Celui D'en Bas Lyrics in English Calogero

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Celui D'en Bas by Calogero from French to English.

She lived in the pretty neighborhoods

There, where the wisteria slid

Along deserted lanes lined with villas

The city was empty and it was summer

We went to the pool

Or to the cafés, I loved her I think, you see

And we went back in the evening

Before our addresses pulled us apart

She lived up there, oho

There, where everything was beautiful, oho

I loved her like you love at 15

That is, really fast, madly

Way up there, oho

She lived up there, oho

I didn't know that summer

For her, I was only the one from below

Autumn came with the start of school

And its tangerine lights

I had made her a bracelet woven with my fingers

I brought it to her, dreaming in the lane

But there, behind the wisteria

It was indeed her voice talking, laughing at me

Suddenly so ridiculous

My new pants, my nicest sweater

She lived up there, oho

There, where everything was beautiful, oho

I loved her like you love at 15

That is, really fast, madly

Way up there, oho

She lived up there, oho

I didn't know that summer

For her, I was only the one from below

She still lives up there, oho

There, where people are beautiful, oho

And somewhere, I keep inside me

The idea of being the one from below

Way up there, oho

She lived up there, oho

In marker, written on my heart

Men grow old

Not the pain

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SONG MEANING

Picture a sun-soaked summer in an elegant hillside neighborhood. A teenage boy from the lower part of town sneaks past blooming wisteria and empty villas to meet the girl he worships. Their days are filled with swimming pools, cafés, and the dizzy rush of first love that only a 15-year-old heart can feel. To him, everything up there looks enchanted: her street, her house, even the air she breathes. He is certain she feels the same… until autumn arrives.

When the leaves change, so does the truth. The boy brings her a handmade bracelet, only to hear her laughing at him behind the vines. In that instant he realizes he has always been celui d’en bas – the one from below, the outsider. Years later she still lives among beautiful people on the hill, and he still carries the marker-ink memory of that class divide. The song blends nostalgia, social contrast, and lingering heartache into a bittersweet anthem about how first loves fade, but the sting of not belonging can last a lifetime.

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Calogero Celui D'en Bas Lyrics