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[noar]

CelineRules!, on Feb 16 2009, 08:51 PM, said:

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

Ok thank you, but I always thought that they where 2 diffrent songs because when I compare the french lyrics of those 2 songs they don't look identical they have some diffrent kind of lines in it and some lines are the same, that's why I tought that they where diffrent.
I hope that you understand what I mean and sorry for my bad english.

[CelineRules!]

noar, on Feb 16 2009, 09:28 PM, said:

CelineRules!, on Feb 16 2009, 08:51 PM, said:

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

Ok thank you, but I always thought that they where 2 diffrent songs because when I compare the french lyrics of those 2 songs they don't look identical they have some diffrent kind of lines in it and some lines are the same, that's why I tought that they where diffrent.
I hope that you understand what I mean and sorry for my bad english.

I understand what you mean.. there are a few differences in like one or two lines but the general lyrics are the same..
I'll go check what the differences are and let you know

Edited by CelineRules!, 16 February 2009 - 03:09 PM.

[noar]

CelineRules!, on Feb 16 2009, 10:08 PM, said:

noar, on Feb 16 2009, 09:28 PM, said:

CelineRules!, on Feb 16 2009, 08:51 PM, said:

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

Ok thank you, but I always thought that they where 2 diffrent songs because when I compare the french lyrics of those 2 songs they don't look identical they have some diffrent kind of lines in it and some lines are the same, that's why I tought that they where diffrent.
I hope that you understand what I mean and sorry for my bad english.

I understand what you mean.. there are a few differences in like one or two lines but the general lyrics are the same..
I'll go check what the differences are and let you know

Thank you that is very nice of you, take your time

[minolli]

tearsinheaven87, on Feb 13 2009, 03:45 PM, said:

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

Here is "Papillion." Any native speakers can feel free to correct this translation as necessary.

The leaves fall
To shorter days
Which retain
My body and my voice
I wanted to tell you
That I love you

Cocoon which awakens
To the only perfumes
That I await
At the back of my dreams
Often
When my eyes light up
For a long time
On your white promises
Without seeing there the trap
That dances

Ephemeral butterfly
With wings of glass
Prisoner of the thread
Of your secrets

Butterfly that hopes
Just a bit of light
To dry your colors
In the fire of your desires

So strong is my pride in you
So gentle
My prince
I lost the words
I would like to tell you
How much I love you

[tearsinheaven87]

minolli, on Feb 17 2009, 05:14 AM, said:

tearsinheaven87, on Feb 13 2009, 03:45 PM, said:

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

Here is "Papillion." Any native speakers can feel free to correct this translation as necessary.

The leaves fall
To shorter days
Which retain
My body and my voice
I wanted to tell you
That I love you

Cocoon which awakens
To the only perfumes
That I await
At the back of my dreams
Often
When my eyes light up
For a long time
On your white promises
Without seeing there the trap
That dances

Ephemeral butterfly
With wings of glass
Prisoner of the thread
Of your secrets

Butterfly that hopes
Just a bit of light
To dry your colors
In the fire of your desires

So strong is my pride in you
So gentle
My prince
I lost the words
I would like to tell you
How much I love you

Thank you soooooooooo much       
Such beautiful lyrics  

[ce-line]

Oh, I never knew how beautiful the lyrics to "Papillon" was!

[minolli]

ce-line, on Feb 17 2009, 09:28 AM, said:

Oh, I never knew how beautiful the lyrics to "Papillon" was!

It is quite a lovely song.

[minolli]

Here's another translation. I hope this is at least somewhat correct; I'm trying to practice my French.

Les derniers seront les premiers

When walking without another goal
Over the past, exhausted tomorrow
In the nothingness of the cold of the street

When words no longer exist
When hope is forgotten, dissolved
When even alcohol doesn’t make one drunk
There the scratched phrases remain
From these phrases that we toss away before abandoning

The last will be the first
In the other reality
We will be princes of eternity

A ticket on the sidewalk
In the newspaper, other stories
A random ray of sunlight

An abandoned flower
Which the others left aside
Not new enough, not enough
When your place is outside
Nothing remains except these phrases, like a treasure island

The last will be the first
In the other reality
We will be princes of eternity

[Jacqui]

Je Chanterai

And when we have done the tour of our ultimate projects
When we let ourselves learn to love our failures and regrets
When we open our books of memories
I will sing, I will sing, I will sing, I will sing always

When the dreams of our children will become our hopes
When their sorrows of love will become ours and our suffering
When our glances are enough, when our steps will be the same
I will sing, I will sing, I will sing, I will sing always

We say these things, we forget sometimes, when we dream, or when we're drunk
I will tell you a hundred million times, and that helps me to live so much

When our past, when all these days will be our true wealth
When I know all your gifts, when I know all your weaknesses
When love will have other tastes than the passion, the desire
I will sing, I will sing, I will sing, I will sing always

And I will love you, I will love you, I will love you like the first day
I will sing, I will love you, I will sing, I will sing always


Le Blues Sont Ecrits Pour Toi
(Note, the bits in quotation marks are the parts she sings in English)

"I woke up this morning baby, the blues was pouring out of me"
A hundred times I have said these words
These words that others have written
With all my voice, all my soul
"With all the soul that I can"
The blues as I have learned
"I woke up this morning baby"
But that morning, I understood

The sorrow of the long fields of cotton
I imagined in my cocoon
The blows, the blood, the muddy times
I have suffered in closing my eyes
"His baby's far away"
I have pardons, I have prayers,
But the blues are not sentences in the air

"I woke up this morning baby"
But this morning you were really cold
You understand deep in your chest
All the blues are written for you

"Oh I feel the blues in me, nobody knows how I really feel, nobody knows, nobody cares"
The words burn you one by one, like them
Like them, finally they belong to you
These blues were the hold
With all my voice, all my soul
"With all the soul that I can"
The blues that one has never learned
"I woke up this morning baby, the blues was pouring out of me, nobody knows, nobody cares.."

Ok there are parts of those I'm not sure about, particularly the use of the word "jamais", whether it means "never" or "forever", in this context- so feel free to correct me! But hopefully this at least gives some idea of what the songs are about, for people who speak no French at all!

[ce-line]

Thank you so much for all the amazing translations!
No one has a translation to "Si Dieu Existe"?

[Jacqui]

I don't actually have Si Dieu Existe on a CD or anything, sorry! Maybe someone else has?

[cmcdaori]

Hey guys..there is another web site where u can surely find all the translations except celinedionweb.com.
Here is the link:

http://english.celin...n.net/index.php

Edited by cmcdaori, 27 February 2009 - 07:49 AM.

[tonybower]

Reuben, on Feb 27 2009, 11:12 AM, said:

I just looked up Queen of Sheba on the Wikipedia page in French. It'is Reine de Saba. The translation should be "nights of the Queen of Sheba"

Thanks so much for that. Reine de Saba really did have me stumped. Makes much more sense now! Thank you...  

I'm working on Si dieu existe now and will post soon. It's one of my favourites... I just love her voice on it...

[Filine]

If anyone is looking for translations from English and French songs to Dutch you can find dozens of them on the forum of www.celinedion.nl

[tonybower]

Si dieu existe - If God exists

Nobody
There is nobody left
My soul, terrified as it takes flight,
leaves me lifeless

No one,
I need somebody but I have no one
My being falls down
All my senses desert me
I do not know if I am afraid

I look down from above,
At my spirit’s body.
Our faces turned upwards
So small, so very small

If God exists
And if he loves you
The way you love the birds
Madly, like an angel

Finally, you can walk on the stars.
Uplifted
Madly, like an angel

No one,
I need somebody but I have no one
My being falls down
All my senses desert me
I do not know if I am afraid

You look down from above
At your spirit’s body
Our faces turned upwards
So small, so very small

If God exists
And if he loves you
The way you love the birds
Madly, like an angel

Finally, you can walk on the stars.
Uplifted
Madly, like an angel

I love this song. I think it is about death and the uncertainty of the transition between this world and the next. A soul rises and turns to look back at the lifeless body left behind. For aspiré I chose 'uplifted' because it has the sense of being drawn up, as the French suggests, but seems more positive. 'My spirit's body' is clumsy but it is the idea that the spirit has risen is looking back at the body, recreating a sense of detatchment or distance between the speaker and the human body. It's such a simple song but so powerful. One of my favourites...

[SensationalCeline]

Which album is this song on?

[tonybower]

It's not on an album as far as I know - unless it's on a Claude Dubois album.
I have never heard a recorded version of the song, only two live versions. It is a duet with Claude Dubois and she sang it first at the Ste Justine Concert in Aug 2007 and then again at the Quebec concert in Aug 2008. Both versions are downloadable here and should be viewable on youtube. I love the song... I knew about it for some time before I heard it and was rather sceptical... then I downloaded the Ste Justine concert and when I heard the song I was instantly blown away. Love it!

[angeluk2]

cmcdaori, on Feb 27 2009, 02:49 PM, said:

Hey guys..there is another web site where u can surely find all the translations except celinedionweb.com.
Here is the link:

http://english.celin...n.net/index.php

Thank you for posting that link.
I am aware,as i expect quite a few others are,that there are a few sites with translations of the songs on.But my reason for starting this post was so it was all in one place(HERE mainly   ) and not all her songs are on some of them.Also if anyone has requests or questions, they could be asked here and anyone who might know the answer can answer
Anyone else who wants to add a translation please feel free to do so(It doesnt have to be just her french songs you translate into English) Also BIG thank you to anyone who has added a translation    

[tonybower]

I agree... This thread is great as it allows different people to offer their own suggestions and interpretations of songs which translation websites simply cannot do.

Translation is not just about word to word correspondence. Behind the words and sentences and images is a whole culture and way of perceiving and thinking about the world. Therefore, translations based on dictionary equivalents cannot be 100% reliable. Essential meaning is generally lost.

I have not visited all the websites out there and some that I have seen have been brilliant. But I think I a lot of them are based on poor dictionary translations or, worse still, online translators. This is a cardinal sin! A computer just isn't able to process language adequately enough. Some of these sites are quite lazy in their approach.

Here, people can translate and others can offer their valued judegment. Native and non-native speakers can play with ideas and try to find alternative ways of interpreting the song. Translating prose is diffcult enough but translating songs or poems, with their tight structre and use of imagary/concepts usually leads to unsatisfactory results. But here, people can offer their own take on things which can shed new light onto a song. Only here could I have learned that Reine de Sabba is actually the Queen of Sheba. I think it's great!

Keep posting your translations and requests!  

[nuts2you]

I just happen to stumble onto this one, could anyone help me,what album has the following songs, its on the dvd of au coeur du stade,, right after TPOL set. all french songs, so I can put them on my IPOD. thks advance.

[celine4evauk]

nuts2you, on Jun 22 2009, 01:02 AM, said:

I just happen to stumble onto this one, could anyone help me,what album has the following songs, its on the dvd of au coeur du stade,, right after TPOL set. all french songs, so I can put them on my IPOD. thks advance.

There are several releases - C'est Pour Vivre, Gold Collection, For You, Chante Plamandon etc. But to get those particular songs if you want to buy one album i recommend Celine's album On Ne Change Pas 2 cd set. It has all of the songs you want.  

[sazzlepop123]

tonybower, on Mar 14 2009, 08:32 PM, said:

Si dieu existe - If God exists

Nobody
There is nobody left
My soul, terrified as it takes flight,
leaves me lifeless

No one,
I need somebody but I have no one
My being falls down
All my senses desert me
I do not know if I am afraid

I look down from above,
At my spirit’s body.
Our faces turned upwards
So small, so very small

If God exists
And if he loves you
The way you love the birds
Madly, like an angel

Finally, you can walk on the stars.
Uplifted
Madly, like an angel

No one,
I need somebody but I have no one
My being falls down
All my senses desert me
I do not know if I am afraid

You look down from above
At your spirit’s body
Our faces turned upwards
So small, so very small

If God exists
And if he loves you
The way you love the birds
Madly, like an angel

Finally, you can walk on the stars.
Uplifted
Madly, like an angel

I love this song. I think it is about death and the uncertainty of the transition between this world and the next. A soul rises and turns to look back at the lifeless body left behind. For aspiré I chose 'uplifted' because it has the sense of being drawn up, as the French suggests, but seems more positive. 'My spirit's body' is clumsy but it is the idea that the spirit has risen is looking back at the body, recreating a sense of detatchment or distance between the speaker and the human body. It's such a simple song but so powerful. One of my favourites...

Thank you for this     And your beautiful description at the end.

[SensationalCeline]

tonybower, on Mar 14 2009, 09:14 PM, said:

It's not on an album as far as I know - unless it's on a Claude Dubois album.
I have never heard a recorded version of the song, only two live versions. It is a duet with Claude Dubois and she sang it first at the Ste Justine Concert in Aug 2007 and then again at the Quebec concert in Aug 2008. Both versions are downloadable here and should be viewable on youtube. I love the song... I knew about it for some time before I heard it and was rather sceptical... then I downloaded the Ste Justine concert and when I heard the song I was instantly blown away. Love it!

I forgot about this, but I found the song.  It's amazing!  

[Lou555]

tonybower, on Mar 14 2009, 09:14 PM, said:

It's not on an album as far as I know - unless it's on a Claude Dubois album.
I have never heard a recorded version of the song, only two live versions. It is a duet with Claude Dubois and she sang it first at the Ste Justine Concert in Aug 2007 and then again at the Quebec concert in Aug 2008. Both versions are downloadable here and should be viewable on youtube. I love the song... I knew about it for some time before I heard it and was rather sceptical... then I downloaded the Ste Justine concert and when I heard the song I was instantly blown away. Love it!

You're right. In fact the only recording of this song is on Dubois's latest cd called "Duo Dubois".  Those are previous hit songs he had written in the past that he has recorded again doing duets with 13 chosen artists of the french-speaking world.  Here's the track lists in no special order :

Artist :  Song title

Isabelle Boulay: J'ai souvenir encore
Patrick Bruel: L'Infidèle
Francis Cabrel: Pas question d'aventure
Corneille: Femme de rêve
Céline Dion: Si Dieu existe
Garou: Femme de société
Lynda Lemay: Comme un million de gens
Marilou: Besoin pour vivre
André-Philippe Gagnon: Artistes
Éric Lapointe / Garou: Chasse-Galerie
Gilles Vigneault / Richard Desjardins: Le Labrador


http://www.archambau...001976809-fr-pr
Track twelve on the cd - duet with Céline

Edited by Lou555, 24 June 2009 - 10:29 PM.

[kimmy_0412]

thank you for all the translations, my favourite is pour que tu m'aimes encore

[SensationalCeline]

Does someone know the translation to Mon Reve de Toujours? Thanks so much....

[tonybower]

I am so glad somebody has asked for another translation. I have some free time at the moment and am very happy to oblige!


Mon reve de toujours

Across a cloud-covered beach
I was running, I was running
And all around me I could hear the cry
Of the wind, the sea and the storms

Against the waves, against my tears
I was running, I was running
And I knew that I would meet something magical
And there you were

It’s my never-ending dream
At the end of the most awful days
You are there, you are there
And I see the world light up
It’s the dream I have,
Today more than ever
You are there, you are there
And my life will change with you

In a strange and empty town
I am alone, I am alone
Shadows scare me
I will lose myself to drown myself
But you come and you save me

It’s my never-ending dream
At the end of the most awful days
You are there, you are there
And I see the world light up
It’s the dream I have,
Today more than ever
You are there, you are there
And my life will change with you

[SensationalCeline]

tonybower, on Jun 29 2009, 06:52 PM, said:

I am so glad somebody has asked for another translation. I have some free time at the moment and am very happy to oblige!


Mon reve de toujours

Across a cloud-covered beach
I was running, I was running
And all around me I could hear the cry
Of the wind, the sea and the storms

Against the waves, against my tears
I was running, I was running
And I knew that I would meet something magical
And there you were

It’s my never-ending dream
At the end of the most awful days
You are there, you are there
And I see the world light up
It’s the dream I have,
Today more than ever
You are there, you are there
And my life will change with you

In a strange and empty town
I am alone, I am alone
Shadows scare me
I will lose myself to drown myself
But you come and you save me

It’s my never-ending dream
At the end of the most awful days
You are there, you are there
And I see the world light up
It’s the dream I have,
Today more than ever
You are there, you are there
And my life will change with you

Thank You!  What does the title translate into if I may ask?   This is such a beautiful song.  Thank you for translating it for me.       

Do you also have time to do the translation for Tire L'aiguille? and Quatre Pas D'ici?  Thank you also.