Lyrics & Translation
If I knew the prayers
If I had blue blood
The gift of erasing and starting over
If I were a queen or a sorceress
Princess, fairy, great captain
Of a noble regiment
If I had the steps of a giant
I would bring heaven into misery
All the tears into a river
And I would make flowers bloom in the sands where hope even flows
I would sow utopias, bending would be forbidden
We would no longer turn our eyes away
If I had thousands and hundreds
Talent, strength, or charms
Of masters, of the powerful
If I had the keys to their souls
If I knew how to take up arms
In the fire of an army of titans
I would light flames
In the extinguished dreams of children
I would add colors to the pains
I would invent Edens
With steps of chance, with steps of stars, with the least of nothing
But I only have a heart in rags
And two hands stretched out like twigs
A voice that the wind chases away in the morning
But if our bare hands come together
Our millions of hearts together
If our voices united
Which winters would withstand it?
A strong world, a soulmate earth
We will build in these ashes
Little by little, crumb by crumb
Drop by drop and heart to heart
Little by little, crumb by crumb
Drop by drop and heart to heart
Key Vocabulary
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prière /pʁjɛʁ/ A2 |
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sang /sɑ̃/ B1 |
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royaume /ʁwa.jom/ B2 |
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magicienne /ma.ʒi.sjɛn/ C1 |
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capitaine /ka.pi.tɛn/ B2 |
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ciel /sjɛl/ A2 |
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espoir /ɛs.pwaʁ/ B2 |
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utopie /y.tɔ.pi/ C1 |
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regarder /ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/ A2 |
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chances /ʃɑ̃s/ B1 |
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force /fɔʁs/ A2 |
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pouvoir /pu.vwaʁ/ B1 |
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armé /aʁ.me/ C1 |
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flammes /flam/ B2 |
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rêves /ʁɛv/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Si j'étais l'amie du bon Dieu
➔ Hypothetical constructions with the *imparfait* and *conditionnel présent*
➔ The sentence uses the *si* clause to express a hypothetical situation. "Si" + *imparfait* (j'étais) in the *si* clause is paired with the *conditionnel présent* (would be) in the main clause (which isn't explicitly stated here but implied). It shows what the speaker would do *if* they were God's friend.
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Je mettrais du ciel en misère
➔ Conditional tense (*conditionnel présent*)
➔ *Mettrais* is the *conditionnel présent* of *mettre*, expressing what the speaker *would* do. The *conditionnel présent* is often used after a *si* clause expressing a condition.
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Toutes les larmes en rivière
➔ Preposition "en" indicating transformation.
➔ The preposition *en* here indicates a transformation *into*. It means "all the tears *into* a river."
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Je sèmerais des utopies, plier serait interdit
➔ Impersonal verb form with 'serait' (conditional of 'être').
➔ 'Piler serait interdit' translates to 'Bending would be forbidden.' Here, 'plier' is used as a noun, and the sentence is structured impersonally using 'serait' indicating a general rule or condition.
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Si j'avais des milles et des cents
➔ Idiomatic expression and indefinite articles.
➔ "Des milles et des cents" is an idiomatic expression meaning "lots of money." The "des" are partitive articles, referring to an indefinite quantity.
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Aux pas de chances, aux pas d'étoiles, aux moins que rien
➔ Use of preposition 'aux' and noun phrases.
➔ 'Aux' is a contraction of 'à les', and here it is used with noun phrases that represent different categories of people or states. "Aux pas de chances" - those without luck, "aux pas d'étoiles" - those with a bright future/destiny, "aux moins que rien" - the less than nothing, or the marginalized.
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Une voix que le vent chasse au matin
➔ Relative pronoun "que" introducing a relative clause.
➔ "Que" is a relative pronoun that introduces the relative clause "le vent chasse au matin." It refers back to the noun "voix" and provides more information about it.
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Quels hivers y résisteraient?
➔ Interrogative pronoun and conditional tense.
➔ "Quels" is an interrogative pronoun meaning "which" or "what." "Résisteraient" is the conditional form of the verb "résister." The sentence asks rhetorically: "Which winters would resist it?"
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