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Serais‐tu là ? – Mylène Farmer

Mylène Farmer

Serais‐tu là ? lyrics with English translation

Language
French
Level
Intermediate
Released
1999
Genre
French Pop, Ballad
Length
4:48
  1. Chaque mot qu'on garde

    Every word we hold back

  2. Chaque geste qu'on n'a fait

    Every gesture we didn't take

  3. Sont autant de larmes

    Are just as many tears

  4. Qui invitent au regret

    That beckon regret

  5. "Si j'avais su" est trop tard

    "If I had known" is far too late

  6. Mâchoire d'une pierre tombale

    The jaw of a tombstone

  7. Le "j'aurais dû", dérisoire

    The "I should have" is so futile

  8. Sans voix, et là, j'ai un peu froid

    Voiceless, and here, I'm feeling a bit cold

  9. A chaque fois je sens l'émoi

    Every time I feel the stir

  10. Si j'avais la foi du monde

    If I had the faith of the world

  11. En cette seconde, serais-tu là?

    In this moment, would you be here?

  12. Si j'avais renoncé au monde

    If I had given up on the world

  13. Et que rien ne compte serais-tu là?

    And if nothing mattered, would you be here?

  14. Si j'avais le choix: mourir

    If I had the choice: to die

  15. Pour t'entendre vivre, serais-tu là?

    To hear you live, would you be here?

  16. Si j'avais le choix: souffrir

    If I had the choice: to suffer

  17. Sans même te le dire, serais-tu là?

    Without even telling you, would you be here?

  18. Je serai

    I will be here

  19. Et toi en moi

    And you in me

  20. Je voudrais être Opium

    I would like to be Opium

  21. Me ferais Narguilé

    I would be Hookah

  22. Particule d'Hélium

    Helium particle

  23. Partir tout en fumée

    Leaving all in smoke

  24. Quand je fais ce rêve étrange

    When I have this strange dream

  25. Et quand, pénétrant tes songes

    And when, diving into your dreams

  26. Je deviens volute, poussière d'ange

    I become a curl, angel dust

  27. Et songe, la faute est un poison qui ronge

    And dream, the fault is a poison that eats away

  28. Si j'avais la foi du monde

    If I had the world's faith

  29. En cette seconde, serais-tu là?

    In this moment, would you be there?

  30. Si j'avais renoncé au monde

    If I had given up the world

  31. Et que rien ne compte serais-tu là?

    And that nothing matters, would you be there?

  32. Si j'avais le choix: mourir

    If I had the choice: to die

  33. Pour t'entendre vivre, serais-tu là?

    To hear you live, would you be there?

  34. Si j'avais le choix: souffrir

    If I had the choice: to suffer

  35. Sans même te le dire, serais-tu là?

    Without even telling you, would you be there?

  36. Je serai

    I will be there

  37. Et toi en moi

    And you in me

  38. Et l'âme

    And the soul

  39. A mal

    In pain

  40. Balade, qui

    Wandering, who

  41. Et l'âme

    And the soul

  42. A mal

    Is hurting

  43. Balade qui fait mal

    Ballad that brings pain

  44. Et l'âme

    And the soul

  45. A mal

    Is hurting

  46. Balade, qui

    Ballad, that

  47. Et l'âme

    And the soul

  48. A mal

    Is hurting

  49. Balade qui fait mal

    Ballad that brings pain

  50. (Qui fait mal)

    (That brings pain)

  51. Si j'avais la foi du monde

    If I had the faith of the world

  52. En cette seconde, serais-tu là?

    In this moment, would you be there?

  53. Si j'avais renoncé au monde

    If I had renounced the world

  54. Et que rien ne compte serais-tu là?

    And nothing mattered, would you be there?

  55. Si j'avais le choix: mourir

    If I had the choice: to die

  56. Pour t'entendre vivre, serais-tu là?

    To hear you live, would you be there?

  57. Si j'avais le choix: souffrir

    If I had the choice: to suffer

  58. Sans même te le dire, serais-tu là?

    Without even telling you, would you be there?

  59. Si j'avais la foi du monde

    If I had the faith of the world

  60. En cette seconde, serais-tu là?

    In this moment, would you be there?

  61. Si j'avais renoncé au monde

    If I had given up on the world

  62. Et que rien ne compte serais-tu là?

    And if nothing mattered, would you be there?

  63. Si j'avais le choix: mourir

    If I had the choice: to die

  64. Pour t'entendre vivre, serais-tu là?

    To hear you live, would you be there?

  65. Si j'avais le choix: souffrir

    If I had the choice: to suffer

  66. Sans même te le dire, serais-tu là?

    Without even saying it, would you be there?

  67. Je serai

    I will be there

  68. Et toi en moi

    And you inside me

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Key vocabulary

chaque
eachA1
geste
gestureB1
autant
as muchA2
larmes
tearsA2
mâchoire
jawB2
tombale
tombC1
aurais
would have
owedA1
dérisoire
ridiculousB2
thereA1

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.”

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Serais‐tu là ?

Chaque mot qu'on garde

Every word we hold back

Chaque geste qu'on n'a fait

Every gesture we didn't take

Sont autant de larmes

Are just as many tears

Qui invitent au regret

That beckon regret

"Si j'avais su" est trop tard

"If I had known" is far too late

Mâchoire d'une pierre tombale

The jaw of a tombstone

Le "j'aurais dû", dérisoire

The "I should have" is so futile

Sans voix, et là, j'ai un peu froid

Voiceless, and here, I'm feeling a bit cold

A chaque fois je sens l'émoi

Every time I feel the stir

Si j'avais la foi du monde

If I had the faith of the world

En cette seconde, serais-tu là?

In this moment, would you be here?

Si j'avais renoncé au monde

If I had given up on the world

Et que rien ne compte serais-tu là?

And if nothing mattered, would you be here?

Si j'avais le choix: mourir

If I had the choice: to die

Pour t'entendre vivre, serais-tu là?

To hear you live, would you be here?

Si j'avais le choix: souffrir

If I had the choice: to suffer

Sans même te le dire, serais-tu là?

Without even telling you, would you be here?

Je serai

I will be here

Et toi en moi

And you in me

Je voudrais être Opium

I would like to be Opium

Me ferais Narguilé

I would be Hookah

Particule d'Hélium

Helium particle

Partir tout en fumée

Leaving all in smoke

Quand je fais ce rêve étrange

When I have this strange dream

Et quand, pénétrant tes songes

And when, diving into your dreams

Je deviens volute, poussière d'ange

I become a curl, angel dust

Et songe, la faute est un poison qui ronge

And dream, the fault is a poison that eats away

Si j'avais la foi du monde

If I had the world's faith

En cette seconde, serais-tu là?

In this moment, would you be there?

Si j'avais renoncé au monde

If I had given up the world

Et que rien ne compte serais-tu là?

And that nothing matters, would you be there?

Si j'avais le choix: mourir

If I had the choice: to die

Pour t'entendre vivre, serais-tu là?

To hear you live, would you be there?

Si j'avais le choix: souffrir

If I had the choice: to suffer

Sans même te le dire, serais-tu là?

Without even telling you, would you be there?

Je serai

I will be there

Et toi en moi

And you in me

Et l'âme

And the soul

A mal

In pain

Balade, qui

Wandering, who

Et l'âme

And the soul

A mal

Is hurting

Balade qui fait mal

Ballad that brings pain

Et l'âme

And the soul

A mal

Is hurting

Balade, qui

Ballad, that

Et l'âme

And the soul

A mal

Is hurting

Balade qui fait mal

Ballad that brings pain

(Qui fait mal)

(That brings pain)

Si j'avais la foi du monde

If I had the faith of the world

En cette seconde, serais-tu là?

In this moment, would you be there?

Si j'avais renoncé au monde

If I had renounced the world

Et que rien ne compte serais-tu là?

And nothing mattered, would you be there?

Si j'avais le choix: mourir

If I had the choice: to die

Pour t'entendre vivre, serais-tu là?

To hear you live, would you be there?

Si j'avais le choix: souffrir

If I had the choice: to suffer

Sans même te le dire, serais-tu là?

Without even telling you, would you be there?

Si j'avais la foi du monde

If I had the faith of the world

En cette seconde, serais-tu là?

In this moment, would you be there?

Si j'avais renoncé au monde

If I had given up on the world

Et que rien ne compte serais-tu là?

And if nothing mattered, would you be there?

Si j'avais le choix: mourir

If I had the choice: to die

Pour t'entendre vivre, serais-tu là?

To hear you live, would you be there?

Si j'avais le choix: souffrir

If I had the choice: to suffer

Sans même te le dire, serais-tu là?

Without even saying it, would you be there?

Je serai

I will be there

Et toi en moi

And you inside me