Chansons - Songs to learn French
Gilbert Bécaud - Nathalie
Song lyrics in French and English translation
La Place Rouge était vide.
Devant moi marchait Nathalie.
Elle avait un joli nom, mon guide,
Nathalie.
La Place Rouge était blanche.
La neige faisait un tapis.
Et je suivais par ce froid dimanche,
Nathalie.
Elle parlait en phrases sobres
De la Révolution d'Octobre.
Je pensais déjà
Qu'après le tombeau de Lénine,
On irait au Café Pouchkine
Boire un chocolat.
La Place Rouge était vide.
Je lui pris son bras, elle a souri.
Elle avait des cheveux blonds, mon guide,
Nathalie, Nathalie.
Dans sa chambre, à l'université,
Une bande d'étudiants
L'attendait impatiemment.
On a ri, on a beaucoup parlé.
Ils voulaient tout savoir.
Nathalie traduisait.
Moscou, les plaines de Krim
Et les Champs-Elysées.
On a tout mélangé
Et on a chanté.
Et puis, ils ont débouché
En riant à l'avance
Du champagne de France.
Et on a dansé.
Et quand la chambre fut vide,
Tous les amis étaient partis.
Je suis resté seul avec mon guide,
Nathalie.
Plus d'questions, de phrases sobres,
Ni d'au Révolution d'Octobre.
On n'en était plus là.
Fini le tombeau de Lénine,
Le chocolat de chez Pouchkine,
C'est, c'était loin déjà.
Que ma vie me semble vide!
Mais je sais qu'un jour à Paris,
C'est moi qui lui servirai de guide,
Nathalie,
Nathalie.
The Red Square was empty.
Before me Nathalie walked.
She had a pretty name, my guide,
Nathalie.
The Red Square was white.
The snow made a carpet.
And I followed on this cold Sunday,
Nathalie.
She talked with sober phrases
Of the October Revolution.
I already thought
That after Lenin's tombstone,
We would go to the Café Pouchkine
To drink a chocolate.
The Red Square was empty.
I took her arm, she has smiled.
She had blond hair, my guide,
Nathalie, Nathalie.
In her room, at the university,
A group of students
Was impatiently waiting for her.
We have laughed, we have talked a lot.
They wanted to know everything.
Nathalie translated.
Moscow, the plains of Krim
And the Champs-Elysées.
We have mixed up everything
And we have sung.
And then, they have uncorked
Laughing in advance
A champagne from France.
And we have danced.
And when the room was empty,
All friends were gone.
I stayed alone with my guide,
Nathalie.
No more questions, no sobre phrases,
Nor about October Revolution.
We were no more there.
Ended the Lenin's tombstone,
The chocolate at Pouchkine,
It's, it was already far.
My life seems empty to me!
But I know that a day in Paris,
It's me who will serve of guide to her,
Nathalie,
Nathalie.
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