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Ne me quitte pas
Don't leave me
Il faut oublier
We must forget
Tout peut s'oublier
All can be forgotten
Qui s'enfuit déjÃ
All that is already running away
Oublier le temps
Forget the times
Des malentendus et le temps perdu
Of misunderstandings and the time lost
À savoir comment
Trying to know how
Oublier ces heures
Forget those hours
Qui tuaient parfois à coups de pourquoi
Which sometimes killed with punches of "whys"
Le cœur du bonheur
The heart of happiness
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Moi je t'offrirai
I will give you
Des perles de pluie
Pearls of rain
Venues de pays où il ne pleut pas
That came from countries where it never rains
Je creuserai la terre jusqu'après ma mort
I will dig the earth until after my death
Pour couvrir ton corps d'or et de lumière
To cover your body with gold and light
Je ferai un domaine
I will make a land
Où l'amour sera roi, où l'amour sera loi
Where love will be king, where love will be law
Où tu seras reine
Where you will be queen
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Je t'inventerai
I'll invent for you
Des mots insensés
Foolish, senseless words
Que tu comprendras
That you will understand
Je te parlerai
I will tell you
De ces amants-la
About those lovers
Qui ont vu deux fois leurs cœurs s'embraser
Who have twice seen their hearts catch fire
Je te raconterai l'histoire de ce roi mort
I'll tell you the story of this king, dead
De n'avoir pas pu te rencontrer
From not being able to meet you
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On a vu souvent
We have often seen
Rejaillir le feu
Fire erupt again
De l'ancien volcan
From the ancient volcano
Qu'on croyait trop vieux
That we thought too old
Il est, paraît-il
There are, apparently
Des terres brûlées
Burned lands
Donnant plus de blé
Producing more wheat
Qu'un meilleur avril
Than a best April
Et quand vient le soir
And when the evening comes
Pour qu'un ciel flamboie
For the sky to blaze
Le rouge et le noir ne s'épousent-ils pas?
The red and the black, don't they go together?
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Je ne vais plus pleurer
I won't cry anymore
Je ne vais plus parler
I won't talk anymore
Je me cacherai lÃ
I will hide there
À te regarder danser et sourire et
Watching you dance and smile
À t'écouter chanter et puis rire
And listening to you sing and then laugh
Laisse-moi devenir l'ombre de ton ombre
Let me become the shadow of your shadow
L'ombre de ta main
The shadow of your hand
L'ombre de ton chien
The shadow of your dog
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Don't leave me
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Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas
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Grammar
- ne me quitte pas, laisse-moi - imperative
- s'oublier, s'embraser - pronominal verbs in the infinitive
- qui s'enfuit - pronominal verbs
- temps perdu, perles de pluie venues - past participles
- ces heures, ce roi - demonstrative adjectives
- qui tuaient, on croyait - imperfect
- je creuserai, je ferai - future
- ma mort, ton corps - possessive adjectives
- je t'inventerai, je te parlerai - indirect objects
- qui ont vu, on a vu - passé composé
- n'avoir pas pu - past infinitive
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