Encore – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Florent Pagny
• Album: Habana

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Pensar, tener, querer, andar

Think, have, want, walk

Abriendo en cada puerta una verdad

Opening a truth at every door

Yo soy quien va dejando atrás

I am the one leaving behind

Tú entregas cada noche el alma

You give your soul every night

¿Cómo llegar y no perder?

How to arrive and not lose?

Se enreda entre la suerte cada despertar

It gets tangled with luck every awakening

Cristal de miel, agua de mar

Honey crystal, sea water

Despierta, el día llega y se nos va

Wake up, the day comes and slips away

Encore tes yeux, encore ton souffle

Again your eyes, again your breath

Encore ta main

Again your hand

Encore nous deux, encore heureux

Again us two, again happy

Encore demain

Again tomorrow

Encore je t'aime, encore je suis

Again I love you, again I am

Encore c'est toi

Again it's you

Et puis encore, encore s'enfuir

And then again, again to flee

Jusqu'à demain

Until tomorrow

Tocar la voz, borrar la piel

Touch the voice, erase the skin

Correr, volar, me salva

Run, fly, it saves me

Mirar tus manos tocando el mar

Looking at your hands touching the sea

Saber que sólo soy un árbol en la piedra

Knowing that I am just a tree in the stone

Y tú te irás aún sin querer

And you will leave even without wanting to

En un segundo hay tanto que te sobra

In a second there is so much that you have left over

Perdona, mi viejo amor, mi carrusel

Forgive me, my old love, my carousel

Se está nublando el cielo, va a llover

The sky is clouding, it's going to rain

Encore tes yeux, encore ton souffle

Again your eyes, again your breath

Encore ta main

Again your hand

Encore nous deux, encore heureux

Again us two, again happy

Encore demain

Again tomorrow

Encore je t'aime, encore je suis

Again I love you, again I am

Encore c'est toi

Again it's you

Et puis encore, on va s'enfuir

And then again, we will flee

Jusqu'à demain

Until tomorrow

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
émerger /e.meʁ.ʒe/ B2	verb - to emerge, to come out
entregar /ɑ̃.tʁe.ɡaʁ/ B2	verb - to deliver, to hand over
désirer /de.zi.ʁe/ B2	verb - to desire, to want
saisir /sɛ.ʒiʁ/ B2	verb - to grasp, to seize
lumière /lɥj.mjɛʁ/ B2	noun - light
sable /sa.bl/ B2	noun - sand
regarder /ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/ B1	verb - to look at, to watch
cœur /kœʁ/ B2	noun - heart
vie /vi/ A2	noun - life
rêver /ʁɛ.ve/ B1	verb - to dream
faim /fɛ̃/ A2	noun - hunger
amour /a.muʁ/ A2	noun - love

Key Grammar Structures

• Pensar, tener, querer, andar

  ➔ Infinitive verbs

  ➔ The use of infinitive verbs like "pensar" (to think), "tener" (to have), "querer" (to want), and "andar" (to walk) expresses actions in a general sense.

• ¿Cómo llegar y no perder?

  ➔ Interrogative structure

  ➔ The phrase uses an interrogative structure to ask how to achieve something without losing it.

• Despierta, el día llega y se nos va

  ➔ Present tense

  ➔ The present tense is used to describe actions that are currently happening, such as waking up and the arrival of the day.

• Encore tes yeux, encore ton souffle

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis

  ➔ The word "encore" is repeated to emphasize the desire for more of the subject mentioned, such as the eyes and breath.

• Perdona, mi viejo amor, mi carrusel

  ➔ Direct address

  ➔ The use of direct address with "Perdona" (Forgive) indicates a personal connection to the listener or subject.

• Se está nublando el cielo, va a llover

  ➔ Present continuous

  ➔ The present continuous tense is used to describe an action that is currently in progress, such as the sky becoming cloudy.