C'est pas le moment

• By: Ichon
• Album: Encore + pour de vrai

Lyrics:

[Français]

[English]

Je garderai de toi ce souvenir

I will keep this memory of you

Tu m'aimerais jusqu'à en mourir

You would love me until you die

En mourir, est-ce bien

To die, is that right

L'amour s'en va et vient

Love comes and goes

Sans nous prévenir

Without warning us

Prends-moi par la main

Take me by the hand

Sans la retenir

Without holding it back

Ça peut suffire

That may be enough

Ça peut suffire

That may be enough

J'aimerais t'aimer comme au cinéma

I would like to love you like in the movies

T'écrire des mots comme dans un roman

Write you words like in a novel

Mais pour l'instant c'est pas le moment

But for now it's not the time

C'est pas le moment

It's not the time

Je te prie

I beg you

De me retenir

To hold me back

Tout ce que tu voudrais vivre

Everything you would like to live

Sans ne jamais ralentir

Without ever slowing down

Pour le meilleur et pour le pire

For better and for worse

Mais ça sonne bizarrement

But it sounds weird

Comme un départ sans

Like a departure without

Billet pour revenir

Ticket to return

Ça sonne bizarre

It sounds weird

Qui voudrait croire que ça pourrait tenir

Who would believe that it could last

Jusqu'à ce que ce soit le moment

Until it's the moment

Je ne saurais pas mentir

I wouldn't know how to lie

J'aimerais t'aimer comme au cinéma

I would like to love you like in the movies

T'écrire des mots comme dans un roman

Write you words like in a novel

Mais pour l'instant c'est pas le moment

But for now it's not the time

C'est pas le moment

It's not the time

L'amour s'en va et vient

Love comes and goes

Sans nous prévenir

Without warning us

Prends-moi par la main

Take me by the hand

Sans la retenir

Without holding it back

Ça peut suffire

That may be enough

Ça peut suffire

That may be enough

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
garderai /ɡaʁ.də.ʁe/ B1	verb - will keep
souvenir /suv.niʁ/ A2	noun - memory, souvenir
aimerais /ɛ.mʁe/ A2	verb - would love
mourir /mu.ʁiʁ/ B1	verb - to die
amour /a.muʁ/ A1	noun - love
main /mɛ̃/ A1	noun - hand
suffire /sy.fiʁ/ B1	verb - to be enough, to suffice
cinéma /si.ne.ma/ A1	noun - cinema, movie theater
écrire /e.kʁiʁ/ A1	verb - to write
mots /mo/ A1	noun - words
roman /ʁɔ.mɑ̃/ A2	noun - novel
instant /ɛ̃s.tɑ̃/ A2	noun - moment
prie /pʁi/ B1	verb - beg
vivre /vivʁ/ A1	verb - to live
ralentir /ʁa.lɑ̃.tiʁ/ B2	verb - to slow down
pire /piʁ/ A2	adjective - worse
départ /de.paʁ/ A2	noun - departure
billet /bi.jɛ/ A1	noun - ticket
mentir /mɑ̃.tiʁ/ B1	verb - to lie

Grammar:

• Tu m'aimerais jusqu'à en mourir

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (Implied Condition)

  ➔ Use of the preposition "en" followed by the infinitive "mourir" to express a consequence or extent of the verb "aimerais". It implies a conditional aspect: "you would love me to the point of dying". It's not explicitly stated, but it suggests a hypothetical or exaggerated situation.

• L'amour s'en va et vient

  ➔ Pronominal Verb with 'en' (Idomatic)

  ➔ The structure "s'en va" is an idiomatic use of the pronominal verb "s'en aller," meaning "to go away". The "en" doesn't refer to a specific place or thing here, but it's part of the fixed expression. "Va et vient" means comes and goes.

• Prends-moi par la main

  ➔ Imperative Mood with Pronoun Placement

  ➔ "Prends" is the imperative form of the verb "prendre" (to take). In the affirmative imperative, reflexive and object pronouns are placed after the verb, connected by a hyphen. The pronoun "moi" is used because it follows the verb in the imperative mood. The expression itself is very common.

• Ça peut suffire

  ➔ Impersonal Construction with 'ça'

  ➔ "Ça" functions as an impersonal subject. "Suffire" means "to be enough" or "to suffice". The phrase means "That can be enough" or "That might be enough". "Ça" stands in for an unspecified or understood situation or action.

• Tout ce que tu voudrais vivre

  ➔ Relative Pronoun 'ce que' with Subjunctive Sense

  ➔ "Ce que" introduces a subordinate clause representing "all that" or "everything that". The verb "voudrais" (conditional tense of "vouloir") implies a desire or wish. The whole phrase means "Everything that you would want to experience" or "All that you wish to live". There might be a nuance of the subjunctive because it talks about what someone desires.

• Qui voudrait croire que ça pourrait tenir

  ➔ Conditional Perfect and Subjunctive Implication with 'Qui'

  ➔ "Qui voudrait croire" is a rhetorical question implying doubt or disbelief. "Voudrait" is the conditional tense, expressing a hypothetical desire. "Pourrait tenir" is the conditional form, expressing the possibility. The sentence structure and the question starting with "Qui" convey a sense of unreality and a hint of subjuntive meaning that it's unlikely to happen or be believed.

• Je ne saurais pas mentir

  ➔ Conditional of Ability

  ➔ "Saurais" is the conditional tense of the verb "savoir" (to know). In this context, "savoir" expresses ability or capacity. "Je ne saurais pas mentir" means "I wouldn't know how to lie" or "I wouldn't be able to lie". It implies that lying is beyond the speaker's capabilities or nature.