Donne-moi ton coeur – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Louane
• Album: Sentiments

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the emotional depth of Louane's French hit "Donne-moi ton cœur." This song, a collaboration with Damso, offers a glimpse into the artist's reflections on her life's evolution, blending nostalgia with pride. By delving into its lyrics and themes, you can connect with relatable emotions and appreciate the nuances of contemporary French pop.

[English]

Call me

Give me your heart, your hand, and the rest

Give me what you are

What you are

Tell me your fears, sorrows, and the rest

Tell me who you are

Who you are

I imagine a world, a heavenly world

Where no one goes out, no

Where no one stays

I imagine a scream (I imagine a scream)

Your screams in the night (your screams in the night)

I imagine so many things about you (about you)

Maybe it's you that I am sometimes (sometimes)

I imagine a nest of stories, of sad words

I imagine a bed, a complicit insomnia

I imagine a me drowning in your vices

Without faith or law, I slip through the meshes

I imagine a man, a woman, a nurse

Who sees only a clone of me in my records

A big racket in my novice soul

I will come home late because I no longer see the risks

Please, give me your heart

Give me what you are (what you are, what you are)

What you are (what you are)

Tell me your fears,

Tell me who you are (who you are, who you are)

Who you are (who you are)

I want to see the world of the past

The one that the world does not know

I want to see the shadow of the other you

The one that the world does not know

I want to see the world of the past

The one that the world does not know

I want to see the shadow of the other you

The one that the world will never know

Every second I die of myself

I'm like a star without light

I exist only when he sees me

I cry from love, I laugh from pain

I have too much misfortune in joy

I'm a poison in a remedy

I run after all your steps

Without really knowing where you take me

The moon is full of love, it tells me it loves me

So little serene, a woman struggling to say she loves herself

To say that she bleeds

I imagine so many things about me

Maybe it's me that I am sometimes

I want to see the world of the past

The one that the world does not know

I want to see the shadow of the other you

The one that the world does not know

I want to see the world of the past

The one that the world does not know

I want to see in you all that I'm not

Tell me who you are but swear that

Please, give me your heart

Give me what you are (what you are, what you are)

What you are

Tell me your fears

Tell me who you are (who you are, who you are)

Who you are (who you are)

Please, give me your heart

Give me what you are

What you are

Tell me your fears

Tell me who you are

Who you are

...

[French]

Tala li

Donne-moi ton cœur, ta main et le reste

Donne-moi c'que tu es

C'que tu es

Dis-moi tes peurs, chagrins et le reste

Dis-moi qui tu es

Qui tu es

J'imagine un monde, un monde céleste

Où personne ne sort, non

Où personne ne reste

J'imagine un cri (j'imagine un cri)

Tes cris dans la nuit (tes cris dans la nuit)

J'imagine tellement de choses de toi (de toi)

C'est peut-être toi que je suis des fois (des fois)

J'imagine un nid de récits, de mots tristes

J'imagine un lit, une insomnie complice

J'imagine une moi qui se noie dans tes vices

Sans foi ni loi dans les mailles, je me glisse

J'imagine un homme, une femme, une nourrice

Qui ne voit qu'un clone de moi dans mes disques

Un gros tintamarre dans mon âme novice

Je vais rentrer tard car je n'vois plus les risques

S'te-plaît, donne-moi ton cœur

Donne-moi c'que tu es (c'que tu es, c'que tu es)

C'que tu es (c'que tu es)

Dis-moi tes peurs,

Dis-moi qui tu es (qui tu es, qui tu es)

Qui tu es (qui tu es)

J'veux revoir le monde de l'autrefois

Celui que le monde ne connaît pas

J'veux revoir l'ombre de l'autre toi

Celui que le monde ne connaît pas

J'veux revoir le monde de l'autrefois

Celui que le monde ne connaît pas

J'veux revoir l'ombre de l'autre toi

Celui que le monde ne connaîtra jamais

À chaque seconde je meure de moi

J'suis comme un astre sans lumière

J'existe que quand il me voit

Je pleure d'amour, je ris de peine

J'ai trop d'malheurs dans la joie

J'suis un poison dans un remède

Je cours derrière tous tes pas

Sans trop savoir où tu m'emmènes

La lune est pleine d'amour, elle me dit qu'elle m'aime

Si peu sereine, une femme qui peine à dire qu'elle s'aime

À dire qu'elle saigne

J'imagine tellement de choses de moi

C'est peut-être moi que je suis des fois

J'veux revoir le monde de l'autrefois

Celui que le monde ne connaît pas

J'veux revoir l'ombre de l'autre toi

Celui que le monde ne connaît pas

J'veux revoir le monde de l'autrefois

Celui que le monde ne connaît pas

J'veux revoir en toi tout c'que j'suis pas

DIs-moi qui tu es mais jure que

S'te-plaît, donne-moi ton cœur

Donne-moi c'que tu es (c'que tu es, c'que tu es)

C'que tu es

Dis-moi tes peurs

Dis-moi qui tu es (qui tu es, qui tu es)

Qui tu es (qui tu es)

S'te-plaît, donne-moi ton cœur

Donne-moi c'que tu es

C'que tu es

Dis-moi tes peurs

Dis-moi qui tu es

Qui tu es

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
coeur /kœʁ/ A1	noun - heart
main /mɛ̃/ A1	noun - hand
peur /pœʁ/ A2	noun - fear
monde /mɔ̃d/ A2	noun - world
nuit /nɥi/ A1	noun - night
vois /vwa/ A1	verb - see
aime /ɛm/ A1	verb - love
reste /ʁɛst/ A2	noun - remainder verb - stay
chagrin /ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃/ B1	noun - sorrow
céleste /se.lɛst/ B2	adjective - celestial
cri /kʁi/ B1	noun - cry
ombre /ɔ̃bʁ/ B1	noun - shadow
astre /astʁ/ B2	noun - star, celestial body
lumière /ly.mjɛʁ/ A2	noun - light
joie /ʒwa/ A2	noun - joy
lune /lyn/ A2	noun - moon
femme /fam/ A1	noun - woman

Key Grammar Structures

• Donne-moi ton cœur, ta main et le reste

  ➔ Imperative form with pronouns attached as clitic pronouns

  ➔ The verb "Donne" is in the imperative mood, used to give a command or make a request. The pronoun "-moi" is attached to the verb to indicate "to me".

• Dis-moi tes peurs, chagrins et le reste

  ➔ Use of "Dis-moi" as a command with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ The phrase "Dis-moi" combines the verb "Dire" in the imperative form with the indirect object pronoun "-moi" meaning "to me". It is a command asking "tell me".

• J'imagine un monde, un monde céleste

  ➔ Use of "J'imagine" with the verb in the present tense to express imagining

  ➔ The verb "J'imagine" is in the present tense, meaning "I imagine." It expresses the speaker's act of imagining scenarios or ideas.

• À chaque seconde je meure de moi

  ➔ Use of reflexive verb "meure" in the present tense with "de moi" to express a figurative death or intense emotion

  ➔ The verb "meure" is the present tense form of "mourir" (to die), used reflexively as "je meure," meaning "I die" but here metaphorically indicating intense emotional suffering, with "de moi" expressing the source or relation.

• Je cours derrière tous tes pas

  ➔ Use of "je cours" with the preposition "derrière" to express chasing or following

  ➔ The verb "cours" is the present tense form of "courir" (to run), and "derrière" is a preposition meaning "behind." The phrase expresses the act of chasing or following someone.