J’ai peur is an avoir expression that translates to “I am afraid”. This line translates to “And in the noise, I run and I’m afraid”. Both un peu de and un brin de translate to “a bit of”. This line translates to “A bit of love, a bit of honey”. This page offers a complete list of French weather terms. This line translates to “I dance with the wind and rain”. The verb reumer means to move, wiggle, shake and stir. We translated this line to “ I move the sky, day and night“. The “que” in “que tout recommence” is a relative pronoun meaning which or that. The verb s’enfuir means to escape, take flight, run away or flee. Our translation was: “I want to flee that everything starts again”. The word peine translates to sorrow, grief, pain and anguish. We translated this line to “To forget my immense pain”. In this situation it is being spelt “dernière” because danse is feminine (la danse). This line (and the title of the song) translates to “A last dance”. The verb déambuler translates to wander, meander or walk around. This line translates to “I wander alone in the metro”. In this line être doesn’t mean “to be”, but being as in human being (un être humain). The French negation rule ne…que means “only”. This line translates to “I am just a being without importance”. The verb s’acharner sur/contre quelqu’un means to hound, attack or go after somebody. This line translates to “Why attack? You start again”. Douce souffrance is meant to be somewhat of an oxymoron. The adjective doux translates to soft, sweet, gentle and pleasant. This line translates to “Oh my sweet suffering”. Whenever possible we have included links to WordReference (an online dictionary) and other pages on FrenchLeaner so that you can gain further insights on words and grammar of interest.
In addition to the French lyrics which we’ve translated into English below, we have hand picked several lines of grammatical interest and highlighted some key vocabulary words. It is easy to confuse two as “danser” (with an -s) means “to dance” (with a -c) in English. Note that the title of the song is “Dernière Danse” and not “Dernière Dance”. We believe the entire song is a metaphor for struggling in early adulthood, a difficult period of life faced by many young people. The song’s lyrics recount her wandering throughout the streets and metro of Paris facing hopelessness and sorrow. The song’s lyrics and music video (see YouTube and Spotify towards end of post) recount the tale of a young woman who is kicked out of a building onto the streets by an older woman. © Benoît Prieur / Wikimedia Commons Song background The song was part of Indila’s debut album, Mini World. Released and recorded in 2013, the song made it to the top of the pop charts of many European countries. The French pop song “ Dernière Danse” (English meaning: “Last Dance” French pronunciation: der-nee-ayr dahns) is the greatest hit of French singer and songwriter Indila.
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