Lyrics and translation Albin de la Simone - Pourquoi on pleure

Pourquoi on pleure

Le temps passé assis sur les mains
À regarder mon ombre, imaginer ma tombe
Examiner les murs, compter les fissures
Vérifier les serrures assis sur les mains
Au lieu de te dire que tu es belle
Le temps perdu à lever le menton
À regarder au loin, chercher dans l′horizon
Un endroit, un recoin où l'herbe et le gazon
Est plus vert que le foin autour de la maison
Au lieu de t′embrasser ma chérie
On a eu chaud, on a eu peur
On a tourné pendant des heures
On a eu chaud, on a eu peur
On est sauvés, pourquoi on pleure
Le temps passé à regarder mes pieds
À compter les oiseaux tomber, les amis perdus
À choisir un costume, à choisir une plume
Pour mon oeuvre posthume, écrire un homélie
Au lieu de t'emmener au lit
Le temps perdu à boutonner lundi avec mercredi
Et tout recommencer
Au lieu de t'embrasser dans le cou
On a eu chaud, on a eu peur
On a tourné pendant des heures
On a eu chaud, on a eu peur
On est sauvés, pourquoi on pleure
On a eu chaud, on a eu peur
On a tourné pendant des heures
On a eu chaud, on a eu peur
On est sauvés
Pourquoi on pleure

Why We Cry

The time spent sitting on my hands
Watching my shadow, imagining my tomb
Examining the walls, counting the cracks
Checking the locks sitting on my hands
Instead of telling you that you are beautiful
The time wasted on raising my chin
Looking far away, searching the horizon
A place, a corner where the grass and turf
Is greener than the hay around the house
Instead of kissing you, my darling
We were hot, we were afraid
We turned for hours
We were hot, we were afraid
We are saved, why are we crying
The time spent looking at my feet
Counting the falling birds, the lost friends
Choosing a costume, choosing a feather
For my posthumous work, to write a homily
Instead of taking you to bed
The time lost on buttoning Monday with Wednesday
And starting all over again
Instead of kissing you on the neck
We were hot, we were afraid
We turned for hours
We were hot, we were afraid
We are saved, why are we crying
We were hot, we were afraid
We turned for hours
We were hot, we were afraid
We are saved
Why are we crying