Srabacane Lyrics in English Francis Cabrel

Francis Cabrel’s “Sarbacane” paints the intoxicating moment when love bursts into someone’s life as suddenly and precisely as a dart shot from a blow-pipe. The narrator believed he already knew every nook of romance: bodies memorized, hearts comfortably wrapped “in velvet.” Then she appears — a “bout de femme,” small yet powerful — and the very sky seems to glitter differently. Cabrel compares her arrival to being soufflée d’une sarbacane, suggesting a swift, breath-propelled magic that knocks the wind out of him and resets his entire world.

From that instant, everything shifts — inside and out. Words become pointless because feelings speak louder; gloomy mornings lift; his once-solid identity feels delightfully shaken. He clings to her like a vine, praying she never drifts farther than a single blow-pipe’s shot. “Sarbacane” is therefore a celebration of transformative love: that thrilling, disorienting rush when someone new makes colors brighter, burdens lighter, and life itself feel freshly blown into motion.