Vanessa Paradis
Rendez-vous lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:19
Premier émoi, premier rendez-vous
First stirrings, first rendezvous
Est-ce au premier instant que tout se joue?
Is it in the very first instant that it all unfolds?
Mélodie d'un automne acajou
Melody of a mahogany autumn
Comme dans une comédie musicale
Like in a musical comedy
Je recherchais mon idéal
I was searching for my ideal
Un peu partout
A little bit everywhere
Le coeur qui tangue et soudain s'emballe
The heart that sways and suddenly races
L'instinct ou un réflexe animal
Instinct or an animal reflex
Serai-je un peu trop sentimentale?
Will I be a little too sentimental?
A quel moment le coeur chavire?
At what moment does the heart capsize?
Quand la vie ressemble à un film
When life feels like a movie
Au ralenti
In slow motion
Quand tout devient flou, autour de nous
When everything blurs, around us
Est-ce au premier instant, que tout se joue?
Is it in that first moment, that everything is decided?
Pas besoin de sorcier, de marabout
No need for a wizard or a spellcaster
C'est au premier instant que tout se joue
It's in that first moment that everything is decided
Le destin nous donne rendez-vous
Fate gives us a rendezvous
Pour glisser sur les trottoirs de Paris
To glide on the sidewalks of Paris
Et danser tous deux sous la pluie
And dance together in the rain
Sans parapluie
Without an umbrella
Autour de nous, tout devient flou
Around us, everything turns hazy
C'est au premier instant que tout se joue
It's in the first moment that everything unfolds
Soudain c'est fou, tout devient flou
Suddenly it's wild, everything becomes unclear
C'est au premier instant que tout se joue
It's in the first moment that everything unfolds
Que tout se joue
That everything unfolds
Key vocabulary
- émoi
- alarmC1
- est-ce
- is it
- instant
- momentA2
- mélodie
- melodyB1
- acajou
- mahogany
- comédie
- comedyA2
- musicale
- musicalA2
- recherchais
- searched
- emballe
- pack
- joue
- playsA1
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About this song
Vanessa Paradis is a French singer, actress, and model whose work blends pop with jazz and rock influences. She is best known for her breakout 1987 hit “Joe Le Taxi” and for her crossover presence in French cinema and fashion.