Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Pourquoi tu pleures ? by Benjamin Biolay from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Pourquoi tu pleures?
Why are you crying?
Pour qui pleures-tu?
Who are you crying for?
Pour quelle jeune fille en fleurs
For which girl in bloom
Un bien modeste
A modest asset
Vertu perdue?
Lost Virtue?
Car pour toi je ne suis presque rien
Because for you I am almost nothing
Pourquoi tu pleures?
Why are you crying?
Pour quoi t'as bu?
What did you drink for?
Pour quel noceur
For which nuptials
Quel moqueur
What a mockery
Quel coup tordu?
What twisted move?
Car pour toi je ne suis presque rien
Because for you I am almost nothing
Pourquoi tu pleures?
Why are you crying?
Pour qui pleures-tu?
Who are you crying for?
Pour quel déshonneur
For what disgrace
Quel désolement
What a sorry
Quel temps perdu?
What time wasted?
Car pour toi je ne suis presque rien
Because for you I am almost nothing
Car sans moi tu n 'es presque rien
Because without me you're almost nothing
Rien, rien
Nothing, nothing
Pourquoi tu pleures?
Why are you crying?
Pour qui pleures-tu?
Who are you crying for?
N'as tu pas d'honneur
Don't you have no honor
Point d'amour propre
Point of self-love
Point de vertu?
Point of virtue?
Pourquoi tu pleures?
Why are you crying?
Tu fais chier à la fin
You're pissing off at the end
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