• Barbara Pravi

    La vague → English translation

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The wave

I need to tell you about it,
since she is so present in me
Describing her is not easy for me
so I will do my best,
if you have a little time
Let me tell you this thing
who's kinda me, but not really
And I don't know how to live with it
but I don't know how to live without
 
She runs through me everywhere
at any time, make me tell me that I don't want
Think and act against my heart,
think and act for me
I call it my flame,
I call it my wave, soft and docile
Then anger and then rage at the same time,
this tidal wave in me
 
This storm that makes me say
and do anything
I wonder how do I do it
those who do not explode, who pretend
Which contain themselves,
hold back without ever overflowing
I don't know or lie,
neither my tears nor my rage hold back
 
Seems that this is love, my love
It's to afford even the knots, even the worst
Seems that this is love, my love
It's to afford even the knots, even the worst
Seems that this is love, my love
It's to afford even the knots, even the worst
Seems that this is love, my love
So I offer you my knots and my worst
 
I know, I'm no longer fifteen years old,
I should see her coming and even from afar
she isn't really discreet
I'm working on it, I swear that's what sucks
And I learn to suffer and love with it
I would like to be gentle,
be tender all the time,
don't leave on your heart
what beautiful words to hear
 
I would like to know how to lie when things are wrong
and even knowing how to laugh when I don't want to
I would like to be calm,
more constant sometimes less savage,
less violent, less intense, less ardent
But when it breaks, hello ravages
She takes my voice, my gaze, my face
If she only hurt me
I'm not saying but look,
look at the state of my shore
It's this tidal wave,
this storm in me
which serves my throat and explodes at the same time
 
Tell me that I am not alone
and above all not crazy
Tell me that I am not alone
and then not crazy suddenly
 
Seems that this is love, my love
It's to afford even the knots, even the worst
Seems that this is love, my love
It's to afford even the knots, even the worst
Seems that this is love, my love
So I offer you my knots and my worst
So I offer you my knots and my worst
I call it "The wave"
 
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La vague

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SanderijnSanderijn    Tue, 21/09/2021 - 15:52

good translation, but isn't "j'ai plus quinze ans" "i am no longer fifteen years old"? and "elle est peu discrète" "she isn't really discrete"?

alinguistalinguist    Sat, 02/10/2021 - 17:11

@sanderijn Yes to the first, but 'discreet' is the right word here, I think.