Sensualité – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Axelle Red
• Album: Sans plus attendre

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Jamais je n'aurais pensé

Never would I have thought

Tant besoin de lui

To need him so much

...

...

Je me sens si envoutée

I feel so bewitched

Que ma maman me dit "ralentis

That my mom tells me "slow down

Désir ou amour

Desire or love

Tu le sauras un jour"

You'll know one day"

J'aime, j'aime tes yeux

I love, I love your eyes

J'aime ton odeur

I love your scent

Tous tes gestes en douceur

All your gentle gestures

Lentement dirigés

Slowly directed

Sensualité

Sensuality

Ouh, stop, un instant

Ouh, stop, a moment

J'aimerais que ce moment

I would like this moment

Fixe pour des tas d'années

Fixed for years and years

Ta sensualité

Your sensuality

...

...

Il paraît qu'après quelques temps

It seems that after some time

La passion s'affaiblit

Passion weakens

...

...

Pas toujours apparemment

Not always apparently

Et maman m'avait dit "ralentis

And Mom told me "slow down

Désir ou amour

Desire or love

Tu le sauras un jour"

You'll know one day"

J'aime, j'aime tes yeux

I love, I love your eyes

J'aime ton odeur

I love your scent

Tous tes gestes en douceur

All your gentle gestures

Lentement dirigés

Slowly directed

Sensualité

Sensuality

Ouh, stop, un instant

Ouh, stop, a moment

J'aimerais que ce moment

I would like this moment

Fixe pour des tas d'années

Fixed for years and years

Ta sensualité

Your sensuality

Je te demande si simplement

I ask you so simply

Ne fais pas semblant

Don't pretend

...

...

Je t'aimerai encore

I will love you again

Et encore

And again

...

...

Désir ou amour

Desire or love

Tu le sauras un jour

You'll know one day

J'aime, j'aime tes yeux

I love, I love your eyes

J'aime ton odeur

I love your scent

Tous tes gestes en douceur

All your gentle gestures

Lentement dirigés

Slowly directed

Sensualité

Sensuality

Ouh, stop, un instant

Ouh, stop, a moment

J'aimerais que ce moment

I would like this moment

Fixe pour des tas d'années

Fixed for years and years

Ta sensualité

Your sensuality

Tes yeux, j'aime ton odeur

Your eyes, I love your scent

Tous tes gestes en douceur

All your gentle gestures

Lentement dirigés

Slowly directed

Sensualité

Sensuality

Ouh, stop, un instant (un moment)

Ouh, stop, a moment (a moment)

J'aimerais que ce moment (que j'aimerais)

I would like this moment (that I would like)

Fixe pour des tas d'années (t'aborder)

Fixed for years and years (to approach you)

Ta sensualité

Your sensuality

Tes yeux, j'aime ton odeur

Your eyes, I love your scent

Tous tes gestes en douceur (pour un seul moment)

All your gentle gestures (for just one moment)

Lentement dirigés

Slowly directed

Sensualité

Sensuality

Ouh, stop, un instant

Ouh, stop, a moment

J'aimerais que ce moment (juste un seul)

I would like this moment (just one)

Fixe pour des tas d'années (pendant des années)

Fixed for years and years (for years)

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sensualité /sɑ̃sɥalite/ B2	noun - the condition of being sensual; physical pleasure
désir /dezire/ B1	noun - a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen
amour /amuʁ/ A2	noun - a strong feeling of deep affection
yeux /jø/ A1	noun - the organ of sight
odeur /odeʁ/ A2	noun - a distinctive smell, especially a pleasant one
gestes /ʒɛst/ B1	noun - a movement of the body, especially the hands or arms, that expresses an idea or feeling
moment /mɔmɑ̃/ A2	noun - a very brief period of time
passion /pa.sjɔ̃/ B2	noun - a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something
ralentis /ʁalɑ̃ti/ B1	verb - to slow down
demande /dəmɑ̃d/ B1	verb - to ask for something
encore /ɑ̃kɔʁ/ A2	adverb - again; once more

Key Grammar Structures

• Jamais je n'aurais pensé Tant besoin de lui

  ➔ Conditional Past Perfect with 'ne...jamais'

  ➔ The "n'aurais pensé" is the conditional past perfect, expressing a regret or something you wouldn't have imagined. "Jamais" reinforces the negative sentiment. "Tant besoin de lui" uses "tant" to show intensity, indicating a great need.

• Que ma maman me dit "ralentis

  ➔ Subjunctive after verbs expressing emotion/opinion, and Imperative

  ➔ Although the verb is "dit" (indicative), the implied suggestion, advice, or warning could trigger the subjunctive in a more formal context. "Ralentis" is the imperative form of "ralentir".

• Désir ou amour Tu le sauras un jour

  ➔ Future Simple Tense

  ➔ "Tu le sauras" uses the future simple tense to express something that will happen at some point in the future.

• J'aimerais que ce moment Fixe pour des tas d'années

  ➔ Subjunctive after 'J'aimerais que'

  ➔ "J'aimerais que" expresses a wish or desire. Because of this, the verb in the subordinate clause ("fixe") is in the subjunctive mood.

• Il paraît qu'après quelques temps La passion s'affaiblit

  ➔ Impersonal verb 'Il paraît que' + indicative

  ➔ 'Il paraît que' means 'it seems that' or 'it appears that'. It's an impersonal construction introducing a statement of general knowledge or hearsay. It is followed by a clause in the indicative mood, as it presents the information as a fact.

• Je te demande si simplement Ne fais pas semblant

  ➔ Adverb of manner (simplement) and negative imperative

  ➔ "Simplement" is an adverb of manner, modifying the verb "demande". "Ne fais pas semblant" is a negative imperative, giving an order not to pretend.

• Je t'aimerai encore Et encore

  ➔ Future Simple Tense, repetition for emphasis

  ➔ "Je t'aimerai" is in the future simple, expressing a future action. The repetition of "et encore" emphasizes the continuous nature of the love.