Tu t’en iras – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: La Zarra
• Album: Traîtrise

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

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♪ MÊME SANS GOÛTER, ♪

EVEN WITHOUT TASTING,

♪ MÊME SANS DOUTER ♪

EVEN WITHOUT DOUBTING

♪ TU DIRAS QUE TU M’AIMES ♪

YOU'LL SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME

♪ MAIS TU NE LE PENSES PAS ♪

BUT YOU DON'T MEAN IT

♪ MÊME SANS GOÛTER, ♪

EVEN WITHOUT TASTING,

♪ MÊME SANS DOUTER ♪

EVEN WITHOUT DOUBTING

♪ TU DIRAS QUE TU NE M’AIMES PAS ♪

YOU'LL SAY THAT YOU DON'T LOVE ME

♪ ET TU TE LASSERAS ♪

AND YOU'LL GET TIRED

♪ MAIS MOI JE M’EN VOULAIS, ♪

BUT I, I BLAMED MYSELF,

♪ MOI JE M’EN VOULAIS, ♪

I, I BLAMED MYSELF,

♪ MAIS QU’EST-CE QUE TU CROIS ? ♪

BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK?

♪ QUE J’AIME ÊTRE CONTRE TOI ♪

THAT I LIKE BEING AGAINST YOU?

♪ MOI J’M’EN DOUTAIS, ♪

I, I SUSPECTED IT,

♪ TU T’EN IRAS, COMME TOUS LES AUTRES HOMMES AVANT TOI ♪

You'll leave, like all the other men before you

♪ TU T’EN IRAS, ♪

You'll leave,

♪ DE MES BRAS ♪

From my arms

♪ TU T’EN IRAS, ♪

You'll leave,

♪ COMME TOUS LES AUTRES HOMMES AVANT TOI ♪

Like all the other men before you

♪ JE N’ATTENDAIS PAS ♪

I wasn't expecting

♪ QUE TU LE SOIS ♪

You to be like that

♪ MAIS TU GRANDIRAS ♪

But you'll grow up

♪ COMME TOUS LES AUTRES HOMMES AVANT TOI ♪

Like all the other men before you

♪ J’ME SENS BRIMÉE, ♪

I feel oppressed,

♪ DU MAL À M’EXPRIMER ♪

Having trouble expressing myself

♪ J’TROUVE PAS LES MOTS, ♪

I can't find the words,

♪ LES FOIS QUE J’EN DIS TROP ♪

The times I say too much

♪ AUTANT TE DIRE QUE ♪

Might as well tell you that

♪ J’M’ATTENDS AU PIRE ♪

I'm expecting the worst

♪ EST-CE DE MA FAUTE EST-CE DE LA TIENNE ♪

Is it my fault Is it yours

♪ OU CELLE DES AUTRES ? ♪

Or someone else's?

♪ MOI J’AI DOUTÉ, ♪

I doubted,

♪ J’AI TANT DOUTÉ, ♪

I doubted so much,

♪ J’AI TROP DOUTÉ ♪

I doubted too much

♪ J’AI PERDU LA FOI, ♪

I lost faith,

♪ EN L’AMOUR D’AUTREFOIS ♪

In the love of yesteryear

♪ MOI J’AI BROYÉ DU NOIR ♪

I've been dwelling on the dark side

♪ A FORCE DE REDOUTER ♪

From constantly fearing

♪ QUE TU T’EN IRAS ♪

That you'll leave

♪ COMME TOUS LES AUTRES HOMMES AVANT TOI ♪

Like all the other men before you

♪ TU T’EN IRAS ♪

You'll leave

♪ DE MES BRAS ♪

From my arms

♪ TU T’EN IRAS, ♪

You'll leave,

♪ COMME TOUS LES AUTRES HOMMES AVANT TOI ♪

Like all the other men before you

♪ JE N’ATTENDAIS PAS ♪

I wasn't expecting

♪ QUE TU LE SOIS ♪

You to be like that

♪ MAIS TU GRANDIRAS ♪

But you'll grow up

♪ COMME TOUS LES AUTRES HOMMES AVANT TOI ♪

Like all the other men before you

♪ C TROP D’EFFORT ♪

It's too much effort

♪ CA ME DÉVORE ♪

It's devouring me

♪ YA RIEN QUI CHANGE ♪

Nothing changes

♪ SAUF LE DÉCORE ♪

Except the setting

♪ J'AI PLUS LA FORCE DE DEVOIR DIRE AU REVOIR ♪

I no longer have the strength to have to say goodbye

♪ TOUT CA POUR TOI ♪

All this for you

♪ TOUT CA POURQUOI ♪

All this for what

♪ POUR ME METTRE DANS TOUT MES ÉTATS ♪

To put me in all my states

♪ NON FALLAIT PAS VENIR ME VOIR ♪

No, you shouldn't have come to see me

♪ TU T’EN IRAS ♪

You'll leave

♪ DE MES BRAS ♪

From my arms

♪ TU T’EN IRAS, ♪

You'll leave,

♪ COMME TOUS LES AUTRES HOMMES AVANT TOI ♪

Like all the other men before you

♪ JE N’ATTENDAIS PAS ♪

I wasn't expecting

♪ QUE TU LE SOIS ♪

You to be like that

♪ MAIS TU GRANDIRAS ♪

But you'll grow up

♪ COMME TOUS LES AUTRES HOMMES AVANT TOI ♪

Like all the other men before you

♪ TU T’EN IRAS ♪

You'll leave

♪ DE MES BRAS ♪

From my arms

♪ TU T’EN IRAS, ♪

You'll leave,

♪ COMME TOUS LES AUTRES HOMMES AVANT TOI ♪

Like all the other men before you

♪ JE N’ATTENDAIS PAS ♪

I wasn't expecting

♪ QUE TU LE SOIS ♪

You to be like that

♪ MAIS TU GRANDIRAS ♪

But you'll grow up

♪ COMME TOUS LES AUTRES HOMMES AVANT TOI ♪

Like all the other men before you

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
aimer /e.me/ A1	verb - to love, to like
douter /du.te/ B1	verb - to doubt
homme /ɔm/ A1	noun - man
bras /bʁa/ A1	noun - arm
grandir /ɡʁɑ̃.diʁ/ A2	verb - to grow up
mal /mal/ A1	noun - pain, evil adverb - badly
mot /mo/ A1	noun - word
faute /fot/ A2	noun - fault, mistake
amour /a.muʁ/ A1	noun - love
noir /nwaʁ/ A1	adjective - black noun - black (color)
effort /e.fɔʁ/ B1	noun - effort
force /fɔʁs/ A2	noun - strength, force
état /e.ta/ A2	noun - state, condition
pire /piʁ/ B1	adjective - worse noun - worst
décor /de.kɔʁ/ B1	noun - decor, scenery

Key Grammar Structures

• MÊME SANS GOÛTER, MÊME SANS DOUTER

  ➔ Use of 'Même sans' + infinitive

  ➔ Expresses doing something *without* tasting or doubting. 'Même sans' implies 'even without'.

• MAIS MOI JE M’EN VOULAIS

  ➔ Reflexive verb 's'en vouloir' and the use of pronoun 'en'

  ➔ 'S'en vouloir' means 'to blame oneself'. The 'en' here refers to the thing one is blaming oneself for, often related to a prior situation. 'Moi je' is used for emphasis.

• MOI J’M’EN DOUTAIS, TU T’EN IRAS, COMME TOUS LES AUTRES HOMMES AVANT TOI

  ➔ Future tense ('Tu t'en iras'), comparative structure ('comme tous les autres...') and pronoun 'en'

  ➔ 'Tu t'en iras' is the future tense of the reflexive verb 's'en aller' (to leave). 'Comme tous les autres...' compares the subject to other men. The 'en' implies leaving a situation/relationship.

• JE N’ATTENDAIS PAS QUE TU LE SOIS

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'attendre que'

  ➔ The verb 'attendre que' (to wait for/expect that) requires the subjunctive mood in the dependent clause. 'Le sois' is the subjunctive form of 'être'.

• J’ME SENS BRIMÉE, DU MAL À M’EXPRIMER

  ➔ Impersonal expression 'avoir du mal à' + infinitive

  ➔ 'Avoir du mal à' means 'to have difficulty in/with'. It's followed by an infinitive. 'Je me sens brimée' uses the verb 'brimer' meaning to bully or mistreat.

• AUTANT TE DIRE QUE J’M’ATTENDS AU PIRE

  ➔ Expression 'Autant + infinitive + que'

  ➔ 'Autant te dire que...' is an idiomatic expression that means 'I might as well tell you that...' or 'Let me just say that...'. It introduces a straightforward or potentially unpleasant truth.

• C TROP D’EFFORT, CA ME DÉVORE

  ➔ Use of 'Trop de' + noun and causative verb 'dévorer'

  ➔ 'Trop de' indicates an excess of something. 'Ca me dévore' means 'it devours me', suggesting something is consuming the speaker.