Avenir – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Louane
• Album: Sentiments

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotional journey of Louane's hit song "Avenir." Through its blend of French pop and alternative R&B, the song offers a powerful narrative of resilience after heartbreak, making it a special track for understanding themes of moving on and self-discovery.

[English]

Far away from here

Without much reason

You left me yesterday

The end of the season

I don't want to know anymore

We grew apart

You won't have me anymore

And everything's over

...

I hope you'll suffer

And have trouble sleeping

Meanwhile, I'll be writing

For tomorrow, the future (for tomorrow, the future)

For tomorrow, the future (for tomorrow, the future)

Gone for a night

Just to talk to her

Down a corridor

You wanted to go

Hypocrisy for a night

The glasses are broken

Hope has flown, our hearts shattered

...

I hope you'll suffer

And have trouble sleeping

Meanwhile, I'll be writing

For tomorrow, the future (for tomorrow, the future)

For tomorrow, the future (for tomorrow, the future)

...

Left alone in the street

I'm searching for my way

I can't find it anymore

Feels so far away

I've forgotten you

You're not hurting me anymore

And I'm leaving to travel

Thinking about tomorrow

...

I hope you'll suffer

And have trouble sleeping

Meanwhile, I'll be writing

For tomorrow, the future (for tomorrow, the future)

For tomorrow, the future (for tomorrow, the future)

Gone far behind

Without much reason

You left me yesterday

The end of the season

...

[French]

Partie loin derrière

Sans trop de raisons

Tu m'as laissé hier

La fin de la saison

Je n'veux plus savoir

On s'est éloigné

Tu ne vas plus m'avoir

Et tout est terminé

J'espère que tu vas souffrir

Et que tu vas mal dormir

Pendant ce temps j'vais écrire

Pour demain l'avenir (pour demain l'avenir)

Pour demain l'avenir (pour demain l'avenir)

Partie pour un soir

Juste lui parler

Au fond d'un couloir

Tu voulais aller

Hypocrisie d'un soir

Les verres sont cassés

Envolés les espoirs et nos cœurs défoncés

J'espère que tu vas souffrir

Et que tu vas mal dormir

Pendant ce temps j'vais écrire

Pour demain l'avenir (pour demain l'avenir)

Pour demain l'avenir (pour demain l'avenir)

Partie seule dans la rue

Je cherche mon chemin

Je ne le trouve plus

Il me paraît bien loin

Je t'ai oublié

Tu ne me fais plus rien

Et je pars voyager

En pensant à demain

J'espère que tu vas souffrir

Et que tu vas mal dormir

Pendant ce temps j'vais écrire

Pour demain l'avenir (pour demain l'avenir)

Pour demain l'avenir (pour demain l'avenir)

Partie loin derrière

Sans trop de raisons

Tu m'as laissé hier

La fin de la saison

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
partie /paʁ.ti/ A2	noun - part, section, or segment of something
loin /lwen/ B1	adverb - far away, at a distance
derrière /de.ʁjɛʁ/ B1	preposition - behind, at the back of
raisons /ʁɛ.zɔ̃/ B2	noun - reasons, motives
laffin /la.fɛ/ B1	noun - left behind, left over
saison /sɛ.zɔ̃/ A2	noun - season, period of the year
voulais /vu.lɛ/ B1	verb - wanted (imperfect of vouloir)
écrire /e.kʁiʁ/ B2	verb - to write
avenir /a.və.niʁ/ B2	noun - future, time to come
souffrir /su.fʁiʁ/ B2	verb - to suffer
dormir /dɔʁ.miʁ/ A2	verb - to sleep
évoquer /e.vɔ.ke/ B2	verb - to evoke, to recall

Key Grammar Structures

• Tu m'as laissé hier

  ➔ Past tense of the auxiliary verb 'avoir' + past participle

  ➔ It indicates an action completed in the past.

• Je ne veux plus savoir

  ➔ Negative construction with 'ne' + verb + 'plus' to indicate 'no longer'

  ➔ Expresses that the action of knowing or doing is no longer happening.

• En pensant à demain

  ➔ Present participle 'en' + verb to indicate 'while' or 'by' doing the action

  ➔ Indicates an action performed concurrently with another.

• Tu ne vas plus m'avoir

  ➔ Futur proche tense with 'aller' + infinitive to indicate 'going to'

  ➔ Expresses a near future intention to no longer have an impact on someone.

• Les verres sont cassés

  ➔ Present tense of 'être' + past participle to form the passive voice

  ➔ Indicates that the glasses have been broken, in the passive voice.

• Je t'ai oublié

  ➔ Futur antérieur (past of 'avoir' + past participle) to express completed action in the future

  ➔ Expresses that the action of forgetting will have been completed before a certain point in the future.

• Partie loin derrière

  ➔ Adjective + noun phrase indicating 'far behind' as a spatial or metaphorical expression

  ➔ A poetic expression describing something that is now in the past or behind.