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Oh, ma douce souffrance 00:16
Pourquoi s'acharner? Tu recommences 00:19
Je n'suis qu'un être sans importance 00:23
Sans lui, je suis un peu paro 00:27
Je déambule seule dans le métro 00:29
Une dernière danse 00:32
Pour oublier ma peine immense 00:35
Je veux m'enfuir, que tout recommence 00:40
Oh, ma douce souffrance 00:44
Je remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit 00:50
Je danse avec le vent, la pluie 00:54
Un peu d'amour, un brin de miel 00:58
Et je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse 01:01
Et dans le bruit, je cours et j'ai peur 01:07
Est-ce mon tour? Vient la douleur 01:11
Dans tout Paris, je m'abandonne 01:15
Et je m'envole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole 01:18
Que d'espérance 01:23
Sur ce chemin en ton absence 01:25
J'ai beau trimer, sans toi, ma vie n'est qu'un décor qui brille 01:30
Vide de sens 01:35
Je remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit 01:40
Je danse avec le vent, la pluie 01:44
Un peu d'amour, un brin de miel 01:48
Et je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse 01:52
Et dans le bruit, je cours et j'ai peur 01:57
Est-ce mon tour? Vient la douleur 02:01
Dans tout Paris, je m'abandonne 02:05
Et je m'envole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole 02:08
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Dans cette douce souffrance 02:29
Dont j'ai payé toutes les offenses 02:32
Écoute comme mon cœur est immense 02:36
Je suis une enfant du monde 02:41
J'remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit 02:46
Je danse avec le vent, la pluie 02:51
Un peu d'amour, un brin de miel 02:55
Et je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse 02:59
Et dans le bruit, je cours et j'ai peur 03:03
Est-ce mon tour? Vient la douleur 03:08
Dans tout Paris, je m'abandonne 03:12
Et je m'envole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole 03:15
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Dernière Danse – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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Embark on a captivating journey into the French language with Indila's iconic song, "Dernière Danse." This emotionally rich track offers a unique opportunity to learn poignant vocabulary and expressive phrases, delving into universal themes of struggle, resilience, and the search for one's place in the world. Its poetic lyrics, combined with Indila's hauntingly beautiful voice and a blend of French pop and world music, make it an engaging and memorable way to immerse yourself in French culture and its lyrical artistry.

[English]
Oh, my gentle suffering
Why keep trying? You start again
I'm just a being of no importance
Without him, I'm a bit paralyzed
I wander alone in the metro
One last dance
To forget my immense pain
I want to run away, for everything to start over
Oh, my gentle suffering
I shake the sky, day and night
I dance with the wind, the rain
A bit of love, a touch of honey
And I dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
And in the noise, I run and I'm afraid
Is it my turn? Here comes the pain
All over Paris, I abandon myself
And I fly away, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly
Que d'espérance
So much hope
On this path in your absence
No matter how hard I work, without you, my life is just a shiny set
Empty of meaning
I shake the sky, day and night
I dance with the wind, the rain
A bit of love, a touch of honey
And I dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
And in the noise, I run and I'm afraid
Is it my turn? Here comes the pain
All over Paris, I abandon myself
And I fly away, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly
In this gentle suffering
For which I've paid for all the wrongs
Listen how huge my heart is
I am a child of the world
I shake the sky, day and night
I dance with the wind, the rain
A bit of love, a touch of honey
And I dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
And in the noise, I run and I'm afraid
Is it my turn? Here comes the pain
All over Paris, I abandon myself
And I fly away, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly
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Vocabulary Meanings

souffrance

/su.fʁɑ̃s/

B1
  • noun
  • - suffering

déambule

/de.ɑ̃.byl/

B2
  • verb
  • - to wander

immense

/i.mɑ̃s/

B1
  • adjective
  • - enormous

enfuir

/ɑ̃.fɥir/

B1
  • verb
  • - to flee

remuer

/ʁ(ə).my.e/

B2
  • verb
  • - to stir

abandonne

/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/

B1
  • verb
  • - to abandon

envoler

/ɑ̃.vɔ.le/

B1
  • verb
  • - to fly away

espérance

/ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s/

B2
  • noun
  • - hope

trimer

/tʁi.me/

C1
  • verb
  • - to toil

paro

/pa.ʁo/

C1
  • noun
  • - parrot

métro

/me.tʁo/

A2
  • noun
  • - subway

danse

/dɑ̃s/

A1
  • noun
  • - dance
  • verb
  • - to dance

cours

/kuʁ/

A2
  • verb
  • - to run

douleur

/du.lœʁ/

B1
  • noun
  • - pain

miel

/mjɛl/

A2
  • noun
  • - honey

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Key Grammar Structures

  • Pourquoi s'acharner? Tu recommences

    ➔ Present tense interrogative and reflexive verb

    ➔ This line uses the present tense in an interrogative form to question someone's persistence, and 's'acharner' is a reflexive verb meaning to persist stubbornly.

  • Je n'suis qu'un être sans importance

    ➔ Negation with ne...qu' and preposition sans

    ➔ The phrase 'ne' is omitted in casual speech (n'suis), 'pas' is elided to indicate formality, emphasizing 'only' with 'sans importance' showing 'without importance'.

  • Une dernière danse

    ➔ Definite article and ordinal adjective

    ➔ Here, 'une' is the feminine indefinite article, and 'dernière' is the superlative form acting as an ordinal meaning 'last'.

  • Pour oublier ma peine immense

    ➔ Infinitive after preposition and possessive adjective

    ➔ The preposition 'pour' is followed by the infinitive 'oublier', and 'ma' indicates possession of 'peine'.

  • Je veux m'enfuir, que tout recommence

    ➔ Subjunctive mood in a wish and reflexive verb

    ➔ The verb 'recommence' is in the subjunctive mood after 'que' expressing a wish, and 'm'enfuir' is a reflexive verb meaning to flee.

  • Je remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit

    ➔ Present tense and multiple direct objects

    ➔ The present tense 'remue' indicates current action, with multiple objects ('ciel', 'jour', 'nuit') directly following.

  • Je danse avec le vent, la pluie

    ➔ Preposition 'avec' with nouns

    ➔ The preposition 'avec' introduces accompaniment or means: 'dancing with the wind and rain'.

  • Un peu d'amour, un brin de miel

    ➔ Partitive articles with nouns

    ➔ Partitive structures use 'de' after 'un peu' or 'un brin' to indicate 'a little' or 'a bit of' intangible/specific items like 'love' or 'honey'.

  • Et dans le bruit, je cours et j'ai peur

    ➔ Coordinating conjunction and verb tenses

    ➔ The coordinating 'et' links parallel actions: present 'cours' for ongoing action, and présent for state 'ai peur'.

  • J'ai beau trimer, sans toi, ma vie n'est qu'un décor qui brille

    ➔ J'ai beau construction and negation with ne...qu'

    ➔ The concessive 'j'ai beau trimer' means 'no matter how hard I work', followed by negation emphasizing 'only' in life's emptiness.