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[Jacqui]

Ok, here's "Tout Pres Du Bonheur." I actually found this one kind of difficult, I don't know why. Maybe because I felt like the literal translations of some of the lines didn't make much sense? Anyway, feel free to correct me, people who are good at French!

And for whoever asked, it was originally a song in English that Celine wrote for Anne-Marie and sang at Anne-Marie and Marc's wedding. Marc then took the melody, re-wrote the lyrics (in French) and recorded it as a duet with Celine.


They would give it all
For their story to cross the night
For love to finally pass history
They love each other
But they ask themselves if that's enough
It's necessary to love so much, to hope so much
A life becomes itself of another life
It's a flower after the rain
A fire in the dark

Tonight
The world is so close to happiness
He holds in his heart
Two lovers with eyes full of hope
The world is so close to happiness
To the end of the night
There is life
That brings us a little closer to one another

I would do it all
For our story to escape the boredom
Beyond the walls of time that passes
I love you
And I never know if that's enough
I'm so afraid that one day love will tire
All my life
I have wanted to be in your life
And here in a cry
A child is born

They would give it all
For their story to cross the night
That at the end of rifles flowers grow
They love each other
Holding in their arms the love of their life
Asleep, so close to happiness.

[sazzlepop123]

SensationalCeline, on Jan 19 2009, 10:26 PM, said:

sazzlepop123, on Jan 18 2009, 08:14 PM, said:

SensationalCeline, on Jan 18 2009, 01:32 AM, said:

ahahaha!!!!!!!! This is hilarious!!!!!!!!
On the subject of translations, could someone translate Terre because I have fallen in love with that song.

This song is very poetic, it gets you thinking a lot! It reminds me of when I had to analyse poems for my degree!!!!

Terre (earth)

Earth,
I spent too much time on the road
Hoping for the faint
traces you scattered

Earth,
If you knew how much I missed you
Those days without compass,
I often prayed to him

Earth,
What do lovers do who meet again?
What should I wear tonight?
Some perfume, alcohol or blues?
Earth,
Soft words shaking and
nesting everywhere
Silences that tell so much,
eyelids against cheeks


No matter what the game
I get what I want
Haul up the blue flag
Because tonight I touched

Earth,
Sanctuary land, on your velvet skin
Slide the again and the always
Earth,
Promised land, birds remember
Of our bodies in flapping
flags loving each other
Earth,
Land of fire, without any emergency exit
And our red embers burn in their turn

Earth,
Forgotten the sea of taboo dreams
And the seconds pass by a
little faster every day
Earth,
Well anchored to the
ground of your charms
I left the stars to guide
my arms to your neck

And your accomplice eye
Has carved on my back
Never again, never afraid of anything
Because tonight I touched
Earth,
Sanctuary land, on your velvet skin
Curved like the end of the day
Earth,
Burned land to the language of desire
Dance from the sky
Caresses, sharing and sighs
Earth,
Foreign land, but so
close at the same time
It's here I want to die now

Earth,
Santuary land, love land
Earth,
Wild land, promised land
Earth, Earth, Earth
Tonight I touched Earth
Earth, promised land
Birds remember
Earth, Earth, Earth
Earth, Earth, Earth

Thank you for translating this. Yes, it does get you thinking a lot. It's such a beautiful song when it is translated in english. You have a degree in French language?

oo no not in French, I studied English literature. Im just trying to learn some French! It's beautiful!

[CelineRox]

I love this thread!

Thanks everyone for the translations

[noar]

dancer105, on Jan 15 2009, 02:17 AM, said:

wow i can't believe i just found this topic today! it's awesome and it has helped me sooo much to understand all the french songs.. the lyrics are soooo beautiful. thanks to everyone who translated      i have a request as well for a translation of the version of PQTME sung by Céline's family and friends i've always wanted to know what they're all saying maybe you guys could help    and thanks a bunch!!!!!!

Do you have the original lyrics of this song and can you please post them or do you know where I can find them on the internet.

[noar]

Can someone please translate those songs from the D'elles album for me, because I like to know what the meaning is of them and with the internet translators I don't get the right meaning of them.

A Cause
Les Paradis
Si J'etais Quelqu'un
Le Temps Qui Compte

Thanks in advanced.

[Jacqui]

You should be able to find the lyrics to pretty much any Celine song, just by Googling it

And "A Cause" has pretty much the same lyrics as "On S'est Aime A Cause."

I'll try to do more translations when I can.

[noar]

Jacqui, on Jan 23 2009, 09:24 PM, said:

You should be able to find the lyrics to pretty much any Celine song, just by Googling it

And "A Cause" has pretty much the same lyrics as "On S'est Aime A Cause."

I'll try to do more translations when I can.

Ok, thank you.   

I already did try that but some words are not transladed or
the sences make no sence.

[dancer105]

Jacqui, on Jan 20 2009, 07:57 AM, said:

Ok, here's "Tout Pres Du Bonheur." I actually found this one kind of difficult, I don't know why. Maybe because I felt like the literal translations of some of the lines didn't make much sense? Anyway, feel free to correct me, people who are good at French!

And for whoever asked, it was originally a song in English that Celine wrote for Anne-Marie and sang at Anne-Marie and Marc's wedding. Marc then took the melody, re-wrote the lyrics (in French) and recorded it as a duet with Celine.


They would give it all
For their story to cross the night
For love to finally pass history
They love each other
But they ask themselves if that's enough
It's necessary to love so much, to hope so much
A life becomes itself of another life
It's a flower after the rain
A fire in the dark

Tonight
The world is so close to happiness
He holds in his heart
Two lovers with eyes full of hope
The world is so close to happiness
To the end of the night
There is life
That brings us a little closer to one another

I would do it all
For our story to escape the boredom
Beyond the walls of time that passes
I love you
And I never know if that's enough
I'm so afraid that one day love will tire
All my life
I have wanted to be in your life
And here in a cry
A child is born

They would give it all
For their story to cross the night
That at the end of rifles flowers grow
They love each other
Holding in their arms the love of their life
Asleep, so close to happiness.

THANKS A BUNCH!!!!!

[Jacqui]

Here are some that I did a few months ago...I put them in my French book and forgot to post them. Hopefully they're ok, I'm not 100% sure on a few lines.

Mon Reve De Toujours.

On a beach
All in clouds
I ran, I ran,
And I heard a cry,
The wind, the sea and the storms,
All around me
Against the waves
Against my tears
I ran, I ran,
I knew that I would
Meet the magic thing
And you were there

It's my dream of forever
Even on my worst days
You are there, you are there
And I see the world shining
It's the dream that I have
Today more than ever
You are there, you are there
And my life changes with you.

In a city
Strange and empty
I'm alone, I'm alone
The shadows scare me
I will lose myself or drown
But you come and save me.


Apprends-Moi.

Teach me the little things
The colour of your door
The black of your coffee
Teach me where you rest
Your desires and your faults acknowledged
Teach me with your smile
Your manias, your causes, your phobias, your secrets
Teach me what you desire
In soft sentences and sweet kisses

And in my dreams
I have so often prayed
Where you want, where you can, where you will go, I will go
Read on my lips
Approach a little closer
Teach me about you, without ever forgetting

Teach me nothing but what counts
These crazy laughs that one dares
Since the world is deaf
Teach me that nothing else counts
But these faithful oaths of a day
Teach me the time of the delights
These wells of new drunkenness
The acts without remorse
Teach me the art of sacrifice
That one is more alive
When one dies of love

And in my dreams
I have so often prayed
Where you want, where you can, where you will go, I will go
Read on my lips
Approach a little closer
So that I find myself in you, until the last secret

Teach me your smiles, teach me your desires, teach me your phobias, teach me your manias, teach me your secrets.

[Jacqui]

Retiens-Moi.

If you see me turn my head
Looking too much out the window
Hold me back
If you surprise me, the grey soul
Packing a single suitcase
Hold me back
Hold me back
Hold back my steps
Walk your siren of love
Open your nets of velvet
Hold me back, love me
To the hollow of your promises again
So close against your body

If you see weapons in my eyes
Pulling on the signal of tears
Hold me back
If I do too much, and too proud
If I take Summer over Winter
Hold me back
Hold me back
Prevent me
From preferring the night to the day
From saying "I love you" without "forever"
Hold me back
Take me
Without even calling for help
Hold me back, it's your turn

When all will be fragile
When I have the air of an easy prey
Please, hold me back
Give me
The peace of your wanderings
The heat of your luck and forgetting
In the hollow of your kidneys
Give me
This that I have lost a day
In these roads and these detours
Searching for the way
To your hands
To your hands
Hold me back


I also have Sous Le Vent and Pour Que Tu M'Aimes Encore, but I think they're pretty easy to find translations for.

[SensationalCeline]

sazzlepop123, on Jan 20 2009, 08:33 AM, said:

SensationalCeline, on Jan 19 2009, 10:26 PM, said:

sazzlepop123, on Jan 18 2009, 08:14 PM, said:

SensationalCeline, on Jan 18 2009, 01:32 AM, said:

ahahaha!!!!!!!! This is hilarious!!!!!!!!
On the subject of translations, could someone translate Terre because I have fallen in love with that song.

This song is very poetic, it gets you thinking a lot! It reminds me of when I had to analyse poems for my degree!!!!

Terre (earth)

Earth,
I spent too much time on the road
Hoping for the faint
traces you scattered

Earth,
If you knew how much I missed you
Those days without compass,
I often prayed to him

Earth,
What do lovers do who meet again?
What should I wear tonight?
Some perfume, alcohol or blues?
Earth,
Soft words shaking and
nesting everywhere
Silences that tell so much,
eyelids against cheeks


No matter what the game
I get what I want
Haul up the blue flag
Because tonight I touched

Earth,
Sanctuary land, on your velvet skin
Slide the again and the always
Earth,
Promised land, birds remember
Of our bodies in flapping
flags loving each other
Earth,
Land of fire, without any emergency exit
And our red embers burn in their turn

Earth,
Forgotten the sea of taboo dreams
And the seconds pass by a
little faster every day
Earth,
Well anchored to the
ground of your charms
I left the stars to guide
my arms to your neck

And your accomplice eye
Has carved on my back
Never again, never afraid of anything
Because tonight I touched
Earth,
Sanctuary land, on your velvet skin
Curved like the end of the day
Earth,
Burned land to the language of desire
Dance from the sky
Caresses, sharing and sighs
Earth,
Foreign land, but so
close at the same time
It's here I want to die now

Earth,
Santuary land, love land
Earth,
Wild land, promised land
Earth, Earth, Earth
Tonight I touched Earth
Earth, promised land
Birds remember
Earth, Earth, Earth
Earth, Earth, Earth

Thank you for translating this. Yes, it does get you thinking a lot. It's such a beautiful song when it is translated in english. You have a degree in French language?

oo no not in French, I studied English literature. Im just trying to learn some French! It's beautiful!

Oh..haha.  Do you teach? That's my favorite subject in school is English. And French is a beautiful language....love

[angeluk2]

'Les Paradis' from D'elles album.


Les Paradis

Under my eyes, silver sands
Lend me someone who resembles you so much
Like a trip one evening
The night of Lynch close in on me
The paradise is full of you
The paradise is full of you

It's a voice that calls
It's a foreign body
A new world where I'm drowning
Read between lines, double and separate
The paradises are far from me
The paradises are far from me

To leave is not to quit
The first love is the last
The paradises are not on Earth
I want to find the light

Believe what is, believe what is not
Those fragile days are infinite
Life has taught me everything
The paradises are not here
The paradises are not here

To leave is not to quit
The first love is the last
The paradises are not on Earth
I'm like a soldier who hopes
The paradises are not on Earth
I want to find the light

The thread of our eyes
This silence they heard two
It's all your strength that serves me
I roll towards Mulholland after the sea
The paradises are not on Earth

The paradises
The paradises are not on Earth
The paradises are not on Earth
The paradises are not on Earth
The paradises are not on Earth
The paradises are not on Earth
The paradises are not on Earth

Some of this translation is the 'literal' translation (i.e. the French word in English) so make of it what you will

[SensationalCeline]

This is my 4th favorite song on the album. Thank you for posting.

[noar]

angeluk2, on Jan 25 2009, 09:55 PM, said:

'Les Paradis' from D'elles album.


Les Paradis

Under my eyes, silver sands
Lend me someone who resembles you so much
Like a trip one evening
The night of Lynch close in on me
The paradise is full of you
The paradise is full of you

It's a voice that calls
It's a foreign body
A new world where I'm drowning
Read between lines, double and separate
The paradises are far from me
The paradises are far from me

To leave is not to quit
The first love is the last
The paradises are not on Earth
I want to find the light

Believe what is, believe what is not
Those fragile days are infinite
Life has taught me everything
The paradises are not here
The paradises are not here

To leave is not to quit
The first love is the last
The paradises are not on Earth
I'm like a soldier who hopes
The paradises are not on Earth
I want to find the light

The thread of our eyes
This silence they heard two
It's all your strength that serves me
I roll towards Mulholland after the sea
The paradises are not on Earth

The paradises
The paradises are not on Earth
The paradises are not on Earth
The paradises are not on Earth
The paradises are not on Earth
The paradises are not on Earth
The paradises are not on Earth

Some of this translation is the 'literal' translation (i.e. the French word in English) so make of it what you will

Thank you so much

Can you try also please to translate those songs.

A Cause
Si J'etais Quelqu'un
Le Temps Qui Compte

[Jacqui]

Rien N'est Vraiment Fini- Nothing Is Really Finished. (I think this is my new favourite.)       

The eternal promises
The days of great sun
The moments of gold and light
The silences of souls
The unsaid that ignites
The fire that comes from moonlight

So the water falls asleep in the eyes of Queens
As in river beds
As long as our hands remember
Nothing is really finished
Sometimes the large winds bring back
The sailor who is lost
As long as your voice follows mine
Nothing is really finished
Really

The fantasy perfumes
The nights of amber and honey
The sweet magic of the skin
To our way of life
To all this that binds us
To this past that keeps us warm

If the large winds bring you back
Nothing is really finished..

Edited by Jacqui, 08 February 2009 - 04:54 AM.

[angeluk2]

Jacqui, on Feb 8 2009, 10:44 AM, said:

Rien N'est Vraiment Fini- Nothing Is Really Finished. (I think this is my new favourite.)       

The eternal promises
The days of great sun
The moments of gold and light
The silences of souls
The unsaid that ignites
The fire that comes from moonlight

So the water falls asleep in the eyes of Queens
As in river beds
As long as our hands remember
Nothing is really finished
Sometimes the large winds bring back
The sailor who is lost
As long as your voice follows mine
Nothing is really finished
Really

The fantasy perfumes
The nights of amber and honey
The sweet magic of the skin
To our way of life
To all this that binds us
To this past that keeps us warm

If the large winds bring you back
Nothing is really finished..

ohhh thank you Jacqui! i love this one so much too.

[calle]

Wow this topic is awesome.. iv even started learning French so i could try understand her amazing french songs.. but this is a great help!! Also wish i had known about the celinedionwebcom site.  Thank you to everyone who has translated songs on here - you all stars!!!

xxx

[ce-line]

Great topic! Thank you everyone for the translations!
Does anyone have a translation for Si Dieu Existe? (I love this song! )

[fra1972]

Can someone translate L'Abandon. When my daughter was about a year old she would hear the melody and raise her arms to be picked up and we would have to dance with her. I'm curious to know what we were dancing to. I speak only a little French so I don't catch the whole song.
Thanks.

[fikus1]

Thank you very much.I've always wanted to understand what Celine is singing about and now I'm able to-it's just great.I am really very thankful.Not too long ago I've started to learn french but it's not going so great:)and so fast.HUGE THANX!!!

[tearsinheaven87]

I love this thread! Thanks so much for taking the time to translate so many songs.
Has anyone the translation for "Papillion" from S'il Suffisait D'aimer

Thanks so much again

[Esty]

This thread is really great! Thanks to everyone who has contributed with their translations! For us, who don't speak French, this is great help in understanding the magnificent songs and beautiful, poetic and profound lyrics. I wish some of her English songs were like that.

[CelineRules!]

Si J'étais Quelqu'un

If I was someone
My spirit would be king
Like the others
I would be watching a train passing by

If I was someone
I would leave far in life
I would leave far in life

If I was someone
I would laugh often
Like the others
I would think about you

If I was someone
Love would play me tricks
My look would be surprised
At your crazy happiness

The northern wind will blow through the trees and flowers
The angels will jump in madness
As if to catch hearts
Hanging on the ladder of infinity
Oh if I was someone
If I was someone

If I was someone
I would be on a cloud
Like the others
I would sleep like a wise one

If I was someone
Black or white
Like the others
I would be like you

I would rediscover the world
I would paint it my way
On my pages in dissorder
Like to draw a ball
That I will send you to the face
That I will send you to the face
Oh If I was someone

If I was someone
I would love you passionately
Like the others
If I was someone
Like the others... someone
Like the others

Edited by CelineRules!, 14 February 2009 - 11:02 AM.

[CelineRules!]

J'attendais

And I listened a long time to the running water of the fountains
And I listened to the wind singing endlessly
Waves of tranquility and peace
As far as I can remember
Childhood is an immense ocean

And I dreamed for long years, long indolence
Where nothing happens, but where nothing is forgotten
I went serene and without knowing
The slightest fire of an absence

It wasn't untill I met you
That I knew, I understood

I was waiting, I was waiting
I was waiting for your look to finally explain
The why of these goodbyes
On this long road

I was waiting, I was waiting
The country of your body, the touching of your hands
My sweet compass, my north
The meaning of my tomorrows

And I approached the troubled shores of adolescence
The doubts, the games, the bad currents
I remember the strokes
Of music and words of France
Lovers in advance

There are plenty of lives that are nurished by studies or science
Destinies made for adventures, records or money
Lives of writing and travelling
Or dreams of power
I thought well about it from time to time
While listening to the wind

I was waiting, I was waiting
I was waiting for your look to finally explain
The why of these goodbyes
On this long road

I was waiting, I was waiting, I was waiting for your love
Your beautiful beautiful love
I was waiting to live at last
While giving in my turn

I was waiting

Edited by CelineRules!, 14 February 2009 - 02:16 PM.

[CelineRox]

OMD thanks so much Sam for both of these translations!

I LOVE both of these songs

[CelineRules!]

Le Temps Qui Compte

The hours of glory, punctuated by doubts
The price it costs for always wanting
The voice that shakes, that sparkles
The room filled with a love so big, so strong
That supports me, raises me, takes me
Whatever the note, singing..., is loving

The time that counts is always counted
Wether it's won, wether it's wasted
In flowing laughter, in tumbling life
The time that counts is always counted


It hammers us, urges the tempo
Time calls me, it will be ten years soon
It takes life, seizes it and leaves
The time that counts is always counted

And my love so cornered, put in danger
Through the years, too many years that have been stolen from me
How many moments, hours and days?
I've played cleverly with the words, my songs screamed your name
Verse of passion, to love you..., is to sing

It hammers us, presses the tempo
Time calls me, it will be ten years soon
It takes life, seizes it and leaves
The time that counts is always counted

And life glides over the water of time
Life resists, gains its momentum
For a kiss, it can put itself to rest
The time that counts is always counted

One kiss and life goes on
The time that counts doesn't wait for us

Even with you, even with passion
The time that counts only lasts for one song

[Jacqui]

fra1972, on Feb 14 2009, 01:25 AM, said:

Can someone translate L'Abandon. When my daughter was about a year old she would hear the melody and raise her arms to be picked up and we would have to dance with her. I'm curious to know what we were dancing to. I speak only a little French so I don't catch the whole song.
Thanks.

Aww that's so cute! I really hope the translation doesn't ruin the moments with your daughter   Some of the lyrics are...a little bit rude.  

The sun in Autumn, indulgent
The naked skins give themselves to the tepid wind
Over there the tempo appears
Beating to the lazy rhythm of time
The abandonment teaches everything
Caresses of waves and hot currents
The soft sand, beautiful and tender lover
Over there the infinite dances
We mix, and love likes the life
The abandonment, it's learned, the nature initiates here

We already know, these moments there
The sun has prepared that
The abandonment, so small
The islands initiate to love here
We already know, these rhythms there
The fires from below, this lustful state
The heat and the wind
Oh so gently
My island teaches me

The rum of the men softens the arms
The laugh of the women, the girls, the brilliance
The velvet nights down here
The same in Panama, same in Cuba
The love has hunger for you, and vice versa
Body to body, lover soldiers
The pleasure in the burning fights
Everything here, the water, the climate
All is desire we don't escape
The abandonment teaches everything
In the dances and the games of children

One step from you, one step from me
The pelvises stick and move very low
Teaches us everything, the abandonment
I go where you go and even beyond
All against you, the night without law
The moment that raises us and basta
The moment, this moment, nothing is more
Important than that



(Btw I think the word "basta" is a Spanish word that was thrown in there? I don't know what that means.)



And to add to our list, we now have...

Tout Pres Du Bonheur
Mon Reve De Toujours
Apprends-Moi
Retiens-Moi
Les Paradis
Rien N'est Vraiment Fini
Si J'étais Quelqu'un
J'attendais
Le Temps Qui Compte
L'abandon

Edited by Jacqui, 15 February 2009 - 01:09 AM.

[fra1972]

Thank you for the translation. Some of the lyrics spoiled it but still love the song. I'm Italian and
Basta is  an Italian word that means Enough.

[noar]

CelineRules!, on Feb 14 2009, 06:01 PM, said:

Si J'étais Quelqu'un

If I was someone
My spirit would be king
Like the others
I would be watching a train passing by

If I was someone
I would leave far in life
I would leave far in life

If I was someone
I would laugh often
Like the others
I would think about you

If I was someone
Love would play me tricks
My look would be surprised
At your crazy happiness

The northern wind will blow through the trees and flowers
The angels will jump in madness
As if to catch hearts
Hanging on the ladder of infinity
Oh if I was someone
If I was someone

If I was someone
I would be on a cloud
Like the others
I would sleep like a wise one

If I was someone
Black or white
Like the others
I would be like you

I would rediscover the world
I would paint it my way
On my pages in dissorder
Like to draw a ball
That I will send you to the face
That I will send you to the face
Oh If I was someone

If I was someone
I would love you passionately
Like the others
If I was someone
Like the others... someone
Like the others

CelineRules!, on Feb 14 2009, 09:59 PM, said:

Le Temps Qui Compte

The hours of glory, punctuated by doubts
The price it costs for always wanting
The voice that shakes, that sparkles
The room filled with a love so big, so strong
That supports me, raises me, takes me
Whatever the note, singing..., is loving

The time that counts is always counted
Wether it's won, wether it's wasted
In flowing laughter, in tumbling life
The time that counts is always counted


It hammers us, urges the tempo
Time calls me, it will be ten years soon
It takes life, seizes it and leaves
The time that counts is always counted

And my love so cornered, put in danger
Through the years, too many years that have been stolen from me
How many moments, hours and days?
I've played cleverly with the words, my songs screamed your name
Verse of passion, to love you..., is to sing

It hammers us, presses the tempo
Time calls me, it will be ten years soon
It takes life, seizes it and leaves
The time that counts is always counted

And life glides over the water of time
Life resists, gains its momentum
For a kiss, it can put itself to rest
The time that counts is always counted

One kiss and life goes on
The time that counts doesn't wait for us

Even with you, even with passion
The time that counts only lasts for one song

Thank you for those translations I really love them, can you please also translate A Cause for me.

[CelineRules!]

noar, on Feb 16 2009, 06:15 PM, said:

Thank you for those translations I really love them, can you please also translate A Cause for me.

Glad you like them..

As for "A Cause": the lyrics are identical to those of "On s'est aimé à cause" of which you can find the translation on the first page

Edited by CelineRules!, 16 February 2009 - 01:53 PM.