Patrick Bruel
On t’attendait lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1994
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:03
Ça m' fait drole de te rencontrer par hasard.
It feels strange to meet you by chance.
Tu baisses les yeux, on dirait qu' ca t' gene de m' revoir.
You lower your eyes, it seems like it bothers you to see me again.
Qu'est-ce que tu d'viens... enfin, d'habitude, c'est c' qu'on dit
What have you become... well, usually, that's what we say.
Meme si on dit... que t'aimes de moins en moins ta vie.
Even if they say... that you like your life less and less.
Hey mec... paraît qu' tu traînes avec des gens un peu bizarres,
Hey man... they say you hang out with some pretty weird people,
Qu' tes nuits sont longues et qu' ton sourire est en retard.
That your nights are long and your smile is delayed.
Qu'est-ce que tu fous de ta vie?
What are you doing with your life?
Personne s'en fout... malgré tout c' que tu dis.
No one cares... despite all that you say.
T'es pas venu au rendez-vous.
You didn't show up for the meeting.
Y avait tout l' monde, on a parlé d' toi et de tout.
Everyone was there, we talked about you and everything.
On t'attendait... simplement.
We were waiting for you... simply.
Faut pas laisser... trop de temps.
Don’t let... too much time pass.
On t'attendait... comme avant.
We were waiting for you... like before.
Où t'en es... maintenant?
Where are you at... now?
Où est passé ce type qui avait l' monde à refaire...
Where's that guy gone who had the world to remake...
Qui nous disait qu'il fallait tout laisser derrière,
Who told us we had to leave everything behind,
Qu'on s' ressemblait, qu'on avait l' meme coté grande gueule,
That we were alike, that we had the same big mouths,
Mais qu' fallait toujours etre ensemble quand on est seul?
But that we always had to be together when we were alone?
Celui qui avait rempli nos vies, gonflé nos voiles
The one who filled our lives, inflated our sails
Mais qui a jamais mis son bateau sous les étoiles,
But never put his boat under the stars,
On t'écoutait, on avancait,
We listened to you, we moved forward,
Alors arrete de répéter qu' t'as tout foiré.
So stop repeating that you've messed everything up.
On est venus te chercher.
We came to find you.
C'est pas par hasard si aujourd'hui on t'a croisé.
It's no coincidence that we crossed paths today.
On t'attendait... simplement.
We were waiting for you... simply.
Faut pas laisser... trop de temps.
Don't let... too much time pass.
On t'attendait... comme avant.
We were waiting for you... like before.
On est là... maintenant.
We're here... now.
On t'attendait... comme avant.
We were waiting for you... like before.
Faut pas laisser... trop de temps.
Don't let... too much time pass.
On t'attendait... simplement.
We were waiting for you... simply.
On est là... on t'attend...
We're here... we're waiting for you...
Key vocabulary
- parlé
- spokenA1
- passé
- pastA1
- personne
- nobodyA1
- rendez-vous
- meetingA1
- retard
- delayA1
- sourire
- smileA1
- temps
- timeA1
- toujours
- alwaysA1
- tout
- allA1
- trop
- tooA1
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.