Mylène Farmer
Serais‐tu là ? lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 4:48
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 là
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 là
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 là
I will be there
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
- dû
- owedA1
- dérisoire
- ridiculousB2
- là
- thereA1
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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.”