De là-haut – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Pomme
• Album: A peu près

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the delicate French lyrics of Pomme's "De là-haut" to delve into themes of peace and acceptance from beyond. This song offers a unique perspective on life and loss, providing a beautiful way to connect with the French language through its emotive storytelling and gentle melodies.

[English]

Here we cry around a cross

Throwing flowers, talking about me

It's a beautiful summer day

Everyone has dressed up

...

The words we didn’t say, that slip out

The wind carries them to me

Everything seems so clear, so clear, clear

From up above

From up above, I see you so small

Up there, my pain disappears

Up there, sights I’ve never seen before

Sun eating up the rain

...

I broke the chain that held me

The daily knot, I’ve undone it

Everything seems so trivial, so trivial, trivial

From up above

...

Dry your tears, sleep peacefully

I leave without drama and without regret

But it’s easy, so easy, easy to say

From up above

From up above, I see you so small

Up there, my pain disappears

Up there, sights I’ve never seen before

Sun eating up the rain

...

From up above, I see you so small

Up there, my pain disappears

Up there, sights I’ve never seen before

Sun eating up the rain

...

[French]

Voilà qu'on pleure autour d'une croix

Qu'on jette des fleurs, qu'on parle de moi

C'est une belle journée d'été

Tout le monde s'est habillé

Les mots qui sortent, qu'on ne disait pas

Le vent les apporte jusqu'à moi

Tout paraît si limpide, si limpide, limpide

Vu de là-haut

De là-haut, je vous vois si petit

Tout là-haut, ma peine s'évanouit

Tout là-haut, des visions inouïes

Du soleil qui mange la pluie

J'ai brisé le lien qui me tenait

Le nœud quotidien, je l'ai défait

Tout paraît si futile, si futile, futile

Vu de là-haut

Sèchez vos larmes, dormez en paix

Je pars sans drame et sans regret

Mais c'est facile, si facile, facile à dire

Vu de là-haut

De là-haut, je vous vois si petit

Tout là-haut, ma peine s'évanouit

Tout là-haut, des visions inouïes

Du soleil qui mange la pluie

De là-haut, je vous vois si petit

Tout là-haut, ma peine s'évanouit

Tout là-haut, des visions inouïes

Du soleil qui mange la pluie

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pleurer /plœʁe/ A2	verb - to cry
fleur /flœʁ/ A1	noun - flower
jour /ʒuʁ/ A1	noun - day
vent /vɛ̃/ A2	noun - wind
peine /pɛn/ B1	noun - pain
vision /vi.zjɔ̃/ B1	noun - vision
manger /mɑ̃ʒe/ A2	verb - to eat
briser /bʁize/ B1	verb - to break
lien /ljɛ̃/ B2	noun - link
quotidien /kɔ.ti.djɛ̃/ B2	adjective - daily
facile /fa.sil/ A2	adjective - easy
s'évanouir /se.va.nwiʁ/ B2	verb - to fade away

Key Grammar Structures

• qu'on pleure autour d'une croix

  ➔ Contraction of 'que' + 'on' to form the relative pronoun 'qu'on' meaning 'that we/one'.

  ➔ 'qu'on' is used as a relative pronoun to introduce subordinate clauses.

• Vu de là-haut

  ➔ Use of the prepositional phrase 'vu de' + noun to mean 'from the perspective/viewpoint of'.

  ➔ 'Vu de là-haut' means 'from up high' or 'from a higher perspective'.

• je pars sans drame et sans regret

  ➔ Use of 'sans' + noun to indicate absence or lack of something ('without').

  ➔ 'sans' means 'without' and is used to express the lack of something.

• ma peine s'évanouit

  ➔ Reflexive verb 's'évanouir' in the present tense indicating the subject's action of vanishing.

  ➔ 's'évanouir' means 'to fade away' or 'to vanish', and the reflexive form indicates the subject's action.

• des visions inouïes

  ➔ Use of the adjective 'inouïes' (inouï in singular) to describe 'visions' as extraordinary or unheard of.

  ➔ 'Inouïes' is the feminine plural form of 'inouï', meaning 'unheard of' or 'extraordinary'.

• tout là-haut, je vous vois si petit

  ➔ Use of indirect object pronoun 'vous' + present tense 'vois' to indicate 'I see you'.

  ➔ 'vous' is the indirect object pronoun for 'you' (formal or plural), and 'vois' is the first person singular of 'voir' (to see).