie, et tournoie
And spin, and spin
Mets ton habit de mystère
Put on your cloak of mystery
Et tournoie, et tournoie
And spin, and spin
Sous ton âme la plainte amère
Beneath your soul the bitter sorrow
Panse-la, donne-la
Think of her, give her
Mets ton âme de lumière
Put your soul in the light
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Key vocabulary
- perçois
- perceive
- funérailles
- funeral
- cerveau
- brainB1
- bataille
- battleB1
- fait
- actA1
- envie
- desireA1
- fil
- threadB1
- aimes
- love
- déjà
- alreadyA1
- élève
- student
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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.”