
Patrick Bruel
Nantes lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:21
Il pleut sur Nantes
It's raining in Nantes
Donne-moi la main
Take my hand
Le ciel de Nantes
The sky of Nantes
Rend mon cœur chagrin
Makes my heart feel sorrow
Un matin comme celui-là
One morning just like that
Il y a juste un an déjà
It was only a year ago
La ville avait ce teint blafard
The city had that pale look
Lorsque je sortis de la gare
When I stepped out of the station
Nantes m'était alors inconnue
Nantes was unknown to me then
Je n'y étais jamais venue
I had never been there
Il avait fallu ce message
It took this message
Pour que je fasse le voyage
For me to make the journey
"Madame soyez au rendez-vous
"Madam, please be at the rendezvous
Vingt-cinq rue de la Grange-au-Loup
Twenty-five Grange-au-Loup Street
Faites vite, il y a peu d'espoir
Make haste, there is little hope
Il a demandé à vous voir"
He has asked to see you"
À l'heure de sa dernière heure
At the hour of his last hour
Après bien des années d'errance
After many years of wandering
Il me revenait en plein cœur
He returned to me in full heart
Son cri déchirait le silence
His cry tore through the silence
Depuis qu'il s'en était allé
Since he had gone away
Longtemps je l'avais espéré
For a long time, I had hoped for him
Ce vagabond, ce disparu
This vagabond, this one who vanished
Voilà qu'il m'était revenu
Look, he has come back to me
Vingt-cinq rue de la Grange-au-Loup
Twenty-five Grange-au-Loup Street
Je m'en souviens du rendez-vous
I remember the meeting well
Et j'ai gravé dans ma mémoire
And I've etched it in my memory
Cette chambre au fond d'un couloir
This room at the end of a hallway
Assis près d'une cheminée
Sitting near a fireplace
J'ai vu quatre hommes se lever
I saw four men rise up
La lumière était froide et blanche
The light was cold and white
Ils portaient l'habit du dimanche
They wore their Sunday best
Je n'ai pas posé de questions
I didn't ask any questions
À ces étranges compagnons
To these strange companions
J'ai rien dit, mais à leurs regards
I said nothing, but in their looks
J'ai compris qu'il était trop tard
I understood it was too late
Pourtant j'étais au rendez-vous
Yet I was at the rendezvous
Vingt-cinq rue de la Grange-au-Loup
Twenty-five Grange-au-Loup Street
Mais il ne m'a jamais revue
But he never saw me again
Il avait déjà disparu
He had already disappeared
Voilà, tu la connais l'histoire
There you go, you know the story
Il était revenu un soir
He had returned one evening
Et ce fut son dernier voyage
And it was his last journey
Et ce fut son dernier rivage
And it was his last shore
Il voulait avant de mourir
He wanted before dying
Se réchauffer à mon sourire
To warm himself with my smile
Mais il mourut à la nuit même
But he died that very night
Sans un adieu, sans un "je t'aime"
Without a goodbye, without an 'I love you'
Au chemin qui longe la mer
On the path that runs by the sea
Couché dans le jardin des pierres
Lying in the garden of stones
Je veux que tranquille il repose
I want him to rest peacefully
Je l'ai couché dessous les roses
I laid him down beneath the roses
Mon père, mon père
My father, my father
Il pleut sur Nantes
It's raining in Nantes
Et je me souviens
And I remember
Le ciel de Nantes
The sky of Nantes
Rend mon cœur chagrin
Makes my heart sorrowful
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Key vocabulary
- allé
- goneA1
- pleut
- rains
- nantes
- city
- père
- fatherA1
- chagrin
- sorrowB2
- celui-là
- that one
- teint
- complexionB2
- blafard
- pale
- lorsque
- whenA2
- inconnue
- unknownA2
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.