Patrick Bruel
Décalé lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1989
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:20
Mais uma canção pra você
But another song for you
Pra te dizer que estarei sempre aqui
To tell you that I'll always be here
Que o tempo pode passar
Though time may pass
As lembranças vão ficar
The memories will remain
Nós cantaremos mas uma vez
We will sing once more
Saudades
Missing you
Elle était coincée là
She was stuck there
Depuis trois ou quatre mois
For three or four months
Une sale histoire, je crois
A messed up story, I believe
Elle aurait bien craqué
She might have cracked
Pour une histoire d'amour
For a love story
En échange d'un billet de retour
In exchange for a return ticket
Elle jouait au poker
She was playing poker
Avec deux, trois dockers
With two or three dockers
Dans un café de Belem
In a café in Belem
Elle me cherchait du regard
She was searching for me with her eyes
Comme s'il était trop tard
As if it were too late
Comme si personne voulait rien voir
As if no one wanted to see anything
Décalé
Out of sync
Isso não faz mal
That doesn't hurt
Décalé
Out of place
Eu também tou mal
I'm feeling bad too
Décalé moi
Offset me
Dans ce vieux piano bar
In that old piano bar
Elle chantait tous les soirs
She sang every night
Ici tout le monde l'appelait "la star"
Here everyone called her 'the star'
Elle m'a raconté son histoire
She told me her story
Mytho ascendant bobards
A mythomaniac with a flair for tall tales
Mais moi, j'faisais semblant d'y croire
But I pretended to believe it
Elle avait si souvent
She had so often
Dû laisser sa tendresse
Had to leave her tenderness
À de mauvaises adresses
At the wrong addresses
Elle ne regrettait rien
She regretted nothing
Elle le criait si bien
She shouted it so well
Rien de rien
Nothing at all
Décalé
Out of sync
Isso não faz mal
It's no harm
Décalé
Out of sync
Eu também estou mal
I'm not well either
Décalé moi
Out of sync for me
Les verres de cachaça
The glasses of cachaça
Nous donnaient du courage
Gave us courage
On faisait les malins
We acted all clever
Pour pas rester trop sage
To not stay too proper
À l'aube on s'est perdus
At dawn we got lost
Je l'ai jamais revue
I never saw her again
Je l'ai jamais revue
I never saw her again
Décalé
Offset
Isso não faz mal
That doesn't hurt
Décalé
Offset
Eu também estou mal
I'm feeling down too
Décalé moi
Shift me
Mais uma canção pra você
Just one more song for you
Pra te dizer que eu estarei pra sempre aqui
To tell you that I'll always be here
Que o tempo pode passar
Time may pass
As lembranças vão ficar
The memories will remain
Pra cantar mais uma vez
To sing one more time
Mais uma canção pra você (décalé)
Just one more song for you (shifted)
Pra te dizer que eu estarei pra sempre aqui (décalé)
To tell you that I'll always be here (shifted)
Que o tempo pode passar (décalé)
Time may pass (shifted)
As lembranças vão ficar
The memories will remain
Pra cantar mais uma vez (décalé moi)
To sing once more (shift me)
Mais uma canção pra você (décalé)
Another song for you (shift)
Pra te dizer que eu estarei pra sempre aqui (décalé)
To tell you that I will always be here (shift)
Que o tempo pode passar (décalé)
That time can pass (shift)
As lembranças vão ficar
The memories will remain
Pra cantar mais uma vez (décalé moi)
To sing once more (shift me)
Mais uma canção pra você
Another song for you
Pra te dizer que eu estarei pra sempre aqui
To tell you that I will always be here
Que o tempo pode passar
That time can pass
As lembranças vão ficar
The memories will remain
Pra cantar mais uma vez
To sing once more
Key vocabulary
- adresses
- addressesA1
- billet
- ticketA1
- café
- coffeeA1
- croire
- believeA1
- crois
- I believeA1
- depuis
- sinceA1
- uma
- a
- canção
- song
- pra
- to
- você
- you
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About this song
Patrick Bruel is a French singer and actor known for his prominence in 1990s pop and his later work in traditional French chanson. He rose to commercial success with the number one single “Alors Regarde” and has also maintained a parallel career in film, including César-nominated acting for Le Prénom.