Patrick Bruel
Raconte‐moi lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:30
Si un soir, ma main glissait sur une page tardive
If one evening, my hand slid across a late page
Et si mes yeux tombaient sur une missive
And if my eyes fell upon a letter
Est-ce que je te conna? trais d'avantage?
Would I know you better?
Qu'est-ce qu'un fils peut savoir de tes voyages
What can a son know of your travels?
Des tes amours secr? tes, de tes folies,
Of your secret loves, of your madness,
Tes erreurs de jeunesse, tes envies,
Your youthful mistakes, your desires,
Ta folle sagesse et tes r? ves infid? les?
Your wild wisdom and your unfaithful dreams?
Qu'est-ce qu'une maman peut dire pour rester belle?
What can a mother say to remain beautiful?
Raconte, Raconte un peu cette vie
Tell me, tell me a bit about this life
Que ta pudeur oublie
That your modesty forgets
On vit tous plusieurs vies
We all live many lives
Alors...
So...
Raconte-moi
Tell me
Ta solitude et ton coeur pour seules armes
Your solitude and your heart as your only weapons
Les paravents pour mon enfance sans larmes
The screens for my tearless childhood
L'auto-stop, les figues de Barbarie,
Hitchhiking, prickly pears,
Argenteuil, Barbara, l'Italie
Argenteuil, Barbara, Italy
Ce type qui nous faisait visiter Rome
That guy who showed us around Rome
Que tu as laiss? passer comme tous ces hommes
That you let slip by like all those men
Qui voulaient te parler d'? ternit?
Who wanted to talk to you about eternity?
Mais ne souhaitaient pas assez me rencontrer
But they didn't wish to meet me enough
Raconte... Raconte les courses folles
Tell me... Tell me about the wild races
Les films rue des Ecoles
The movies on School Street
Vincent, Fran? ois et Paul...
Vincent, Fran?ois, and Paul...
Raconte-moi aussi les choses de ta vie
Tell me too about the things in your life
Ce peintre qui me sourit
That painter who smiles at me
Une famille qui grandit
A family that grows
Et puis raconte encore
And then tell me again
Raconte une autre histoire
Tell me another story
Cette vie avant d'm'avoir
This life before having me
Mon p? re, Colomb-B? char
My father, Columb-Béchard
Alors raconte plus fort
So tell it louder
Raconte un peu cette vie
Tell me a bit about this life
Que ta pudeur oublie
That your shyness forgets
On vit tous plusieurs vies
We all live multiple lives
Raconte-moi
Tell me
Tu m'as p't-? tre pas tout dit
You might not have told me everything
Raconte-moi...
Tell me...
(Merci? maritoto pour cettes paroles)
(Thank you, maritoto, for these lyrics)
Key vocabulary
- aussi
- alsoA1
- choses
- thingsA1
- courses
- racesA1
- enfance
- childhoodA1
- glissait
- slid
- alors
- thenA1
- amours
- lovesA1
- armes
- weaponsA1
- envies
- wishesA1
- dire
- sayA1
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.