Vianney
La fille du sud lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2020
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:51
On m'a dit qu'c'était là
I was told it was here
Que tu venais souvent
That you often came
J'ai pensé n'y vas pas
I thought don't go there
Et j'suis venu pourtant
Yet here I came anyway
J'avais plus l'habitude
I was no longer used
Qu'on me remballe
To being turned down
Mais comme t'étais du sud
But since you were from the south
J'ai pris un mistral
I took a mistral
Moi j'voulais n'importe quoi
I wanted anything at all
Tant qu'c'était avec toi
As long as it was with you
Même devenir amis
Even becoming friends
Même conduire dans Paris
Even driving in Paris
Faut pas faire des études
You don't need to study
Pour être au courant
To be in the know
Que comme t'étais du sud
That just like you were from the south
Tu prenais ton temps
You took your time
La fille du sud
The girl from the south
Elle avait mis
She had placed
Dans ma vie
In my life
Tout son pays
All her country
La fille du sud
The girl from the south
J'l'attendais là
I was waiting for her there
Pour partir
To leave
La fille du sud
The girl from the south
Quand elle avait froid
When she was cold
J'aurais fait
I would have done
N'importe quoi
Anything at all
Les filles du sud
The girls from the south
Je vous le dis
I tell you
Ne sont pas
Are not
N'importe qui
Anyone
Puis on est devenus copains
Then we became friends
Et copains c'est moins bien
And friends is less good
Mais s'engueuler à deux
But arguing as a pair
Bah c'est mieux qu'à un
Well, it's better than alone
Avant toi c'était dur et froid comme la nuit
Before you, it was hard and cold like the night
Mais comme t'étais du sud t'as réchauffé ma vie
But since you were from the south, you warmed up my life
La fille du sud
The girl from the south
Elle avait mis
She had placed
Dans ma vie
In my life
Tout son pays
All her country
La fille du sud
The girl from the south
J'l'attendais là
I was waiting for her there
Pour partir
To leave
La fille du sud
The girl from the south
Quand elle avait froid
When she was cold
J'aurais fait
I would have done
N'importe quoi
Anything at all
Les filles du sud
The girls from the south
Je vous le dis
I tell you this
Ne sont pas
They are not
N'importe qui
Just anyone
La fille du sud
The girl from the south
Elle est comme un soleil
She shines like the sun
Qui rayonne et qui donne
Radiating and giving
Le sourire au réveil
A smile at dawn
Elle est ma plus belle vue
She is my most beautiful sight
Et mon plus bel été
And my most beautiful summer
Elle a mis dans ma rue
She brought to my street
La Méditerranée
The Mediterranean
Et deux anneaux plus tard
And two rings later
Dans du papier d'argent
In silver paper
J'ai rangé notre histoire
I tucked away our story
Ce mistral gagnant
This winning mistral
Ce jour où je t'ai plu
That day when I pleased you
M'interroge souvent
Often questions me
Comme tu venais du sud
As you came from the south
Était-ce un accident
Was it an accident?
La fille du sud
The girl from the south
La fille du sud
The girl from the south
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Key vocabulary
- devenir
- becomeA1
- deux
- twoB2
- rayonne
- rayonB2
- réchauffé
- reheatedB2
- réveil
- wake-upB2
- venu
- arrivedB2
- dit
- saidB2
- là
- thereA1
- venais
- was coming
- souvent
- oftenA1
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About this song
Vianney is a French singer-songwriter and performer known for using his voice with guitar and loop pedals to build layered backing vocals and percussion. He emerged in 2014 with Idées blanches and reached the top of the French charts with albums including Vianney (2016) and N’attendons pas (2020).