Yalla viens – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: VERNIS ROUGE
• Album: Corps sauvages

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

À croire qu'il ne s'agissait pas de nous dans cette foule

It seems like we weren't part of this crowd

À croire que tu ne savais pas que j'étais pleine d'amour

It seems you didn't know I was full of love

Et tu pars, loin de moi

And you leave, far from me

Je fais comme si ça ne m'atteignait pas

I act as if it doesn't affect me

Et je pars pars (pars, pars), loin de toi (toi, toi)

And I leave (leave, leave), far from you (you, you)

Comme si la vie ne me voulait pas

As if life didn't want me

Dis-moi, dis-moi, dis-moi tu me veux toi?

Tell me, tell me, tell me do you want me?

Dis-moi, dis-moi, dis-moi tu me veux quoi?

Tell me, tell me, tell me what do you want from me?

Dis-moi tu me veux toi, dis-moi tu me veux quoi?

Tell me you want me, tell me what do you want from me?

Dis-moi tu me veux ou pas, dis-moi si je reste là?

Tell me if you want me or not, tell me if I should stay here?

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À croire que tu ne voulais pas que je fasse demi-tour

It seems you didn't want me to turn back

À croire que tu me pensais prête à tout pour toujours

It seems you thought I was ready for anything forever

Et je viens, près de toi

And I come, close to you

Fais comme si c'était le premier pas

Act as if it were the first step

Et tu viens (viens, viens), près de moi (moi, moi)

And you come (come, come), close to me (me, me)

Comme si c'était la toute première fois

As if it were the very first time

Dis-moi, dis-moi, dis-moi tu me veux toi

Tell me, tell me, tell me do you want me?

Dis-moi, dis-moi, dis-moi tu me veux quoi?

Tell me, tell me, tell me what do you want from me?

Dis-moi tu me veux toi, dis-moi tu me veux quoi?

Tell me you want me, tell me what do you want from me?

Dis-moi tu me veux ou pas, dis-moi si je reste là?

Tell me if you want me or not, tell me if I should stay here?

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Viens

Come

Yalla viens

Yalla come

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Come

Viens

Come

Viens

Come

Yalla viens

Yalla come

Yalla viens

Yalla come

Viens

Come

Viens

Come

Yalla viens

Yalla come

Yalla viens

Yalla come

Viens

Come

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Dis-moi, dis-moi

Tell me, tell me

Dis-moi tu me veux toi

Tell me do you want me?

Dis-moi, dis-moi

Tell me, tell me

Dis-moi si je reste là

Tell me if I should stay here

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
croire /kʁwaʁ/ B1	verb - to believe
partir /paʁtiʁ/ A2	verb - to leave
vouloir /vulwaʁ/ A2	verb - to want
amour /amuʁ/ A1	noun - love
vie /vi/ A1	noun - life
premier /pʁəmje/ A2	adjective - first
dis-moi /di mwa/ A2	phrase - tell me
près /pʁɛ/ A2	adverb - near
tout /tu/ A1	adjective - all
demi-tour /dəmi tuʁ/ B2	noun - U-turn
pensais /pɑ̃sɛ/ B1	verb - thought (past tense of think)
prête /pʁɛt/ B1	adjective - ready
veux /vø/ A1	verb - want (present tense of vouloir)
là /la/ A1	adverb - there
viens /vjɛ̃/ A1	verb - come (present tense of venir)

Key Grammar Structures

• À croire qu'il ne s'agissait pas de nous dans cette foule

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after "à croire que"

  ➔ "À croire que" expresses doubt or disbelief. When used with a negative clause, the subjunctive is often used to emphasize the uncertainty or disbelief. Here, "s'agissait" is in the imperfect subjunctive.

• À croire que tu ne voulais pas que je fasse demi-tour

  ➔ Subjunctive after "vouloir que"

  ➔ "Vouloir que" followed by a person necessitates the subjunctive. "Fasse" is the present subjunctive of the verb "faire".

• Fais comme si c'était le premier pas

  ➔ "Comme si" followed by the imperfect subjunctive

  ➔ "Comme si" introduces a hypothetical situation that is contrary to fact. It's always followed by the imperfect subjunctive or pluperfect subjunctive depending on the nuance. Here, "c'était" is the imperfect subjunctive of "être".

• Dis-moi tu me veux toi

  ➔ Omission of "est-ce que" or inversion for questions

  ➔ In informal French, it is common to form a question by simply raising the intonation at the end of the sentence. The standard "est-ce que" or verb-subject inversion is often omitted, especially in spoken language.