Mes souvenirs de toi

• By: Zaz
• Album: Effet miroir

Lyrics:

[Français]

[English]

Les mois d'août au matin

August mornings,

J'ai la gorge serrée

My throat tightens.

Pas envie de me lever

I don't want to get up.

Mes volets condamnés

My shutters are shut tight.

Je t'ai prié tout l'été

I prayed for you all summer.

Tu n'es jamais revenu

You never came back.

Un jour tu m'as quitté

One day you left me.

Et tu as disparu

And you disappeared.

Quand vient décembre au soir

When December evening comes,

Je m'attache à penser

I cling to the thought,

Qu'à la nouvelle année

That with the new year,

Tu voudrais me revoir

You might want to see me again.

Je t'ai prié tout l'hiver

I prayed for you all winter.

Tu n'es jamais rentré

You never returned.

J'ai du croire le contraire

I had to believe the opposite.

Oui, je me suis trompée

Yes, I was mistaken.

Les saisons se traînent à ma place

The seasons drag on in my place,

Me laissant seule en face à face

Leaving me alone face to face,

Face à je ne sais quoi

With I don't know what.

A nos amours que le temps chasse

To our loves that time chases away.

Tout se dissout mais rien n'efface

Everything dissolves but nothing erases,

Le souvenir de toi

The memory of you.

Le souvenir de toi

The memory of you.

L'automne à la fenêtre

Autumn at the window

N'a de sens sans toi

Makes no sense without you.

Mes lundis se répètent

My Mondays repeat,

A te chanter tout bas

Singing softly to you.

Je garde les peut-être

I hold onto the maybe,

Qui me retiennent à toi

That keeps me tied to you.

Si précieuses sont les miettes

So precious are the crumbs,

Qu'il me reste de ça

That I have left of us.

Les saisons se traînent à ma place

The seasons drag on in my place,

Me laissant seule en face à face

Leaving me alone face to face,

Face à je ne sais quoi

With I don't know what.

A nos amours que le temps chasse

To our loves that time chases away.

Tout se dissout mais rien n'efface

Everything dissolves but nothing erases,

Le souvenir de toi

The memory of you.

Le souvenir de toi

The memory of you.

Le souvenir de toi

The memory of you.

Valsent les amours mortes

Dead loves dance,

Qui fleurissent les blés

That bloom in the fields.

J'attends devant ma porte

I wait outside my door.

Je te laisse t'en aller

I let you go.

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
mois /mwa/ A2	noun - month
août /u.t/ B1	noun - August
matin /ma.tɛ̃/ A2	noun - morning
gorge /ɡɔʁʒ/ B1	noun - throat
serrée /sɛʁe/ B2	adjective - tight
envie /ɑ̃.vje/ A2	noun - desire
levé /lə.ve/ B2	verb - to get up
condamnés /kɔ̃dame/ C1	adjective - condemned
revu /ʁə.vwa/ C1	verb - to return
disparu /dispaʁi/ B2	verb - disappeared
reçu /ʁəsy/ B2	verb - received
espérance /e.spe.ʁɑ̃s/ C1	noun - hope
année /a.ne/ A2	noun - year
revoir /ʁə.vwaʁ/ B2	verb - to see again
hiver /ivɛʁ/ A2	noun - winter
croire /kʁwaʁ/ B2	verb - to believe

Grammar:

• J'ai la gorge serrée

  ➔ Use of the passé composé with avoir to express a completed past action.

  ➔ The phrase 'J'ai la gorge serrée' employs the **passé composé** to describe a state resulting from a past action.

• Les saisons se traînent à ma place

  ➔ Reflexive verb in present tense indicating that the seasons are 'dragging' themselves.

  ➔ The **reflexive verb** 'se traînent' in the present tense describes the season's slow movement as if they are 'dragging' themselves.

• Tout se dissout mais rien n'efface

  ➔ Use of pronominal verb 'se dissoudre' in present tense to indicate dissolution or fading.

  ➔ The **pronominal verb** 'se dissout' in the present tense describes things gradually fading or dissolving over time.

• J'attends devant ma porte

  ➔ Use of the verb 'attendre' in the present tense to express waiting.

  ➔ The **verb** 'attendre' in the present tense indicates the action of waiting at a specific location.

• J'ai du croire le contraire

  ➔ Use of the infinitive 'croire' with 'devrait' (implied by context) to express belief or assumption.

  ➔ Although 'croire' is an infinitive, in the context, it suggests a belief or thought, often implied with modal verbs like 'should' or 'must'.

• Je te laisse t'en aller

  ➔ Use of the verb 'se laisser' + infinitive to express allowing oneself to do an action.

  ➔ The construction **'se laisser' + infinitive** conveys the idea of permitting oneself to do a certain action, often implying acceptance or resignation.