Yves Montand
Les Feuilles mortes lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1949
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 3:22
Oh, je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes
Oh, how I wish you would remember
Des jours heureux où nous étions amis
The happy days when we were friends
En ce temps-là la vie était plus belle
Back then, life was more beautiful
Et le soleil plus brûlant qu'aujourd'hui
And the sun was hotter than it is today
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
The dead leaves are gathered by the shovel-full
Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié
You see, I have not forgotten
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
The dead leaves are gathered by the shovel-full
Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi
The memories and the regrets too
Et le vent du nord les emporte
And the north wind carries them away
Dans la nuit froide de l'oubli
Into the cold night of forgetfulness
Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié
You see, I haven't forgotten
La chanson que tu me chantais
The song you used to sing to me
C'est une chanson qui nous ressemble
It's a song that reflects us
Toi tu m'aimais et je t'aimais
You loved me and I loved you
Nous vivions tous les deux ensemble
We lived together, just the two of us
Toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais
You who loved me, I who loved you
Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s'aiment
But life separates those who are in love
Tout doucement sans faire de bruit
Gently, without making a sound
Et la mer efface sur le sable
And the sea erases on the sand
Les pas des amants désunis
The footsteps of parted lovers
Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s'aiment
But life separates those who love each other
Tout doucement sans faire de bruit
Gently, without making a sound
Et la mer efface sur le sable
And the sea washes away on the sand
Les pas des amants désunis
The footprints of the separated lovers
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Key vocabulary
- sable
- sandA2
- faire
- doA1
- mer
- seaA1
- ressemble
- resemblesA1
- tout
- allA1
- amants
- loversB2
- voudrais
- would like
- tant
- so muchA1
- souviennes
- you remember
- jours
- daysA1
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About this song
Yves Montand was a French singer and actor, born in Italy and naturalized in France, associated with French chanson and popular music. He is remembered both for his long run as a major postwar recording and stage attraction and for film roles that made him better known internationally as an actor.