Renaud
La Ballade nord‐irlandaise lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1991
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:37
Ah, one, two, three, four
J'ai voulu planter un oranger
I wanted to plant an orange tree
Là où la chanson n'en verra jamais
Where the song will never see
Là où les arbres n'ont jamais donné
Where the trees have never given
Que des grenades dégoupillées
Only hand-thrown grenades
Jusqu'à Derry, ma bien-aimée
To Derry, my beloved
Sur mon bateau, j'ai navigué
On my boat, I sailed
J'ai dit aux hommes qui se battaient
I told the men who were fighting
Je viens planter un oranger
I come to plant an orange tree
Buvons un verre, allons pêcher
Let's have a drink, let's go fishing
Pas une guerre ne pourra durer
Not a war will ever last
Lorsque la bière et l'amitié
When beer and friendship
Et la musique nous ferons chanter
And music make us sing
Tuez vos dieux à tout jamais
Kill your gods forever
Sous aucune croix, l'amour ne se plaît
Under no cross, love does not thrive
Ce sont les hommes, pas les curés
It’s men, not priests
Qui font pousser les orangers
Who make the orange trees grow
Je voulais planter un oranger
I wanted to plant an orange tree
Là où la chanson n'en verra jamais
Where the song will never see
Il a fleuri et il a donné
It has bloomed and it has given
Les fruits sucrés de la liberté
The sweet fruits of freedom
Il a fleuri et il a donné
It has bloomed and it has given
Les fruits sucrés de la liberté
The sweet fruits of freedom
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Key vocabulary
- arbres
- treesA1
- bateau
- boatA1
- chanson
- songA1
- donné
- givenA1
- jamais
- neverA1
- là
- thereA1
- voulu
- wanted
- verra
- will see
- dégoupillées
- ungoupilled
- derry
- pike
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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.”