Et Si Tu N'Existais Pas

• By: Joe Dassin

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Et si tu n'existais pas

And if you didn't exist

Dis-moi pourquoi j'existerais?

Tell me why I would exist?

Pour traîner dans un monde sans toi

To wander in a world without you

Sans espoir et sans regrets

Without hope and without regrets

...

...

Et si tu n'existais pas

And if you didn't exist

J'essaierais d'inventer l'amour

I would try to invent love

Comme un peintre qui voit sous ses doigts

Like a painter who sees under his fingers

Naître les couleurs du jour

The colors of the day being born

Et qui n'en revient pas

And can't believe it

...

...

Et si tu n'existais pas

And if you didn't exist

Dis-moi pour qui j'existerais?

Tell me for whom I would exist?

Des passantes endormies dans mes bras

Sleeping passersby in my arms

Que je n'aimerai jamais

Whom I would never love

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...

Et si tu n'existais pas

And if you didn't exist

Je ne serais qu'un point de plus

I would be just another dot

Dans ce monde qui vient et qui va

In this world that comes and goes

Je me sentirais perdu

I would feel lost

J'aurais besoin de toi

I would need you

...

...

Et si tu n'existais pas

And if you didn't exist

Dis-moi comment j'existerais?

Tell me how I would exist?

Je pourrais faire semblant d'être moi

I could pretend to be myself

Mais je ne serais pas vrai

But I wouldn't be real

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...

Et si tu n'existais pas

And if you didn't exist

Je crois que je l'aurais trouvé

I believe I would have found

Le secret de la vie, le pourquoi

The secret of life, the why

Simplement pour te créer

Simply to create you

Et pour te regarder

And to look at you

...

...

Et si tu n'existais pas

And if you didn't exist

Dis-moi pourquoi j'existerais?

Tell me why I would exist?

Pour traîner dans un monde sans toi

To wander in a world without you

Sans espoir et sans regrets

Without hope and without regrets

...

...

Et si tu n'existais pas

And if you didn't exist

J'essaierais d'inventer l'amour

I would try to invent love

Comme un peintre qui voit sous ses doigts

Like a painter who sees under his fingers

Naître les couleurs du jour

The colors of the day being born

...

...

Từ vựng có trong bài hát này:

Từ vựng	Nghĩa
exister /ɛɡ.zis.te/ B1	verb - to exist, to be
monde /mɔ̃d/ A1	noun - world
toi /twa/ A1	pronoun - you
espoir /ɛs.pwaʁ/ B1	noun - hope
regret /ʁə.ɡʁɛ/ B1	noun - regret
inventer /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/ B1	verb - to invent
amour /a.muʁ/ A1	noun - love
peintre /pɛ̃tʁ/ A2	noun - painter
doigts /dwa/ A1	noun - fingers
couleurs /ku.lœʁ/ A1	noun - colors
jour /ʒuʁ/ A1	noun - day
passantes /pa.sɑ̃t/ B1	noun - passersby (female)
endormies /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi/ B1	adjective - asleep
besoin /bə.zwɛ̃/ A2	noun - need
secret /sə.kʁɛ/ A2	noun - secret adjective - secret

Ngữ pháp:

• Et si tu n'existais pas

  ➔ Conditional Sentences (Type 2)

  ➔ This is a hypothetical condition. "Si" introduces the condition (if), followed by the imperfect subjunctive ("n'existais"). The result is expressed in the conditional present.

• Dis-moi pourquoi j'existerais?

  ➔ Conditional Present (Hypothetical Question)

  ➔ "J'existerais" is the conditional present tense of the verb "exister". It expresses what would happen under a certain (usually hypothetical) condition.

• Pour traîner dans un monde sans toi

  ➔ Infinitive after 'pour'

  ➔ "Pour" followed by an infinitive (traîner) expresses purpose or reason.

• J'essaierais d'inventer l'amour

  ➔ Conditional Present with 'essayer de'

  ➔ "J'essaierais" is the conditional present of "essayer". 'Essayer de' + infinitive means 'to try to'.

• Que je n'aimerai jamais

  ➔ Future Simple - Expressing Certainty

  ➔ Here, "aimerai" (future simple of "aimer") is used to express a strong conviction or certainty about not loving those people.

• Je me sentirais perdu

  ➔ Reflexive verb in Conditional Present

  ➔ "Se sentir" is a reflexive verb. "Je me sentirais" is the conditional present, meaning "I would feel". The reflexive pronoun "me" indicates the subject acts upon itself.