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Regardez-moi sourire 00:07
Comme une rose au vent 00:10
Flotter, m'embellir 00:12
Sous le désir ardent 00:14
D'être vivante et reine 00:16
Dans mon monde innocent 00:17
De ces pluies de lumière 00:19
Qui fondent sur mon champ 00:20
Regardez-moi m'ouvrir 00:22
À l'amour qui me tend 00:24
Ses bras et ses soupirs 00:26
Qui me chauffent le sang 00:27
La mousse sous mes pieds 00:29
Comme un tapis de soie 00:31
Un socle pour mon lit 00:32
M'abandonner parfois 00:34
Regardez-moi souffrir 00:38
Quand je ne m'aime plus 00:39
Que j'ai peur d'être vue 00:41
Et d'être mise à nu 00:43
Quand je suis vulnérable 00:44
Et que personne n'entend 00:46
La grandeur de l'horreur 00:48
Qui gronde et qui méprend 00:50
Regardez ce grand vide 00:51
Cet inconnu si tendre 00:53
Que j'aimerais succomber 00:55
Et ne plus rien attendre 00:57
Un silence qui fait peur 00:58
Qui ne peut plus surprendre 01:00
Car je connais mille fois 01:01
La saveur de ses cendres 01:03
L'amour en bandoulière 01:12
Comme un cadeau volé 01:15
Je voudrais être mère 01:17
Pour mieux me consoler 01:19
Pour me donner l'accueil 01:21
L'écoute et le sursis 01:22
Me donner la douceur 01:24
Me donner du répit 01:26
Comment donner à soi 01:27
Cet amour qu'on attend 01:29
Qui n'est jamais assez 01:31
Et qu'on ne sait pas prendre 01:32
Que même si l'on surprend 01:34
Son cœur s'ouvrir parfois 01:35
On le referme si vite 01:38
De peur que l'on se noie 01:39
Et puis un soir, un jour 01:50
On ose l'accepter 01:51
Cette perle, ce sésame 01:53
Qu'on avait bien caché 01:55
Au creux de notre oubli 01:56
Au bord de la jetée 01:58
Contemplant le ciel roux 02:00
Des rêves effacés 02:01
C'est la faim qui surgit 02:03
Comme une rage au ventre 02:05
L'ardeur insaisissable 02:06
Qui crie et qui nous hante 02:08
Comme un vieux fantôme las 02:10
De n'être reconnu 02:11
D'être écouté sans crainte 02:13
Pour pouvoir être lu 02:14
Regardez-moi me battre 02:16
Contre rien, contre tout 02:18
Prisonnière de ma cage 02:19
Que j'ai construite par bouts 02:21
Racontant mon histoire 02:23
Pour ne pas l'oublier 02:24
Elle me serre aujourd'hui 02:26
La gorge, ma liberté 02:28
J'en ai fini, assez 02:37
Assez d'être victime 02:40
D'une peur insensée 02:42
Qui chanterait son hymne 02:44
Que je porte en moi 02:45
Comme un drapeau flottant 02:47
Par la brise des anciens 02:49
Dans l'arbre du néant 02:50
Je termine l'histoire 02:52
Je laisse aller le vent 02:53
Je lui redonne l'espoir 02:55
Et le souffle d'antan 02:57
Je remets à la terre 02:58
Ses croyances erronées 03:00
Que l'on m'a bien apprises 03:02
Et qui sont mal fondées 03:03
Si je veux vivre ce monde 03:05
Ma vie à ma façon 03:06
J'accepte de vivre ma loi 03:08
Allier mon âme à ma raison 03:10
Je lâche prise 03:12
J'ose me vivre 03:15
Je lâche prise 03:19
Et j'ose vivre 03:23
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Ma valse – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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Explore the emotional depth of Zaz's "Ma valse," a song that invites listeners to confront their fears and embrace self-love. Through its introspective lyrics and gentle melody, you can connect with themes of vulnerability, healing, and the courage to live authentically, offering a beautiful insight into the French language and Zaz's unique artistic expression.

[English]
Look at me smile
Like a rose in the wind
Floating, beautifying myself
Under the ardent desire
To be alive and queen
In my innocent world
Of these showers of light
That melt on my field
Look at me open up
To the love that offers me
Its arms and its sighs
That warm my blood
The moss under my feet
Like a silk carpet
A base for my bed
To abandon myself sometimes
Look at me suffer
When I no longer love myself
When I'm afraid of being seen
And being laid bare
When I am vulnerable
And no one hears
The magnitude of the horror
That rumbles and misunderstands
Look at this great void
This unknown so tender
That I would like to succumb to
And no longer expect anything
A silence that is frightening
That can no longer surprise
Because I know a thousand times
The taste of its ashes
Love as a bandolier
Like a stolen gift
I would like to be a mother
To better comfort myself
To give myself the welcome
The listening and the reprieve
Give myself the gentleness
Give myself respite
How to give to oneself
This love that we wait for
That is never enough
And that we don't know how to take
That even if we catch
His heart opening sometimes
We close it so quickly
For fear of drowning
And then one evening, one day
We dare to accept it
This pearl, this sesame
That we had well hidden
In the hollow of our oblivion
At the edge of the pier
Contemplating the red sky
Of erased dreams
It's the hunger that arises
Like a rage in the belly
The elusive ardor
That shouts and haunts us
Like an old tired ghost
Of not being recognized
Of being listened to without fear
To be able to be read
Look at me fight
Against nothing, against everything
Prisoner of my cage
That I built in pieces
Telling my story
So as not to forget it
It tightens me today
The throat, my freedom
I'm done, enough
Enough of being a victim
Of a senseless fear
That would sing its hymn
That I carry within me
Like a floating flag
By the breeze of the ancients
In the tree of nothingness
I finish the story
I let the wind go
I give it back hope
And the breath of yesteryear
I return to the earth
Its erroneous beliefs
That I have been well taught
And that are poorly founded
If I want to live this world
My life my way
I agree to live my law
Unite my soul with my reason
I let go
I dare to live myself
I let go
And I dare to live
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Vocabulary Meanings

regardez

/ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/

A2
  • verb
  • - to watch, to look at

sourire

/su.ʁiʁ/

A2
  • verb
  • - to smile
  • noun
  • - a smile

rose

/ʁoz/

A2
  • noun
  • - a flowering plant of the genus Rosa

flotter

/flɔ.te/

B1
  • verb
  • - to float, to drift

embellir

/ɑ̃.bɛliʁ/

B2
  • verb
  • - to beautify, to embellish

désir

/de.ziʁ/

B1
  • noun
  • - desire, wish

vivante

/vi.vɑ̃t/

B2
  • adjective
  • - alive, lively

royaume

/ʁwa.jœm/

B1
  • noun
  • - kingdom

innocent

/i.nɔ.sɑ̃/

B2
  • adjective
  • - innocent, naive

fonde

/fɔ̃d/

B2
  • verb
  • - to melt, to dissolve

lumière

/ly.mjɛʁ/

A2
  • noun
  • - light

fondent

/fɔ̃.dɑ̃/

B2
  • verb
  • - to melt, to thaw

champ

/ʃɑ̃/

A2
  • noun
  • - field, meadow

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Key Grammar Structures

  • Regardez-moi sourire Comme une rose au vent

    ➔ Infinitive after a verb of perception; Simile using 'comme'

    "Regardez-moi sourire" uses the infinitive "sourire" after the verb of perception "regardez". "Comme une rose au vent" creates a simile, comparing the smile to a rose in the wind using "comme".

  • D'être vivante et reine Dans mon monde innocent

    ➔ Use of the infinitive "d'être" after a preposition; Adjectives used to describe a state of being.

    ➔ The phrase uses "d'être" (to be) in an infinitive form after a preposition implied by the previous lines. The adjectives "vivante" (alive) and "reine" (queen) describe the desired state of being. "Innocent" is describing the world.

  • À l'amour qui me tend Ses bras et ses soupirs Qui me chauffent le sang

    ➔ Relative pronoun "qui"; Use of a verb to express an emotional or physical effect.

    "Qui" is a relative pronoun referring back to "l'amour". "Qui me chauffent le sang" uses "chauffent" (warm) to metaphorically describe the effect love has on the singer, warming her blood.

  • Quand je suis vulnérable Et que personne n'entend La grandeur de l'horreur Qui gronde et qui méprend

    ➔ Subordinating conjunction "quand"; Negative expression "personne ne"; Relative pronoun "qui" in a parallel structure

    "Quand" introduces a subordinate clause indicating time. "Personne ne" means "no one" and requires the "ne" before the verb. "Qui gronde et qui méprend" uses "qui" twice to connect two verbs to the noun "grandeur de l'horreur" in a parallel structure.

  • L'amour en bandoulière Comme un cadeau volé

    ➔ Figurative language; Simile using 'comme'

    "L'amour en bandoulière" is a metaphorical expression, meaning love is worn as something carried across the shoulder (like a bag). "Comme un cadeau volé" uses the word 'comme' to create a simile, comparing love to a stolen gift.

  • Pour me donner l'accueil L'écoute et le sursis Me donner la douceur Me donner du répit

    ➔ Repetition for emphasis; Use of infinitives implied before 'pour'

    ➔ The repetition of "Me donner..." emphasizes the need for self-care. While the lines begin without an explicit verb like "Je veux" or "Je souhaite," the implication is that the singer wants these things for herself. "Pour" implies purpose, with "me donner" acting as the implied infinitive.