Les Rita Mitsouko — C'était un homme song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "C'était un homme" by Les Rita Mitsouko.

Lyrics

Oh c’est pour vous dire
Oh se souvenir
Et pour vous raconter
D’où je suis née
Près d’Auschwitz
Mon père grandissait
C'était un juif polonais
Aux Beaux Arts à Cracovie
Il rêve de Paris
Et puis la guerre l’a surpris
Ils l’ont pris à 19 ans
Il fit pendant ces cinq ans
Neufs camps différents
Un homme
C'était un homme
Difforme
Dans sa personne
Dont le for intérieur
Avait encore peur
Mais toujours lui est resté
Le sens de la beauté
On m’a dit quand tout s'écroulait
Comme il dessinait
Comme il résistait
Miracle, il en est sorti
Il a réussi à tenir
Et à venir à Paris
Peindre et donner la vie
Oh c’est pour vous dire
Se souvenir
Et pour vous raconter

Lyrics translation

Oh that's to tell you
Oh remember
And to tell you
Where I was born
Near Auschwitz
My father was growing up
He was a Polish Jew.
At the Fine Arts in Krakow
He dreams of Paris
And then the war surprised him
They took it when they were 19.
He did during these five years
Nine different camps
Man
He was a man.
Misshapen
In his person
Of which the internal forum
Was still afraid
But still he remained
The sense of beauty
I was told when everything was falling apart
As he drew
How he resisted
Miracle, he's out.
He managed to hold
And coming to Paris
Painting and giving life
Oh that's to tell you
Remember
And to tell you