
Renaud
Tonton lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1991
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:42
Bonhomme qui va austère
Man who walks so sternly
Au milieu des landes des bruyères
In the midst of the heather moors
Silhouette insolite
Unusual silhouette
Bloc de granit
Block of granite
Tonton foule la terre
Uncle treads the earth
Lentement
Slowly
Comme le temps
Like time
Le temps qui pourtant emporte
Time that still carries away
Les idées les hommes et les amours mortes
Ideas, men, and lost loves
Le temps qui lui reste
Time that remains
Dans la même veste
In the same jacket
Avant de n'être plus
Before being nothing more
Qu'une statue
Than a statue
Un nom de rue
A street name
Il a son beau chapeau
He has his lovely hat
Il a son long manteau
He has his long coat
Il a son chien le brave
He has his brave dog
Le gros qui bave
The big one who drools
Il a le regard des sages
He has the gaze of the wise
Il est la force tranquille sereine
He is the calm, serene strength
Il est comme un grand chêne
He is like a great oak
Il sait la futilité de toute chose
He knows the futility of everything
La douceur la fragilité des roses
The sweetness, the fragility of roses
Bonhomme qui va austère
A man who walks austere
Au milieu des landes des bruyères
In the midst of the heaths and heather
Silhouette insolite
Unusual silhouette
Bloc de granit
Block of granite
Tonton foule la terre
Uncle treads the earth
En sifflotant
Whistling away
Comme le vent
Like the wind
Le vent qui pourtant emporte
The wind that yet carries away
Son joli chapeau que le chien rapporte
His pretty hat that the dog brings back
Il est plein de bave
It's full of drool
Ce n'est pas bien grave
It's not a big deal
Un chapeau ça se lave
A hat can be washed
Mais ça fait sale
But it looks dirty
Et tonton râle
And uncle's complaining
Tonton est colère
Uncle is angry
Tout va de travers
Everything is going wrong
L'Histoire la gloire tout foire
History, glory, it's all a mess
Parc'que ce soir
Because tonight
Le vieil homme a c'est dur
The old man has it tough
Un caillou dans sa chaussure
A stone in his shoe
Un vieux rhume qui dure
An old cold that lingers
Et puis cette nuit misère il a rêvé
And then this night of misery, he dreamed
Qu'un beau jour la gauche revenait
That one fine day the left would return
Tonton s'en va
Uncle is leaving
À petits pas
In slow steps
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Key vocabulary
- foule
- crowdB1
- insolite
- unusualB1
- manteau
- coatB1
- rapporte
- reportsB1
- petits
- smallA1
- puis
- thenA1
- tout
- allA1
- tranquille
- calmA1
- vent
- windA1
- vieux
- oldA1
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.”