Renaud
Tant qu’il y aura des ombres lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1991
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:22
Tant qu'il y aura des ombres
As long as there are shadows
Des truites et des vandoises
Trout and vandoises
Croule la terre craque le monde
The earth crumbles, the world cracks
Nous irons dans les eaux turquoises
We will go to the turquoise waters
Les rivières profondes
The deep rivers
Du matin clair au soir qui tombe
From bright morning to falling evening
Quand le ciel soudain s'embrase
When the sky suddenly ignites
Nous sommes et resterons bon nombre
We are and will remain many
À guetter la bête sournoise
Waiting for the sneaky beast
Et ses reflets d'argent dans l'ombre
And its silver reflections in the shadow
Tant qu'il y aura des ombres
As long as there are shadows
Nous les deux pieds dans la vase
With both feet in the mud
Oublierons pour quelques secondes
We'll forget for a few seconds
Qu'il ne changera jamais de base
That he will never change his ground
Cet abominable monde
This abominable world
Avant la grande hécatombe
Before the great slaughter
Avant qu'on ne nous écrase
Before we get crushed
Sous une averse de bombes
Under a downpour of bombs
Qui noiera ce monde nase
That will drown this weary world
Nous les chevaliers de l'onde
We the knights of the wave
Garderons le coeur turquoise
Let's keep our hearts turquoise
Tant qu'il y aura des ombres
As long as there are shadows
Des truites et des vandoise
Trouts and roaches
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Key vocabulary
- rivières
- riversA1
- soir
- eveningA1
- soudain
- suddenA1
- tant
- so muchA1
- terre
- earthA1
- tombe
- fallsA1
- avant
- beforeA1
- bon
- goodA1
- ciel
- skyA1
- clair
- clearA1
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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.”