Si

• By: ZAZ
• Album: Recto Verso

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Si j'étais l'amie du bon Dieu

If I were the friend of the good Lord

Si je connaissais les prières

If I knew the prayers

Si j'avais le sang bleu

If I had blue blood

Le don d'effacer et tout refaire

The gift of erasing and starting over

Si j'étais reine ou magicienne

If I were a queen or a sorceress

Princesse, fée, grand capitaine

Princess, fairy, great captain

D'un noble régiment

Of a noble regiment

Si j'avais les pas d'un géant

If I had the steps of a giant

Je mettrais du ciel en misère

I would bring heaven into misery

Toutes les larmes en rivière

All the tears into a river

Et fleurirais des sables où filent même l'espoir

And I would make flowers bloom in the sands where hope even flows

Je sèmerais des utopies, plier serait interdit

I would sow utopias, bending would be forbidden

On ne détournerait plus les regards

We would no longer turn our eyes away

Si j'avais des milles et des cents

If I had thousands and hundreds

Le talent, la force ou les charmes

Talent, strength, or charms

Des maîtres, des puissants

Of masters, of the powerful

Si j'avais les clés de leurs âmes

If I had the keys to their souls

Si je savais prendre les armes

If I knew how to take up arms

Au feu d'une armée de titans

In the fire of an army of titans

J'allumerais des flammes

I would light flames

Dans les rêves éteints des enfants

In the extinguished dreams of children

Je mettrais des couleurs aux peines

I would add colors to the pains

J'inventerais des Éden

I would invent Edens

Aux pas de chances, aux pas d'étoiles, aux moins que rien

With steps of chance, with steps of stars, with the least of nothing

Mais je n'ai qu'un cœur en guenille

But I only have a heart in rags

Et deux mains tendues de brindilles

And two hands stretched out like twigs

Une voix que le vent chasse au matin

A voice that the wind chases away in the morning

Mais si nos mains nues se rassemblent

But if our bare hands come together

Nos millions de cœurs ensembles

Our millions of hearts together

Si nos voix s'unissaient

If our voices united

Quels hivers y résisteraient?

Which winters would withstand it?

Un monde fort, une terre âme sœur

A strong world, a soulmate earth

Nous bâtirons dans ces cendres

We will build in these ashes

Peu à peu, miette à miette

Little by little, crumb by crumb

Goutte à goutte et cœur à cœur

Drop by drop and heart to heart

Peu à peu, miette à miette

Little by little, crumb by crumb

Goutte à goutte et cœur à cœur

Drop by drop and heart to heart

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Từ vựng có trong bài hát này:

Từ vựng	Nghĩa
prière /pʁjɛʁ/ A2	noun - prayer
sang /sɑ̃/ B1	noun - blood
royaume /ʁwa.jom/ B2	noun - kingdom
magicienne /ma.ʒi.sjɛn/ C1	noun - female magician, sorceress
capitaine /ka.pi.tɛn/ B2	noun - captain
ciel /sjɛl/ A2	noun - sky
espoir /ɛs.pwaʁ/ B2	noun - hope
utopie /y.tɔ.pi/ C1	noun - utopia, ideal society
regarder /ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/ A2	verb - to look at
chances /ʃɑ̃s/ B1	noun - chances, opportunities
force /fɔʁs/ A2	noun - force, strength
pouvoir /pu.vwaʁ/ B1	noun/verb - power, ability; to be able to
armé /aʁ.me/ C1	noun - army, armed forces
flammes /flam/ B2	noun - flames
rêves /ʁɛv/ B2	noun - dreams

Ngữ pháp:

• 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.

• 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.

• 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."

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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?"