Yves Montand
Sous le ciel de Paris lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1964
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 2:58
S'envole une chanson
A song takes flight
Hmmm hmmm
Hmmm hmmm
Elle est née d'aujourd'hui
It was born today
Dans le coeur d'un garçon
In the heart of a boy
Sous le ciel de Paris
Under the Paris sky
Marchent les amoureux
Lovers walk
Hmmm hmmm
Hmmm hmmm
Leur bonheur se construit
Their happiness is built
Sur un air fait pour eux
On a tune made for them
Sous le pont de Bercy
Under the Bercy bridge
Un philosophe assis
A philosopher seated
Deux musiciens, quelques badauds
Two musicians, a few onlookers
Puis des gens par milliers
Then thousands of people
Sous le ciel de Paris
Under the Paris sky
Jusqu'au soir vont chanter
Will sing until evening
Hmmm hmmm
Hmmm hmmm
L'hymne d'un peuple épris
The anthem of a beloved people
De sa vieille cité
Of their ancient city
Près de Notre-Dame
Near Notre-Dame
Parfois couve un drame
Sometimes a drama brews
Oui mais à Paname
Yes, but in Paris
Tout peut arriver
Anything can happen
Quelques rayons
A few rays
D'un ciel d'été
Of a summer sky
L'accordéon
The accordion
D'un marinier
Of a boatman
L'espoir fleurit
Hope blossoms
Au ciel de Paris
In the sky of Paris
Mais le ciel de Paris
But the sky of Paris
A son secret pour lui
Holds its secret for him
Depuis vingt siècles il est épris
For twenty centuries he has been captivated
De notre Île Saint-Louis
By our Île Saint-Louis
Quand elle lui sourit
When she smiles at him
Il met son habit bleu
He puts on his blue coat
Hmmm Hmmm
Hmmm Hmmm
Quand il pleut sur Paris
When it rains on Paris
C'est qu'il est malheureux
It's because he feels unhappy
Quand il est trop jaloux
When he is too jealous
De ses millions d'amants
Of his millions of lovers
Hmmm Hmmm
Hmmm Hmmm
Il fait gronder sur nous
It rumbles over us
Son tonnerre éclatant
Its thunder crashing
Mais le ciel de Paris
But the sky of Paris
N'est pas longtemps cruel
Is not cruel for long
Hmmm hmmm
Hmmm hmmm
Pour se faire pardonner
To make amends
Il offre un arc en ciel
It offers a rainbow
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Key vocabulary
- amoureux
- in loveA1
- envole
- take off
- hmmm
- hmm
- née
- born
- aujourd'hui
- today
- marchent
- walk
- construit
- build
- offre
- offerB1
- arc
- archB2
- paname
- Paris
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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.