Zaz
T’attends quoi lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2013
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:20
Je suis de Bassora, aux ports du désert
I am from Basra, at the ports of the desert
Mais je ne m'arrête pas aux postes des frontières
But I won't stop at the border checkpoints
Nomade pour toujours depuis Shéhérazade
Forever a nomad since Scheherazade
Quand arrivera ce jour qui nous sauvera de la noyade
When will this day come that saves us from drowning
Je suis du pays Kham, la tête dans le ciel
I am from the Kham land, head in the sky
Les montagnes ont une âme, sous les neiges éternelles
The mountains have a soul, beneath the eternal snows
Sherpa depuis toujours, des sommets, des façades
Sherpa since always, from peaks to facades
Quand arrivera ce jour qui nous sauvera de la noyade
When will this day come that saves us from drowning
Quand arrivera ce jour qui nous sauvera de la noyade
When will this day come that saves us from drowning
T'attends quoi?
What are you waiting for?
Que la terre nous gronde?
What does the earth growl at us?
Que le soleil ne fonde?
What if the sun won't melt?
Et qu'on enfouisse le monde?
And that we bury the world?
Dis-moi, dis-moi, on attend quoi?
Tell me, tell me, what are we waiting for?
Que la terre nous gronde?
What does the earth growl at us?
Que le soleil ne fonde?
What if the sun won't melt?
Et qu'on enfouisse le monde?
And that we bury the world?
Dis-moi, dis-moi, on attend quoi?
Tell me, tell me, what are we waiting for?
Je suis d'une forêt le long de l'Amazone
I am from a forest along the Amazon
Je connais les secrets des plantes et de la faune
I know the secrets of the plants and the wildlife
Vivant depuis toujours, j'écoute les cascades
Alive since forever, I listen to the waterfalls
Quand arrivera ce jour qui nous sauvera de la noyade
When will that day come to save us from drowning
Je suis à la dérive, un bateau sans le vent
I am adrift, a boat without the wind
Priant pour que j'arrive où personne ne m'attend
Praying to arrive where no one is waiting for me
Perdu depuis toujours, d'odyssées en l'Iliades
Lost since forever, from Odysseys to the Iliads
Quand arrivera ce jour qui nous sauvera de la noyade
When will that day come to save us from drowning
Quand arrivera ce jour on se sauvera de la noyade
When will that day come and we will save ourselves from drowning
T'attends quoi?
What are you waiting for?
Que la terre nous gronde?
For the earth to rumble at us?
Que le soleil ne fonde?
For the sun to melt away?
Et qu'on enfouisse le monde?
And that we bury the world?
Dis-moi, dis-moi, on attend quoi?
Tell me, tell me, what are we waiting for?
Que la terre nous gronde?
For the earth to scold us?
Que le soleil ne fonde?
For the sun to dissolve?
Et qu'on enfouisse le monde?
And that we bury the world?
Dis-moi, dis-moi, mais ils attendent quoi?
Tell me, tell me, but what are they waiting for?
Dis-moi, dis-moi, mais j'attends quoi?
Tell me, tell me, but what am I waiting for?
Que la terre nous gronde?
For the earth to scold us?
Que le soleil ne fonde?
For the sun to dissolve?
Et qu'on enfouisse le monde?
And that we bury the world?
Dis-moi, dis-moi, mais j'attends quoi?
Tell me, tell me, but what am I waiting for?
Dis-moi, dis-moi, mais j'attends quoi?
Tell me, tell me, but what am I waiting for?
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Key vocabulary
- dérive
- driftB2
- nomade
- nomadB2
- depuis
- sinceA1
- shéhérazade
- Scheherazade
- attend
- waitA1
- ciel
- skyA1
- forêt
- forestA1
- jour
- dayA1
- arrivera
- will arrive
- sauvera
- will-save
About this song
Zaz, French singer-songwriter Isabelle Geffroy, works in pop that draws on classic jazz and cabaret, with modern production. She is known for the 2010 debut album featuring “Je veux” and “Le long de la route,” and for contributions such as vocals on “Cœur Volant” from the Hugo soundtrack.