DO YOU LOVE ME ? – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: GIMS
• Album: DO YOU LOVE ME ? - Single

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

We met near Matignon, and Cupid didn't say no

I came halfway, a bit like the Avignon bridge

With a knee almost on the ground, I who used to be so proud

I never gave up, when you said there's nothing to do

This is love

It's love above all

This is love

And it's love that takes everything

This is love

And it's love that drives you crazy

Do you love me? do, love

Do you love me? do you love

Do you love me? do, love

Do you love me? do you love

Do you love me? oh oh

Do you love me? oh oh

Do you love me? oh oh

Do you love me?

Do you love?

So now, do you think of me?

Let's talk about you and your character

We can say you didn't hold back, you compared me to your father

We should calm things down, but miss is too angry

It's not winter right after summer, I'm not listening to your nonsense anymore

This is love

It's love above all

This is love

And it's love that takes everything

This is love

And it's love that drives you crazy

Do you love me? do, love

Do you love me? do you love

Do you love me? do, love

Do you love me? do you love

Do you love me? oh oh

Do you love me? oh oh

Do you love me? oh oh

Do you love me?

Do you love?

I come back to you without yelling, I come back to you without crying

Because my ego is gone, is gone, is gone

I come back to you without yelling, I come back to you without crying

Because my ego is gone, is gone, is gone

Do you love me? do, love

Do you love me? do you love

Do you love me? do, love

Do you love me? do you love

Do you love me?

[French]

On s'est croisés près de Matignon, et Cupidon n'a pas dit non

J'ai fait la moitié du chemin, un peu comme le pont d'Avignon

Avec un genou presque à terre, moi qui étais cet homme si fier

Je n'me suis jamais démonté, quand tu disais y'a rien à faire

This is love

C'est l'amour avant tout

This is love

Et c'est l'amour qui prend tout

This is love

Et c'est l'amour qui rend fou

Do you love me ? do, love

Do you love me ? do you love

Do you love me ? do, love

Do you love me ? do you love

Do you love me ? oh oh

Do you love me ? oh oh

Do you love me ? oh oh

Do you love me ?

Do you love ?

Alors maint'nant tu penses à moi ?

Parlons de toi et d'ton caractère

On peut dire qu'tu m'as pas raté, tu m'as comparé à ton père

Faudrait qu'on pose la balle à terre, mais mademoiselle est trop fâchée

Après l'été c'est pas l'hiver, je n'écoute plus tes balivernes

This is love

C'est l'amour avant tout

This is love

Et c'est l'amour qui prend tout

This is love

Et c'est l'amour qui rend fou

Do you love me ? do, love

Do you love me ? do you love

Do you love me ? do, love

Do you love me ? do you love

Do you love me ? oh oh

Do you love me ? oh oh

Do you love me ? oh oh

Do you love me ?

Do you love ?

J'reviens vers toi sans crier, je reviens vers toi sans pleurer

Car mon égo s'en est allé, s'en est allé, s'en est allé

J'reviens vers toi sans crier, je reviens vers toi sans pleurer

Car mon égo s'en est allé, s'en est allé, s'en est allé

Do you love me ? do, love

Do you love me ? do you love

Do you love me ? do, love

Do you love me ? do you love

Do you love me ?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amour /a.muʁ/ A1	noun - love; deep feeling of affection or attachment
fier /fjɛʁ/ B1	adjective - proud; having a justifiable sense of one's own worth or accomplishments
démonter /de.mɔ̃.te/ B2	verb - to lose composure, to be unfazed (often in negative: 'ne pas se démonter' means not to lose composure)
prendre /pʁɑ̃dʁ/ A1	verb - to take, to seize, to occupy (in context: 'l'amour qui prend tout' means love that takes over everything)
rendre /ʁɑ̃dʁ/ A1	verb - to make (someone/something something), to give back (in context: 'l'amour qui rend fou' means love that makes one crazy)
fou /fu/ A2	adjective - crazy, mad; having lost one's reason
penser /pɑ̃.se/ A1	verb - to think; to form ideas in one's mind
caractère /ka.ʁak.tɛʁ/ B1	noun - character, personality, temperament; the set of moral and psychological traits of a person
rater /ʁa.te/ B1	verb - to miss, to fail, to mess up (in context: 'tu m'as pas raté' means 'you didn't spare me/you really let me have it')
comparer /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe/ B1	verb - to compare; to examine two or more things to find similarities and differences
père /pɛʁ/ A1	noun - father; a male parent
fâché /fɑ.ʃe/ A2	adjective - angry, upset; feeling anger or displeasure
balivernes /ba.li.vɛʁn/ C1	noun - nonsense, trifles, idle talk; futile, inept, or uninteresting remarks
revenir /ʁə.və.niʁ/ A1	verb - to come back, to return; to go back to the starting point
crier /kʁi.je/ A2	verb - to shout, to cry out; to make a loud and piercing sound with the voice
pleurer /plø.ʁe/ A2	verb - to cry, to weep; to shed tears, usually due to emotion
égo /e.ɡo/ B2	noun - ego, self; the representation one has of oneself, the 'I'
croiser /kʁwa.ze/ B1	verb - to cross, to meet (by chance); to encounter someone by chance
chemin /ʃə.mɛ̃/ A2	noun - path, way, road; a route for going from one place to another
moitié /mwa.tje/ A2	noun - half, middle; one of two equal parts of a whole

Key Grammar Structures

• On s'est croisés près de Matignon

  ➔ Pronominal Verb (Reciprocal) in Passé Composé

  ➔ The verb "se croiser" means "to cross paths" or "to meet each other". In "On **s'est croisés**", "s'" is the reflexive pronoun referring to "on" (meaning "we" here), indicating a reciprocal action where the subjects (we) perform the action on each other. It's conjugated with "être" in Passé Composé.

• moi qui étais cet homme si fier

  ➔ Relative Pronoun "qui" with Imparfait

  ➔ The relative pronoun "**qui**" refers to "moi" and introduces a subordinate clause that describes the person. The verb "**étais**" is in the imparfait, indicating a continuous state or characteristic in the past.

• Je n'me suis jamais démonté, quand tu disais y'a rien à faire

  ➔ Complex Negation "ne...jamais" with Pronominal Verb in Passé Composé

  ➔ This sentence uses the negative structure "**ne...jamais**" (never), placed around the auxiliary verb "suis" and the reflexive pronoun "me" (for the pronominal verb "**se démonter**"). It signifies that the action "to get discouraged" (se démonter) never occurred in the past.

• C'est l'amour qui prend tout

  ➔ Cleft Sentence ("C'est...qui") for Emphasis

  ➔ The structure "**C'est...qui**" is used to emphasize a specific element in the sentence, in this case, "l'amour" (love). It functions like "It is love that..." or "It's love that..." in English.

• Alors maint'nant tu penses à moi ?

  ➔ Verb + Preposition "penser à"

  ➔ The verb "**penser**" (to think) is often followed by the preposition "**à**" when it means "to think of/about someone or something". The stressed pronoun "**moi**" is used after the preposition.

• On peut dire qu'tu m'as pas raté, tu m'as comparé à ton père

  ➔ Subordinate Clause with "que" (informal negation & elision)

  ➔ This is a subordinate clause introduced by "**qu'**" (contraction of "que"), following a verb of saying. The negation "**pas**" without "ne" is common in informal spoken French, indicating "you didn't miss me/you really went for it". "**tu m'as pas raté**" also shows the elision of "ne".

• Faudrait qu'on pose la balle à terre

  ➔ Impersonal Conditional "Il faudrait que" + Subjunctive

  ➔ "**Faudrait**" is the informal contraction of "Il faudrait", the conditional form of "il faut" (it is necessary). This structure "**Il faudrait que**" always requires the following verb ("**pose**") to be in the subjunctive mood, expressing a necessity, suggestion, or wish.

• je n'écoute plus tes balivernes

  ➔ Negative Adverb "ne...plus"

  ➔ The negative construction "**ne...plus**" means "no longer" or "not anymore". It indicates the cessation of an action or state. Here, it means the speaker no longer listens.

• J'reviens vers toi sans pleurer

  ➔ Preposition "sans" + Infinitive

  ➔ The preposition "**sans**" (without) is always followed by an infinitive verb when it describes the absence of an action or how an action is performed. Here, it means "without crying".

• Car mon égo s'en est allé, s'en est allé, s'en est allé

  ➔ Pronominal Verb with Multiple Particles ("s'en aller") in Passé Composé

  ➔ "**S'en aller**" is a very common pronominal verb meaning "to go away" or "to leave". It's complex because it uses both the reflexive pronoun "**s'**" and the adverbial pronoun "**en**". In Passé Composé, it's conjugated with "être".