Ne me quitte pas-Jacques Brel

Ne me quitte pas - Jacques Brel - French Songs

Ne me quitte pas – Jacques Brel

Ne me quitte pas-Jacques Brel is a beautiful song that can help you to learn and remember French vocabulary.

Jacques Romain Georges Brel was a Belgian singer, songwriter, actor and director who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson.

Lyrics : Ne me quitte pas

French English
Ne me quitte pas Don’t leave me
Il faut oublier We must forget
Tout peut s’oublier Everything can be forgotten
Qui s’enfuit déjà That has already passed away
Oublier le temps Forget the time
Des malentendus Of misunderstandings
Et le temps perdu And the time lost
À savoir comment Trying to understand how
Oublier ces heures To forget these hours
Qui tuaient parfois That sometimes killed
À coups de pourquoi With “whys” that hurt like punches
Le cœur du bonheur The heart of happiness
Ne me quitte pas (4) Don’t leave me (4)
Moi, je t’offrirai I will offer you
Des perles de pluie Pearls of rain
Venues de pays Coming from countries
Où il ne pleut pas Where it never rains
Je creuserai la terre I will dig the earth
Jusqu’après ma mort Until beyond my death
Pour couvrir ton corps To cover your body
D’or et de lumière. With gold and light.
Je ferai un domaine I will create a kingdom
Où l’amour sera roi Where love will be the king
Où l’amour sera loi Where love will be the law
Où tu seras reine. Where you will be the queen.
Ne me quitte pas (4) Don’t leave me (4)
Ne me quitte pas Don’t leave me
Je t’inventerai I will invent for you
Des mots insensés Meaningless words
Que tu comprendras That you will understand
Je te parlerai I will speak to you
De ces amants-là About those lovers
Qui ont vu deux fois Who have seen twice
Leurs cœurs s’embraser Their hearts catch fire
Je te raconterai I will tell you
L’histoire de ce roi The story of this king
Mort de n’avoir pas Who died of not being able
Pu te rencontrer To get to know you
Ne me quitte pas (4) Don’t leave me (4)
On a vu souvent We have often seen
Rejaillir le feu Fire erupting again
De l’ancien volcan From the ancient volcano
Qu’on croyait trop vieux That we considered to be too old
Il est paraît-il It seems like
Donnant plus de blé That yield more wheat
Qu’un meilleur avril Than a best April
Et quand vient le soir And when the night comes
Pour qu’un ciel flamboie For the sky to blaze
Le rouge et le noir The black and the red
Ne s’épousent-ils pas ? Won’t go together?
Ne me quitte pas (4) Don’t leave me (4)
Ne me quitte pas Don’t leave me
Je ne vais plus pleurer I won’t cry anymore
Je ne vais plus parler I won’t talk anymore
Je me cacherai là I will hide right there
À te regarder To see you
Danser et sourire Dancing ad smiling
Et à t’écouter And to listen to you
Chanter et puis rire Sing and then laugh
Laisse-moi devenir Let me become
L’ombre de ton ombre 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
Ne me quitte pas (4) Don’t leave me (4)

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