Edith Piaf — L' étranger song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "L' étranger" by Edith Piaf.
Lyrics
Il avait un air très doux,
Des yeux rêveurs un peu fous
Aux lueurs étranges.
Comme bien des gars du Nord,
Dans ses cheveux un peu d’or,
Un sourire d’ange.
J’allais passer sans le voir
Mais quand il m’a dit bonsoir
D’une voix chantante,
J’ai compris que, ce soir-là,
Malgré la pluie et le froid,
Je serais contente.
Il avait un regard très doux.
Il venait de je ne sais où.
D’où viens-tu? Quel est ton nom?
Le navire est ma maison.
La mer mon village.
Mon nom, nul ne le saura.
Je suis simplement un gars
Ardent à l’ouvrage
Et si j’ai le coeur trop lourd,
Donne-moi donc un peu d’amour,
Espoir de caresses.
Et moi, fille au coeur blasé,
J’ai senti, sous ses baisers,
Une ardente ivresse.
Il avait un regard très doux
Il venait de je ne sais où.
Simplement, sans boniments,
J’aimais mon nouvel amant,
Mon époux d’une heure.
Comme bien des malheureux,
Il croyait lire en mes yeux
La femme qu’on pleure
Et, follement, j’espérais
Qu’au matin, il me dirait
Suis-moi je t’emmène.
J’aurais dit oui, je le sens,
Mais il a fui, me laissant
Rivée à ma chaîne.
Il avait un regard très doux.
Il venait de je ne sais où.
J’ai rêvé de l'étranger
Et, le coeur tout dérangé
Par les cigarettes,
Par l’alcool et le cafard,
Son souvenir chaque soir
M’a tourné la tête
Mais on dit que, près du port,
On a repêché le corps
D’un gars de marine
Qui, par l’amour délaissé,
Ne trouva pour le bercer
Que la mer câline.
Il avait un regard très doux.
Il s’en allait je ne sais où.
Lyrics translation
He looked very sweet,
Dreamy eyes a little crazy
The strange lights.
Like a lot of guys from the North,
In her hair a little gold,
An angel's smile.
I was going to pass without seeing him.
But when he said Good Night
In a singing voice,
I realized that that night,
Despite the rain and cold,
I'd be happy.
He had a very gentle look.
He came from I don't know where.
Where Are you from? What's your name?
The ship is my home.
The sea my village.
No one will know my name.
I'm just a guy
Ardent to the work
And if my heart is too heavy,
So give me some love,
Hope for caresses.
And me, girl with a jaded heart,
I felt, under his kisses,
A burning drunkenness.
He had a very sweet look
He came from I don't know where.
Simply, without lumps,
I loved my new lover,
My husband of an hour.
As many of the unfortunate,
He thought he could read in my eyes.
The woman we cry
And, madly, I was hoping
That in the morning he would tell me
Follow me, I'll take you.
I would have said yes, I feel it,
But he fled, leaving me
On my chain.
He had a very gentle look.
He came from I don't know where.
I dreamed of the stranger
And, the heart all disturbed
By cigarettes,
By alcohol and cockroach,
His memory every night
Turned my head
But it is said that near the port,
We recovered the body.
From a marine guy
Who, by love Forsaken,
Did not find to rock it
Let the sea cuddle.
He had a very gentle look.
He was going somewhere.