Je sais pas – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Céline Dion

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the poignant French ballad 'Je sais pas' by Céline Dion. This song, a staple of her discography, delves into deep emotions and showcases Dion's vocal prowess, offering a window into expressing complex feelings of love and dependency.

[English]

♪ Divert rivers, carry - weights ♪

♪ Cross seas, I would - know how ♪

♪ Defy machines, mock - laws ♪

♪ Divine lightning, it - doesn't scare me ♪

♪ I know how to take a hit, and - give it back too ♪

♪ River of nails, that's what I - learned ♪

♪ I'm not a victim, I'm not a - dove ♪

♪ And for me to be harmed, I must - fall ♪

♪ I know winters, I know the - cold ♪

♪ But life without you, I don't - know ♪

♪ I knew silence for a - long time ♪

♪ I know the violence, its - taste of blood ♪

♪ Red anger, dark - pain ♪

♪ I know these wars, I'm not - afraid of them ♪

♪ I know how to defend myself, I've - learned well ♪

♪ We're not softies around - here ♪

♪ I know winters, I know the - cold ♪

♪ But life without you, I don't - know ♪

♪ Struggle after struggle, worse after - worse ♪

♪ Every minute, I thought I could - hold on ♪

♪ I would like to learn day - after day ♪

♪ But who commands our - loves? ♪

♪ I know winters, I know the - cold ♪

♪ But life without you, I don't - know ♪

♪ I don't know ♪

♪ I don't know ♪

[French]

♪ Détourner des rivières, porter des poids ♪

♪ Traverser des mers, je saurais faire ♪

♪ Défier des machines, narguer des lois ♪

♪ Les foudres divines, ça m’effraie pas ♪

♪ J’sais prendre un coup, le rendre aussi ♪

♪ River des clous, ça j’ai appris ♪

♪ J’suis pas victime, j’suis pas colombe ♪

♪ Et pour qu’on m’abîme, faut qu’je tombe ♪

♪ Je sais les hivers, je sais le froid ♪

♪ Mais la vie sans toi, je sais pas ♪

♪ Je savais le silence depuis longtemps ♪

♪ J’en sais la violence, son goût de sang ♪

♪ Rouges colères, sombres douleurs ♪

♪ Je sais ces guerres, j’en ai pas peur ♪

♪ Je sais me défendre, j’ai bien appris ♪

♪ On est pas des tendres par ici ♪

♪ Je sais les hivers, je sais le froid ♪

♪ Mais la vie sans toi, je sais pas ♪

♪ Lutte après lutte, pire après pire ♪

♪ Chaque minute, j’ai cru tenir ♪

♪ J’voudrais apprendre jour après jour ♪

♪ Mais qui commande à nos amours? ♪

♪ Je sais les hivers, je sais le froid ♪

♪ Mais la vie sans toi, je sais pas ♪

♪ Je sais pas ♪

♪ Je sais pas ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Détourner /detuʁne/ C1	verb - to divert, reroute
rivières /ʁivjɛʁ/ B2	noun - rivers
porter /pɔʁte/ A2	verb - to carry
poids /pwa/ A2	noun - weights, heaviness
Traverser /tʁavɛʁse/ B2	verb - to cross
mer /mɛʁ/ A2	noun - sea
saurais /sɔʁɛ/ B2	verb (conditional) - would know how to
faire /fɛʁ/ A2	verb - to do, to make
Défier /defje/ C1	verb - to challenge
machines /maʃin/ B2	noun - machines
narguer /naʁge/ C1	verb - to mock, to tease
lois /lwa/ B2	noun - laws
foudres /fudʁ/ C2	noun - thunderbolts, divine thunder
m’effraie /m‿ɛfʁɛ/ C2	verb - scares me, terrifies me
prendre /pʁɑ̃dʁ/ A2	verb - to take, to grasp
coup /ku/ B1	noun - blow, hit
rendre /ʁɑ̃dʁ/ A2	verb - to give back, to return