La Grande Sophie – On Savait (Devenir Grand)

April 20, 2009 at 9:22 pm

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I caught an interview with La Grande Sophie on TV5 Monde last night (Sky Channel 799 in the UK) on a show called Acoustic where she was talking about her latest release La grande Sophie en acoustique toute seule comme une grande. This song, On savait (devenir grand) “We knew (to grow up)” is from the 2003 album Et si c’était moi “And if it were me”.

Verbs

Chasser	To hunt, to chase
On chassait les papillons, on posait plein de questions, on savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer
We chased butterflies, we asked loads of questions, we knew, we knew, that it wouldn't last

Collectionner	To collect
On collectionnait les billes, on sentait bon la vanille, on savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer
We collected marbles, we smelt the vanilla, we knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last

Cueillir	To gather
On partait dans les nuages, cueillir des pensées sauvages, on savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer
We left on the clouds to gather wild thoughts, we knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last

Vocabulary

Les papillons	Butterflies
On chassait les papillons, on posait plein de questions, on savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer
We chased butterflies, we asked loads of questions, we knew, we knew, that it wouldn't last

Les billes	Marbles
On collectionnait les billes, on sentait bon la vanille, on savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer
We collected marbles, we smelt the vanilla, we knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last

Des poux	Lice
On était toujours jaloux, et on attrapait des poux, on savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer
We were always jealous, and we caught lice, we knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last

La varicelle	Chicken pox
On avait la varicelle, on était bien trop cruel, on savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer
We had chicken pox, we were really too cruel, we knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last

Phrases / Idioms

Aurait pu	Could have
Qui aurait pu nous le dire, qui aurait su nous l'écrire, qui avait la solution pour ne jamais devenir grand
Who could have told us, who'd have known to write it down for us, who had the solution for never growing up

Jusqu'à plus soif	Until satisified
On courait jusqu'à plus soif, on se faisait des grimaces, on savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer
We ran until we could run nomore, we pulled faces, we knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last

Prendre la fuite	To take flight, to flee
On voulait toujours faire vite avant de prendre la fuite, on savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer
We always wanted to do things quickly before making our escape we knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last

On savait (devenir grand) - La Grande Sophie

We knew (to grow up) (translation of On savait (devenir grand) by La Grande Sophie)

On avait les cheveux longs Des dents de lait et pourtant On savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer On chassait les papillons On posait plein de questions On savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer On collectionnait les billes On sentait bon la vanille On savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer On était toujours jaloux Et on attrapait des poux On savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer Qui aurait pu nous le dire Qui aurait su nous l'écrire Qui avait la solution Pour ne jamais devenir grand On partait dans les nuages Cueillir des pensées sauvages On savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer On courait jusqu'à plus soif On se faisait des grimaces On savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer Qui aurait pu nous le dire Qui aurait su nous l'écrire Qui avait la solution Pour ne jamais devenir grand Devenir grand... On voulait toujours faire vite Avant de prendre la fuite On savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer On avait la varicelle On était bien trop cruel On savait, on savait, que ça n'allait pas durer Qui aurait pu nous le dire Qui aurait su nous l'écrire Qui avait la solution Pour ne jamais devenir grand

We had long hair Baby teeth and yet We knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last We chased butterflies We posed loads of questions We knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last We collected marbles We smelt the vanilla We knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last We were always jealous And we caught lice We knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last Who could have told us Who'd have known to write it down for us Who had the solution For never growing up We left on the clouds To gather wild thoughts We knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last We ran until we could run no more We pulled faces We knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last Who could have told us Who'd have known to write it down for us Who had the solution For never growing up For never growing up... We always wanted to do things quickly Before making our escape We knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last We had chicken pox We were really too cruel We knew, we knew, that it wasn't going to last Who could have told us Who'd have known to write it down for us Who had the solution For never growing up

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