Je vole – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Louane
• Album: La B.O du film La Famille Bélier

Lyrics & Translation

Learning French with "Je vole" by Louane offers a beautiful opportunity to explore the nuances of expressing complex emotions. The song's simple yet powerful lyrics about love, departure, and independence provide a heartfelt context for language learners. What makes "Je vole" special is its dual meaning: a respectful farewell and a courageous flight towards a new life, a sentiment that resonates universally and makes the French language feel both poetic and deeply personal.

[English]

My dear parents, I'm leaving

I love you but I'm leaving

You will no longer have a child

Tonight

I'm not running away, I'm flying

Understand well, I'm flying

Without smoke, without alcohol

I'm flying, I'm flying

She was watching me yesterday

Worried, troubled, my mother

As if she could feel it

In fact, she suspected, heard

...

I said I was fine

Completely looking serene

She acted as if nothing happened

And my helpless father smiled

Not to look back

To move a little further away

There is a station, another station

And finally the Atlantic

My dear parents, I'm leaving

I love you but I'm leaving

You will no longer have a child

Tonight

I'm not running away, I'm flying

Understand well, I'm flying

Without smoke, without alcohol

I'm flying, I'm flying

I wonder on my way

If my parents suspect

That my tears have flowed

My promises and the desire to move forward

Only to believe in my life

Everything that is promised to me

Why, where, and how

In this train that is moving away

Every moment

It's strange this cage

That blocks my chest

I can no longer breathe

It prevents me from singing

My dear parents, I'm leaving

I love you but I'm leaving

You will no longer have a child

Tonight

I'm not running away, I'm flying

Understand well, I'm flying

Without smoke, without alcohol

I'm flying, I'm flying

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

I'm flying, I'm flying

...

[French]

Mes chers parents, je pars

Je vous aime mais je pars

Vous n'aurez plus d'enfant

Ce soir

Je ne m'enfuis pas je vole

Comprenez bien, je vole

Sans fumée, sans alcool

Je vole, je vole

Elle m'observait hier

Soucieuse, troublée, ma mère

Comme si elle le sentait

En fait elle se doutait, entendait

J'ai dit que j'étais bien

Tout à fait l'air serein

Elle a fait comme de rien

Et mon père démuni a souri

Ne pas se retourner

S'éloigner un peu plus

Il y a gare une autre gare

Et enfin l'Atlantique

Mes chers parents, je pars

Je vous aime mais je pars

Vous n'aurez plus d'enfant

Ce soir

Je ne m'enfuis pas je vole

Comprenez bien, je vole

Sans fumée, sans alcool

Je vole, je vole

J'me demande sur ma route

Si mes parents se doutent

Que mes larmes ont coulé

Mes promesses et l'envie d'avancer

Seulement croire en ma vie

Tout ce qui m'est promis

Pourquoi, où et comment

Dans ce train qui s'éloigne

Chaque instant

C'est bizarre cette cage

Qui me bloque la poitrine

Je ne peux plus respirer

Ça m'empêche de chanter

Mes chers parents, je pars

Je vous aime mais je pars

Vous n'aurez plus d'enfant

Ce soir

Je ne m'enfuis pas je vole

Comprenez bien, je vole

Sans fumée, sans alcool

Je vole, je vole

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

Je vole, je vole

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
par /paʁ/ A2	verb - to leave or go away from a place
aimer /ɛme/ A2	verb - to love or like someone or something
partir /paʁ.tiʁ/ A2	verb - to leave or go away from a place
voler /vɔ.le/ A2	verb - to fly or to steal
fumer /fy.me/ B1	verb - to smoke
alcool /al.kɔl/ A2	noun - alcohol or intoxicating drink
route /ʁut/ B1	noun - route or path
promesses /pʁɔmɛs/ B2	noun - promises
envie /ɑ̃vi/ B1	noun - desire or craving
cage /kaʒ/ B2	noun - cage or enclosure
respirer /ʁɛspir/ B2	verb - to breathe

Key Grammar Structures

• Je pars

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'partir' (to leave)

  ➔ Used to describe an action happening in the present.

• Je ne m'enfuis pas

  ➔ Negation of reflexive verb 's'enfuir' in present tense

  ➔ Expresses a negative statement about escaping or running away.

• Sans fumée, sans alcool

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating 'without' something

  ➔ Shows the absence of smoke and alcohol during the action.

• Je vole

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'voler' (to fly or to steal)

  ➔ Describes an action happening presently, either flying or stealing depending on context.

• Comprenez bien

  ➔ Imperative form of 'comprendre' (to understand) for 'vous' (you plural/formal)

  ➔ A command or request to understand clearly.

• S'éloigner un peu plus

  ➔ Reflexive verb 's'éloigner' in infinitive with degree adverb 'un peu plus'

  ➔ Expresses the action of moving away slightly more, indicating distancing.

• C'est bizarre cette cage

  ➔ Demonstrative pronoun 'cette' + noun 'cage' with adjective 'bizarre'

  ➔ Expresses the feeling that the cage is strange or suffocating.