Susana Baca
Les Feuilles mortes lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2002
- Length
- 5:53
Oh, je voudais tant que tu te souviennes
Oh, I wish so much that 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 more burning than today
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
The dead leaves are gathered by the shovelful
Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié
You see, I haven't forgotten
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
The dead leaves are gathered by the shovelful
Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi
The memories and 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 oblivion
Et tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié
And 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 resembles 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 love each other
Tout doucement sans faire de bruit
Very 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 footsteps of separated 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 erases on the sand
Les pas des amants désunis
The steps of the lovers torn apart
Les pas des amants désunis
The steps of the lovers torn apart
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Key vocabulary
- je
- hey
- voudais
- would
- tant
- so
- souviennes
- remember
- des
- de-A1
- à
- toA1
- sur
- southA1
- souvenirs
- memoriesB1
- jours
- days
- heureux
- happy
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About this song
Susana Baca is Peruvian vocalist associated with Afro-Peruvian musical traditions. She is known for her interpretation of Afro-Peruvian repertoire, including the widely heard recording of “Maria Lando” featured on David Byrne’s The Soul of Black Peru.