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[tonybower]

Mon reve de toujours literally means My Dream of Always.
I understand it to mean that this is a lifelong dream, or an ongoing dream and I translated it as 'My never-ending dream'.
I saw it translated somewhere as 'My Everlasting Dream' which I actually prefer now I come to think about it...

I'm not sure I know those songs but I will certainly try to find them and the lyrics and translate them for you...

[SensationalCeline]

tonybower, on Jun 29 2009, 07:18 PM, said:

Mon reve de toujours literally means My Dream of Always.
I understand it to mean that this is a lifelong dream, or an ongoing dream and I translated it as 'My never-ending dream'.
I saw it translated somewhere as 'My Everlasting Dream' which I actually prefer now I come to think about it...

I'm not sure I know those songs but I will certainly try to find them and the lyrics and translate them for you...

Oh, thank you so much.  I love that translation.  That song is so beautiful.  Those are songs from when she was younger.  The first one was off of her La Voix Du Bon Dieu album and the second one is off of her first christmas album (?) Chante Noel, I"m pretty sure.   I'll be looking forward to the translations.  

[celine4evauk]

SensationalCeline, on Jun 30 2009, 12:10 AM, said:

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.  

A Quatre Pas D'ici is the french version of the song The Land Of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz.

[ubulka]

TRY www.celine-dion.net, here EVERY SINGLE FRENCH SONG IS TRANSLATED....

[SensationalCeline]

Thank you.

[celine4evauk]

I know this is really for songs, but i've just watched a french interview from 1992 and wondered if anyone can translate it?? I know its where Celine's talking about being in love with someone but she can't talk about him etc, but i'd love to understand it properly.  
This is the part of the interview

[Defyxx]

Okay i don't wanna go through all the pages to see if someone has already done this one,
but i'm listening to celine dion and ill divo, i believe in you, and the french is just so beautiful.

I'm not too good, but here's a rough translation.
Please feel free to erase this post if its been done already, or any fluent speakers make any changes!

.i belive in you.

All alone
You will go
Your heart open,
to the universe.
Follow your quest
without looking back,
dont wait
for the day to break (not sure about that line)

Follow your star
go whereever your dream takes you
one day you will touch it
if you believe, if you believe, if you believe
in yourself

Follow the light
Don't put out the flame that you
carry deep inside you, remember
that i believe, that i believe, that i believe
in you.


the french is: Tout seul
Tu t'en iras tout seul
coeur ourvert
A l'univers
Poursuis ta quete
sans regarder derriere
n'attends pas
que le jour
se leve

Suis ton etoile
Va jusqu'ou ton reve t'emporte
un jour tu le toucheras
si tu crois, si tu crois, si tu crois
en toi.

Suis ta lumiere
n'eteins pas la flamme que tu portes
au fond de toi souveins-toi
que je crois, que je crois, que je crois
en toi.

[L'amour]

hi well
i'm not french but i can speak it
i woul say your translation is pretty good except one litlle thing:

Defyxx, on Jul 14 2009, 07:34 AM, said:

Suis ta lumiere
n'eteins pas la flamme que tu portes
au fond de toi souveins-toi
que je crois, que je crois, que je crois
en toi.

should be:
Follow your light
Don't put out the flame that you carry(does this make sense?)
deep inside of you, remember
that i believe, that i believe, that i believe
in you.

i mean the difference is very subtle
the message is you bring a flame in your heart(i don't know if you can say it)
and
please look inside yourself and find this: I believe in you

[Defyxx]

L'amour, on Jul 13 2009, 11:03 PM, said:

hi well
i'm not french but i can speak it
i woul say your translation is pretty good except one litlle thing:

Defyxx, on Jul 14 2009, 07:34 AM, said:

Suis ta lumiere
n'eteins pas la flamme que tu portes
au fond de toi souveins-toi
que je crois, que je crois, que je crois
en toi.

should be:
Follow your light
Don't put out the flame that you carry(does this make sense?)
deep inside of you, remember
that i believe, that i believe, that i believe
in you.

i mean the difference is very subtle
the message is you bring a flame in your heart(i don't know if you can say it)
and
please look inside yourself and find this: I believe in you

Okay thank you for that! I'm always up for learning more french! Thanks!!!

[L'amour]

you're more than welcome!
I'm always up for learning more french and more english too!

[angeluk2]

ubulka, on Jul 3 2009, 05:40 PM, said:

TRY www.celine-dion.net, here EVERY SINGLE FRENCH SONG IS TRANSLATED....

That may be but,as i stated in my opening post on the first page,this brings us all together,may help to answer questions and keeps the forum alive.We dont want to encourage people to go somewhere else  
This is ment to be a bit of fun and learning along the way  


so please anyone who has a request(please check list on first post on page 1 though as a lot have been translated already) or a translation of any song sang by Celine NOT in English,then please post away  

[Taking Chances]

Can someone translate a song for me, please? Tous les blues sont écrits pour toi. I have seen it translated on a few fansites, but it didn't really make any sense.

Edited by Taking Chances, 24 August 2009 - 02:59 PM.

[minolli]

Taking Chances, on Aug 24 2009, 02:59 PM, said:

Can someone translate a song for me, please? Tous les blues sont écrits pour toi. I have seen it translated on a few fansites, but it didn't really make any sense.

Oh, that's one of my absolute favorites! Here's my attempt at a translation:

All the blues are written for you

"I woke up this morning baby,
The blues was pouring out of me”
I said these words a hundred times
These words that others have written
With all my voice, will all my soul
“with all the soul that I can”
The blues as I was taught

“I woke up this morning baby”
But that morning, I understood

The sorrow in the cotton fields
I was imagining my cocoon
The blows, the blood, the muddy weather
I was suffering while closing my eyes
“His baby’s far away”
I have forgiveness, I have prayers
But the blues aren’t phrases in the air

“I woke up this morning, baby”
But this morning you’re really cold
You understand deep in your core
All the blues are written for you

“Oh, oh I feel the blues in me
Nobody knows how I really feel
Nobody knows, nobody cares”
The words burn you one by one, as if
As if they finally belong to you
These blues were yours

With all my voice, all my soul
“with all the soul that I can”
The blues I was never taught
“I woke up this morning,
the blues was pouring out of me
Nobody knows, nobody sees”

To me, it seems that the song has to do with coming to a personal realization or understanding of the suffering of others through your own grief and troubles, but that's just what I get out of it...

[Taking Chances]

Thank you, minolli. That was very helpful! I abseloutly LOVE that song!

[ghazal]

Je ne vous oublie pas

During my absences sometimes without a doubt
I could have strayed away
Like if I had lost my path
Like if I had changed
So I have some tender words
Just to say it

I'm not forgetting you
No, never
You are deep inside me
In my life, in everything I do
My first loves, my first dreams
Have come with you
This is our story
I'm not forgetting you
No, never
You know so much about me
Of my life, of everything I do
So my happiness, my misfortunes
Are shared with you
This is our story
I'm not forgetting you

Because time can put into a cage
Our dreans and our desires
I make my choices and my travels
Sometimes I pay the price for it
Life smiles at me or hurts me
But whatever my life is

I'm not forgetting you
No, never
You are deep inside me
In my life, in everything I do
My first loves, my first dreams
Have come with you
This is our story
I'm not forgetting you

Even at the other end of the Earth
I continue my story with you

I'm not forgetting you
No, never
You are deep inside me
In my life, in everything I do
My first loves, my first dreams
Have come with you
This is our story
I'm not forgetting you
No, never
You know so much about me
Of my life, of everything I do
So my happiness, my misfortunes
Are shared with you
This is our story
I'm not forgetting you
I'm not forgetting you

[Sofie]

Don't know if this have been posted yet but -

There's a site for this: http://english.celin...n.net/index.php

[Only1Road]

Thanks for this thread, guys. I've always wanted to know what some of her French songs mean and say. Now I wish she would record some of them in English, haha.

[yumeng]

thank you so much!

[angeluk2]

Thought i'd give this thread a bump as i had gone back to it to check a translation for a song and thought some newbies may not know of this thread and be interested?
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oh and yes i know there are other sites that have translations on them before another person posts that!

[Natiwan]

It's really interesting to see how celine's songs give you the desire to understand the french language!

I have a question if you have time to answer me : what are the differences between her english songs and her french ones in your idea?
I don't know really well the english ones, but I think that in english the "performance" is very important but in french it is more about emotion, less technic, more nuances.

Is there many people in here who like her french songs without understand what they mean?

Sorry if I'm too long in this post, I'm curious about you people.

PS : I'm very sorry about my poor english...I hope you understand what I mean...

[Jacqui]

I don't speak French but I'm learning (at least trying to find the time to!!) Without understanding them I liked the songs, but once I learned the words it was a whole new thing.. I find her French songs to be even more emotional than the English ones, and in a more poetic way.

[dancer105]

Natiwan, on Jul 18 2010, 10:55 AM, said:

It's really interesting to see how celine's songs give you the desire to understand the french language!

I have a question if you have time to answer me : what are the differences between her english songs and her french ones in your idea?
I don't know really well the english ones, but I think that in english the "performance" is very important but in french it is more about emotion, less technic, more nuances.

Is there many people in here who like her french songs without understand what they mean?

Sorry if I'm too long in this post, I'm curious about you people.

PS : I'm very sorry about my poor english...I hope you understand what I mean...

I would love to understand and speak french fluently some day but as for right now I know a couple words in french just from listening to her songs and the translations from this thread helped me a lot.  

As for her french songs.. I know a lot of their meanings but not individual words and phrases. There is so much emotion behind the lyrics and I've heard that it is more about the lyric and not the performance. To me Céline always sings with passion but when she sings in french there's a different feeling. She really feels the song and captures the emotion that the words express.

[volleyceline]

I actually like "If that's what it takes" better than Por que tu m'aimes encore...

There! I said it!!

Edited by volleyceline, 23 July 2010 - 07:23 PM.

[SensationalCeline]

^ I think I do too...

I'm starting college in the fall and I'm so excited to say that I'm going to take beginning French.    It's all for Celine and for my aunts as well who are french.

[volleyceline]

^ That's awesome!
I speak English and Spanish, and I hope to learn French too!

I think I know enough French to the point where I can understand the name of the song, but not the lyrics! She speaks/sings to fast!

[loveyouceline]

Thanks a lot for all of your translations.
Could you please help me for the song " Tout L'or Des Hommes". I'm fond of the tune of that song. But I don't understand. So can anyone help me for this. Thanks.

[PatrickDion22]

volleyceline, on Jul 23 2010, 09:22 PM, said:

I actually like "If that's what it takes" better than Por que tu m'aimes encore...

There! I said it!!

Haha, I see what you mean, but the lyrics to PQTME are simply amazing. The last verse always gets to me: Plus brillante plus belle pour une autre étincelle
Je me changerai en or pour que tu m'aimes encore. I'll make myself brighter, more beautiful, to rekindle the spark. I'll turn myself to gold, so that you love me still.......

^^This was the first French-language Celine song I learned; I wanted to understand what the song means. Boy, was it a smart choice! That said, I speak English and am semi-fluent in Italian, so French isn't exactly my speciality. But her songs are beyond linguistics!  

[PriscillaBarragan]

Natiwan, on Jul 18 2010, 09:55 AM, said:

It's really interesting to see how celine's songs give you the desire to understand the french language!

I have a question if you have time to answer me : what are the differences between her english songs and her french ones in your idea?
I don't know really well the english ones, but I think that in english the "performance" is very important but in french it is more about emotion, less technic, more nuances.

Is there many people in here who like her french songs without understand what they mean?

Sorry if I'm too long in this post, I'm curious about you people.

PS : I'm very sorry about my poor english...I hope you understand what I mean...

I would love to speak French! It sounds beautiful even when theyre arguing haha. I don't know how I'm going to learn though. I have a hard enough time trying to learn Spanish since I'm Hispanic (No i don;t know how to speak Spanish only English )

I agree with your answer on the first question.

I absoloutely adore her french music without understanding what the words mean

[SensationalCeline]

Can someone translate this song for me?  It was composed by Celine and I found it on YouTube.  Tout Pres Du Bonheur
Thank you so much.

[Yakir]

Amaizing I will post here, It's great for who doesn't speack and know the the language.