La vie est belle – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Nassi
• Album: La vie est belle

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Mon banquier pense que j'aurais besoin que l'on m'aide

My banker thinks I need some help

Tandis qu'mon psy dit qu'j'aurais plutôt besoin qu'on m'aime

While my shrink says I need some love instead

Le temps qui passe nous mène toujours face à nous-mêmes

Time passing always leads us to face ourselves

Si c'n'est pas moi, qui résoudra mes problèmes?

If not me, who's gonna solve my problems?

On m'a dit: "Tu t'prends trop la tête

I was told: "You're overthinking it

Essaye de mieux voir combien

Try to see better how much

La vie est belle, la vie t'ouvre les bras"

Life is beautiful, life opens its arms to you"

J'me suis dit: "Ah ça, la vie est belle

I thought: "Oh yeah, life is beautiful

Peut-être pour toi qui vis

Maybe for you who lives

Comme dans un rêve

Like in a dream

Vêtu d'or et de soie"

Dressed in gold and silk"

...

...

(Ah ça, la vie est belle)

(Oh yeah, life is beautiful)

(Ah ça, la vie est belle)

(Oh yeah, life is beautiful)

Maman m'voyait devenir architecte ou médecin

Mom saw me becoming an architect or a doctor

J'taffe à l'usine, mon boss me voit comme un vaut-rien

I work at the factory, my boss sees me as worthless

Papa m'a dit: "C'n'est pas un métier, musicien"

Dad told me: "Musician is not a job"

Laisse-moi fermer les yeux au moins jusqu'à demain

Let me close my eyes at least until tomorrow

On m'a dit: "Tu t'prends trop la tête" (tu t'prends trop la tête)

I was told: "You're overthinking it" (you're overthinking it)

On m'a dit: "Tu t'prends trop la tête

I was told: "You're overthinking it

Essaye de mieux voir combien

Try to see better how much

La vie est belle, la vie t'ouvre les bras"

Life is beautiful, life opens its arms to you"

J'me suis dit: "Ah ça, la vie est belle

I thought: "Oh yeah, life is beautiful

Peut-être pour toi qui vis

Maybe for you who lives

Comme dans un rêve

Like in a dream

Vêtu d'or et de soie"

Dressed in gold and silk"

(Ah ça, la vie est belle)

(Oh yeah, life is beautiful)

(Ah ça, la vie est belle)

(Oh yeah, life is beautiful)

...

...

On m'a dit: "Tu t'prends trop la tête

I was told: "You're overthinking it

Essaye de mieux voir combien

Try to see better how much

La vie est belle, la vie t'ouvre les bras"

Life is beautiful, life opens its arms to you"

J'me suis dit: "Ah ça, la vie est belle

I thought: "Oh yeah, life is beautiful

Peut-être pour toi qui vis

Maybe for you who lives

Comme dans un rêve

Like in a dream

Vêtu d'or et de soie"

Dressed in gold and silk"

...

...

(Ah ça, la vie est belle)

(Oh yeah, life is beautiful)

(Ah ça, la vie est belle)

(Oh yeah, life is beautiful)

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
banquier /bɑ̃.kje/ B1	noun - banker
problèmes /pʁɔ.blɛm/ B1	noun - problems
mieux /mjø/ B1	adverb - better
rêve /ʁɛv/ A2	noun - dream
musicien /my.zi.sjɛ̃/ B2	noun - musician
architecte /aʁ.ki.tɛkt/ B2	noun - architect
demain /də.mɛ̃/ A2	adverb - tomorrow
vaut-rien /vo.ʁjɛ̃/ B2	noun - good-for-nothing
soie /swa/ B2	noun - silk
or /ɔʁ/ A2	noun - gold
temps /tɑ̃/ A1	noun - time
face /fas/ A2	noun - face
bras /bʁɑ/ A2	noun - arms
aider /ɛ.de/ A2	verb - to help
ouvrir /u.vʁiʁ/ A2	verb - to open
voir /vwaʁ/ A2	verb - to see
vivre /vivʁ/ B1	verb - to live

Key Grammar Structures

• Mon banquier pense que j'aurais besoin que l'on m'aide

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood after 'penser que' with doubt/uncertainty

  ➔ The sentence uses the conditional form of the verb 'avoir' ('j'aurais') and the subjunctive 'aide' after 'que' because the speaker's banker's thought introduces a degree of uncertainty. 'Penser que' can take the subjunctive when expressing doubt or uncertainty about the thought being true.

• Tandis qu'mon psy dit qu'j'aurais plutôt besoin qu'on m'aime

  ➔ Subjunctive after 'besoin que'

  ➔ The expression 'besoin que' followed by a verb requires the subjunctive because it expresses a need or a desire that is not certain. 'Qu'on m'aime' is the subjunctive form.

• Si c'n'est pas moi, qui résoudra mes problèmes?

  ➔ Future Simple used to express strong conviction or rhetorical question

  ➔ The use of the future simple 'résoudra' emphasizes the speaker's belief that no one else can solve their problems. It's also a rhetorical question, implying the answer is 'no one'.

• On m'a dit: "Tu t'prends trop la tête

  ➔ "On" as an indefinite pronoun

  ➔ "On" is used to represent people in general or to avoid specifying who said it. Here, it means 'people have told me'.

• Essaye de mieux voir combien La vie est belle, la vie t'ouvre les bras

  ➔ Imperative mood (Essaye de...)

  ➔ 'Essaye de' is a command/suggestion to try something. The verb 'essayer' is conjugated in the imperative mood.

• Peut-être pour toi qui vis Comme dans un rêve Vêtu d'or et de soie

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'qui' connecting to the subject

  ➔ 'Qui' is a relative pronoun that refers back to 'toi', the person being addressed. It introduces a relative clause that describes the person: 'who lives like in a dream'.

• Maman m'voyait devenir architecte ou médecin

  ➔ Imperfect tense + infinitive

  ➔ The use of the imperfect tense 'voyait' indicates a repeated or habitual action in the past, or a state of being. It expresses what the mother used to envision or how she used to see the speaker.