世界女乒乓球排名第一 Dernière danse – Learn French With Indila's Song Lyrics

The French song Dernière danse (English: “Last Dance”) is a haunting pop hit by Indila. This lesson includes full French lyrics with English translation to boost your vocabulary and comprehension. It’s a powerful, emotional way to improve your French through music.

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Released in 2013, Dernière danse was the breakout hit from Indila’s debut album Mini World. The lyrics and music video follow a young woman cast into the streets, symbolizing the emotional struggles of early adulthood. With its poetic imagery and haunting melody, the song became a cultural phenomenon across Europe.

Dernière Danse Lyrics with English Translation

Oh ma douce souffrancePourquoi s’acharner? Tu recommencesJe ne suis qu’un être sans importanceSans lui, je suis un peu paroJe déambule seule dans le métro

Oh my sweet sufferingWhy attack? You start againI am just a being without importanceWithout it, I am a bit lostI wander alone in the metro

Une dernière dansePour oublier ma peine immenseJe veux m’enfuir que tout recommenceOh ma douce souffrance

One last danceTo forget my immense painI want to flee that everything starts againOh my sweet suffering

Je remue le ciel, le jour, la nuitJe danse ec le vent, la pluieUn peu d’amour, un brin de mielEt je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse

I move the sky, day and nightI dance with the wind, the rainA bit of love, a bit of honeyAnd I dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance

Et dans le bruit, je cours et j’ai peurEst-ce mon tour? Vient la douleurDans tout Paris, je m’abandonneEt je m’envole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole

And in the noise, I run and I’m afraidIs it my turn? The pain comesI surrender myself to all of ParisAnd I fly away, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly

Que d’espéranceSur ce chemin en ton absenceJ’ai beau trimerSans toi ma vie n’est qu’un décor qui brille, vide de sens

Only hopelessnessOn this path and your absenseI sled away in vainWithout you life is just a shining decoration, empty of meaning

Je remue le ciel, le jour, la nuitJe danse ec le vent, la pluieUn peu d’amour, un brin de mielEt je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse

I move the sky, day and nightI dance with the wind, the rainA bit of love, a bit of honeyAnd I dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance

Et dans le bruit, je cours et j’ai peurEst-ce mon tour? Vient la douleurDans tout Paris, je m’abandonneEt je m’envole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole vole

And in the noise, I run and I’m afraidIs it my turn? The pain comesI surrender myself to all of ParisAnd I fly away, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly

Dans cette douce souffranceDont j’ai payé toutes les offensesÉcoute comme mon cœur est immenseJe suis une enfant du monde

In this sweet sufferingFor which I paid all the infractionsListen as my heat is hugeI am a child of the world

Je remue le ciel, le jour, la nuitJe danse ec le vent, la pluieUn peu d’amour, un brin de mielEt je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse

I move the sky, day and nightI dance with the wind, the rainA bit of love, a bit of honeyAnd I dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance

Et dans le bruit, je cours et j’ai peurEst-ce mon tour? Vient la douleurDans tout Paris, je m’abandonneEt je m’envole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole vole

And in the noise, I run and I’m afraidIs it my turn? The pain comesI surrender myself to all of ParisAnd I fly away, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly

Line-by-Line Breakdown of the French Lyrics

In addition to the English translation, we’ve highlighted key vocabulary and selected lines with useful grammar points.

Oh ma douce souffrance

This line translates to “Oh my sweet suffering”. The adjective doux translates to soft, sweet, gentle and pleasant. Douce souffrance is meant to be somewhat of an oxymoron.

Pourquoi s’acharner? To recommence

This line translates to “Why attack? You start again”. The verb s’acharner sur/contre quelqu’un means to hound, attack or go after somebody.

Je ne suis qu’un être sans importance

This line translates to “I am just a being without importance”. The French negation rule ne…que means “only”. In this line être doesn’t mean “to be”, but being as in human being (un être humain).

Je déambule seule dans le métro

This line translates to “I wander alone in the metro”. The verb déambuler translates to wander, meander or walk around.

Une dernière danse

This line (and the title of the song) translates to “A last dance”. The word dernier means last. In this situation it is being spelt “dernière” because danse is feminine (la danse).

Pour oublier ma peine immense

We translated this line to “To forget my immense pain”. The word peine translates to sorrow, grief, pain and anguish.

Je veux m’enfuir que tout recommence

This line was difficult to translate. Our translation was: “I want to flee that everything starts again”. The verb s’enfuir means to escape, take flight, run away or flee. The que in “que tout recommence” is a relative pronoun meaning which or that.

Je remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit

We translated this line to “I move the sky, day and night“. The verb reumer means to move, wiggle, shake and stir.

Je danse ec le vent, la pluie

This line translates to “I dance with the wind and rain”. This page offers a complete list of French weather terms.

Un peu d’amour, un brin de miel

This line translates to “A bit of love, a bit of honey”. Both un peu de and un brin de translate to “a bit of”.

Et dans le bruit, je cours et j’ai peur

This line translates to “And in the noise, I run and I’m afraid”. J’ai peur is an oir (to he) expression that translates to “I am afraid”.

Dans tout Paris, je m’abandonne

This line is repeated twice during the song and translates to “I surrender myself to all of Paris“. The reflexive verb s’abandonner translates to to give yourself over to, to surrender to or to give way to.

Et je m’envole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole

This line translates to “And I fly away, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly”. Translation of the verb s’envoler include to flee and to fly away.

J’ai beau trimer

This line translates to “I sled away in vain”. The expression oir beau + infinitive means to do something in vain. The translation of trimer is to sle away or to work your fingers to the bone.

Sans toi ma vie n’est qu’un décor qui brille, vide de sens

This poetic line translates to “Without you life is just a shining decoration, empty of meaning“. This line also employs the ne…que negation to mean “only”. The verb briller means to shine. The word sens has two translation including meaning and direction.

Dont j’ai payé toutes les offenses

We translated this line to “For which I paid all the infractions”. We believe that another loose translation for this line could “For which I paid for all my wrongdoings”.

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