Mylène Farmer
Leila lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Ballad, French Pop
- Length
- 3:52
Leila
Leila
Pauvre humanité muette
Poor silent humanity
Pardonner, polir le geste
To forgive, to polish the gesture
Croire, t'aimer
To believe, to love you
Mais choir, prier
But to choose, to pray
Que celle
That one
Qui n'est
Who is not
Pas parmi vos nombres
Among your numbers
Pas repose dans l'ombre
Does not rest in the shadows
D'une vie
Of a life
Qui n'est pas ici
That isn't here
Je sais
I know
Je sais
I know
Moi, je sais
I, I know
Que c'est pas la vie
That it's not life
Corps cassés
Broken bodies
Nulle espérance
No hope
Fille aînée d'Iran
Eldest daughter of Iran
Infiniment
Infinitely
Leila, une part ensevelie de nous-mêmes
Leila, a buried part of ourselves
Leila, la nuit se consume elle-même
Leila, the night burns itself away
Leila, pont tendu entre ciel et terre
Leila, a bridge stretched between heaven and earth
Leila, Leila, Leila
Leila, une part ensevelie de nous-mêmes
Leila, a buried part of ourselves
Leila, la nuit se consume elle-même
Leila, the night burns itself away
Leila, pont tendu entre ciel et terre
Leila, a bridge stretched between heaven and earth
Leila, Leila, Leila
Pauvre humanité muette
Poor silent humanity
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Key vocabulary
- repose
- restsA1
- vie
- lifeA1
- leila
- name
- pauvre
- poorB1
- humanité
- humanityB2
- muette
- mute
- pardonner
- forgiveB1
- polir
- polishB2
- geste
- gestureB1
- croire
- believeA1
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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.”