
Renaud
Son bleu lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1994
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:04
Il a refermé la porte douc'ment
He gently closed the door
Pour pas réveiller Maman
So he wouldn't wake Mom
Il a j'té l'Huma
He tossed the Human
Sur l'canapé près du chat
On the couch next to the cat
S'est assis dans un coin
Sat down in a corner
La tête dans ses mains
With his head in his hands
Cinquante balais c'est pas vieux
Fifty years old ain't old
Qu'est-ce qu'y va faire de son bleu
What will he do with his blues
De sa gamelle de sa gapette
With his bowl and his cap
C'est toute sa vie qu'était dans sa musette
It's all his life that was in his satchel
Y r'voit toutes ses années au chagrin
He sees all his years of sorrow
Et tout l'cambouis sur ses mains
And all the grease on his hands
Y r'pense à son gars
He thinks about his friend
Qui voulait faire péter tout ça
Who wanted to blow it all up
Ça a pété sans lui
It blew up without him
Sans douleur et sans cris
Without pain and without cries
Où c'est qu't'as vu un bon Dieu
Where have you seen a good God
Qu'est-ce qu'y va faire de son bleu
What will he do with his blue
De ses bras de travailleur
With his worker's arms
C'est toute sa vie qu'était dans sa sueur
It's his whole life that was in his sweat
Pourquoi y r'pense aujourd'hui au p'tit
Why are you thinking about the little one today
V'la dix ans qu'il est parti
It's been ten years since he left
Salut pauv' cave
Hello you poor fool
Tu s'ras toujours un esclave
You'll always be a slave
Eh ben tu vois gamin
Well, you see kid
Aujourd'hui j'suis plus rien
Today I'm nothing anymore
Pas fini d'se faire des ch'veux
Still not done pulling my hair out
Qu'est-ce qu'y va faire de son bleu
What’s he going to do with his blue
D'son drapeau rouge de son Lénine
With his red flag of his Lenin
C'est toute sa vie qu'était dans sa machine
It's his whole life that was in his machine
Y va réveiller Maman peut-être
Maybe go wake up Mama
Lui dire toujours pas de lettre
Tell her still no letter
Il reviendra
He'll come back
Il pense à nous t'en fais pas là-bas
He thinks of us, don't worry over there
Dans la guérilla
In the guerrilla
Au Nicaragua
In Nicaragua
Merde aux hommes et merde à Dieu
Damn the men and damn God
Il dit en raccrochant son bleu
He says as he hangs up his blues
Mon enfant a compris mieux que moi
My child understood better than I did
Le bonheur de faire péter tout ça
The joy of blowing all this up
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Key vocabulary
- bras
- armA1
- cris
- shoutsA1
- dieu
- GodA1
- dire
- sayA1
- enfant
- childA1
- fais
- doA1
- fini
- finishedA1
- plus
- moreA1
- porte
- doorA1
- rien
- nothingA1
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.”