Et si tu n'existais pas – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Willy Denzey

Lyrics & Translation

Explore Willy Denzey's heartfelt rendition of "Et si tu n'existais pas," a song that beautifully articulates the essential role of love in giving life purpose and vibrancy. This track offers a modern take on a timeless French ballad, making it a great way to connect with the emotional depth of the French language.

[English]

What if you didn't exist

Tell me why I should exist

To wander in a world without you

Without hopes and without regrets

...

And if you didn't exist

I'd try to invent love

Like a painter who sees beneath his hands

The colors of the day coming to life

And can't believe it

If you didn't exist

And if you didn't exist

Tell me who I would exist for

Passersby sleeping in my arms

That I would never love

Never

And if you didn't exist

I would just be another point

In this world that comes and goes

I would feel lost

I would need you

...

And if you didn't exist

Tell me how I could exist (tell me how)

I could pretend to be myself

But I wouldn't be true (so believe me)

And if you didn't exist (didn't exist)

I think I would have found it

The secret of life, the reason (the reason)

Simply to create you

And to watch over you

...

And if you didn't exist (if you didn't exist)

Tell me why I should exist (tell me why, no, no)

To love you in a world without you

Without hopes and without regrets (without regrets)

And if you didn't exist (didn't exist)

I would try to invent love (I'll invent love)

Like a painter who sees beneath his hands (his hands)

The colors of the day coming to life (of the day)

And can't believe it, no, no

If you didn't exist

If you didn't exist

Oh yeah

...

[French]

Et si tu n'existais pas

Dis-moi pourquoi j'existerais

Pour traîner dans un monde sans toi

Sans espoirs et sans regrets

Et si tu n'existais pas

J'essaierais d'inventer l'amour

Comme un peintre qui voit sous ses doigts

Naître les couleurs du jour

Et qui n'en revient pas

Si tu n'existais pas

Et si tu n'existais pas

Dis-moi pour qui j'existerais

Des passantes endormies dans mes bras

Que je n'aimerais jamais

Jamais

Et si tu n'existais pas

Je ne serais qu'un point de plus

Dans ce monde qui vient et qui va

Je me sentirais perdu

J'aurais besoin de toi

Et si tu n'existais pas

Dis-moi comment j'existerais (dis-moi comment)

Je pourrais faire semblant d'être moi

Mais je ne serais pas vrai (alors crois-moi)

Et si tu n'existais pas (n'existais pas)

Je crois que je l'aurais trouvé

Le secret de la vie, le pourquoi (le pourquoi)

Simplement pour te créer

Et pour te regarder

Et si tu n'existais pas (si tu n'existais pas)

Dis-moi pourquoi j'existerais (dis-moi pourquoi, non, non)

Pour t'aimer dans un monde sans toi

Sans espoirs et sans regrets (sans regrets)

Et si tu n'existais pas (n'existait pas)

J'essaierais d'inventer l'amour (je vais inventer l'amour)

Comme un peintre qui voit sous ses doigts (ses doigts)

Naître les couleurs du jour (du jour)

Et qui n'en revient pas, non, non

Si tu n'existais pas

Si tu n'existais pas

Ohh yeah

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
exister /ɛg.zi.ste/ A2	verb - to exist
regret /ʁə.ɡʁɛ/ B1	noun - a feeling of sorrow or remorse for a mistake or wrong verb - to feel sorry about something
amour /a.muʁ/ B2	noun - love
peindre /pɛ̃dʁ/ C1	verb - to paint
couleurs /kulœʁ/ A2	noun plural - colors
point /pwẽ/ A1	noun - a work of art produced by dotting ink or paint
perdu /pɛʁ.dy/ B2	adjective - lost
sentirais /sɑ̃.tiʁe/ B2	verb (conditional form) - to feel
vie /vi/ A2	noun - life
créer /kʁe.e/ B2	verb - to create
regarder /ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/ B2	verb - to look at

Key Grammar Structures

• Dis-moi pourquoi j'existerais

  ➔ Conditional tense (would)

  ➔ The phrase uses the conditional tense "existerais" to express hypothetical situations or what would happen under certain conditions.

• Et si tu n'existais pas

  ➔ Present subjunctive in a conditional clause

  ➔ The phrase introduces a hypothetical scenario using a past tense in the negative form, indicating a condition that is contrary to reality.

• J'inventerais l'amour

  ➔ Conditional tense (would invent)

  ➔ The verb "inventerais" is in the conditional tense, expressing a hypothetical action that would happen if certain conditions were met.

• Naître les couleurs du jour

  ➔ Infinitive verb phrase indicating an action

  ➔ The infinitive "naître" expresses the action of 'giving birth' or 'coming into being,' illustrating creation or emergence in a poetic sense.

• Je ne serais qu'un point de plus

  ➔ Conditional tense with "serais" (would be), combined with "ne...que" for emphasis

  ➔ The phrase combines the conditional "serais" with "ne...que" to mean "would be only," emphasizing insignificance or being one among many.