Renaud
Adieu ch’terril d’Rimbert lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1993
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:07
T'étos là comme einne montagne bien à plache
You're there like a mountain standing tall
Té faisos partie ed'nou paysache
You are part of our homeland after all
Qui d'nou pères i aurot pinsé que ch'terril
Who among our fathers would have thought that this hill
Par un bieau jour i strot évanoui
On a beautiful day would suddenly disappear
Bin mes pauves gins i faudra bien s'y faire
Well, my poor folks will have to get used to it
Y'a disparu min viux terril d'Rimbert
My old hill of Rimbert has vanished without a trace
Bin mes pauves gins i faudra bien s'y faire
Well, my poor folks will have to get used to it
Y'a disparu min viux terril d'Rimbert
My old hill of Rimbert has vanished without a trace
Quand j'étos gosse ej' grimpos sur tin dos
When I was a kid I used to climb on your back
Si y avot pas d'garte vite in s'faufilot
If there was no guard, we'd slip away fast
Parmi chés rals chés aiguillaches chés bos
Among the rafts and the rough edges of the woods
Et tout l'fourbi qui traînot sus ch'carreau
And all the clutter that lingers on the floor
Et in grimpot tout in haut dins l'poussière
And a climb all the way up in the dust
Y'a disparu min viux terril d'Rimbert
My old spoil heap of Rimbert has vanished
Et in grimpot tout in haut dins l'poussière
And a climb all the way up in the dust
Y'a disparu min viux terril d'Rimbert
My old spoil heap of Rimbert has vanished
T'étos un témoin d'l'ouvrache ed' nou pères
You were a witness to the work of our fathers
Qui ont ouvré tout leu vie ed'sous l'terre
Who toiled all their lives beneath the earth
Pour t'construire y a fallu plus d 'cent vingt ans
To build you took more than a hundred and twenty years
Et ravise in n'parle plus d'ti in rien d'temps
And now let's not speak of you as if there's no time left
T'es parti rogné par chés bull-dozers
You left, crushed by bulldozers
J 'te dis adieu min viux terril d'Rimbert
I say goodbye, my old mound of Rimbert
J'restos juste in face quand j'n'étos qu'un jonne
I just stay put when I was just a young lad
L'ravisos monter déchint' el'crinquonne
The ravishing climbs disrupt the grind
Chés berlines s'croisottent toudis à l'même plache
The sedans always crowd onto the same square
Et tout l'journée faire leu remue-ménache
And all day long stirring up a ruckus
Pour aller baller in haut l'mécante terre
To go dancing high, the stubborn earth
Et dire qu'i est parti min terril d'Rimbert
And to say that he left my mound of Rimbert
Pour aller baller in haut l'mécante terre
To go dancing high, the stubborn earth
Et dire qu'i est parti min terril d'Rimbert
And to say that he left my mound of Rimbert
J'souris quand même parce que j'pinse à quitte cosse
I still smile because I think of escaping this shell
Tous chés gins qui s'sont fait mourir à l'fosse
All those souls who met their end in the pit
In' s' doutottent pas in armontant ch' carbon
They don't suspect a thing, just stacking the coal
Que l'terre servirot à leu tits garchons
That the earth will serve to our little boys
I n' in frottent einne tête nou arrières grands 'pères
They don't rub against the head of our grandfathers
Ed'vir qu'i n'existe pus ch'terril d'Rimbert
To say that this land of Rimbert no longer exists
I n'in frottent einne tête nou arrières grands'pères
They don't rub against the head of our grandfathers
Ed'vir qu'i n'existe pus ch'terril d'Rimbert
To say that this land of Rimbert no longer exists
Tetos un temoin d'l'ouvrache ed'sous l'terre
You're a witness to the opening beneath the earth
Pour t'construire y a fallu plus d 'cent vigtans
To build you, it took more than a hundred years
Et ravise in n'parle plus d'ti in rien d'temps
And don't talk to me about time anymore
T'es parti rogne par ches bull dozers
You left, crushed by those bulldozers
J'te dis adieu min viux terril d'rimbert
I say goodbye, my old hill of Rimbert
Chés éfants et pitits éfants d'mineurs
The children and little children of miners
I veul'nt du schiste dins n'allées d'leu demeure
They want some shale in the alleys of their home
Quand i partent in vacances sur l'autoroute
When they head off on vacation on the highway
Je n'cros pas qui n'a bien gramint qui s'doutent
I don't believe anyone truly knows what's going on
Que l'montagne aile est sous chés reulles à terre
That the mountain's wing is under the wheels on the ground
Ch'est là qu't'es parti min terril d'Rimbert
That's where you left, my hill of Rimbert
Que l'montagne aile est sous chés reulles à terre
That the mountain's wing is under the wheels on the ground
Ch'est là qu't'es parti min terril d'Rimbert
That's where you left, my hill of Rimbert
Tetos un temoin d'l'ouvrache ed'sous l'terre
You're a witness to the work beneath the ground
Pour t'construire y a fallu plus d 'cent vigtans
To build you took more than a hundred years
Et ravise in n'parle plus d'ti in rien d'temps
And now it's best not to speak of you in any time
T'es parti rogne par ches bull dozers
You left, crushed by those bulldozers
J'te dis adieu min viux terril d'rimbert
I say goodbye, my old hill of Rimbert
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Key vocabulary
- adieu
- goodbyeB1
- monter
- climbA1
- mourir
- dieA1
- parce
- becauseA1
- parti
- partyA1
- partie
- partA1
- pères
- fathersA1
- vie
- lifeA1
- vingt
- twentyA1
- vite
- quicklyA1
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About this song
Renaud (Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan) is a French singer-songwriter. He is known for French-language chanson rooted in regional dialects and for topping French album and single charts across multiple decades, including award-winning releases such as “Boucan d’enfer” and “Toujours debout.”