Les Matins D'hiver Lyrics in English by Gérard Lenorman
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Matins D'hiver by Gérard Lenorman from French to English.
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Je me souviens de ces matins d'hiver
I remember those winter mornings
Dans la nuit sombre et glacée
In the dark and icy night
Quand je marchais à côté de mon frère
When I walked beside my brother
Sur le chemin des écoliers
On the school path
Quand nos membres, encore tout engourdis
When our limbs, still all numb
De sommeil, grelottaient sous les assauts du vent
From sleep, shivered under the wind's assaults
Nous nous battions à grands coups de boules de neige
We fought with big snowball fights
En riant
Laughing
Nous arrivions dans la salle de classe
We arrived in the classroom
Où le maître nous séparait
Where the teacher separated us
Nous retrouvions chaque jour notre place
We'd find our place each day
Et l'on ne pouvait plus se parler
And we couldn't talk to each other anymore
Puis bercés par les vagues d'une douce chaleur
Then lulled by the waves of a gentle warmth
Que nous prodiguait le vieux poêle
That the old stove gave us
Nos esprits s'évadaient pour se rejoindre ailleurs
Our minds escaped to meet elsewhere
Vers des plages
Towards beaches
Où il fait toujours beau, où tous les jours sont chauds
Where it's always sunny, where all days are warm
Où l'on passe sa vie à jouer
Where we spend our lives playing
Sans songer à l'école, en pleine liberté
Without thinking of school, in complete freedom
Pour rêver
To dream
Où il fait toujours beau, où tous les jours sont chauds
Where it's always sunny, where all days are warm
Où l'on passe sa vie à jouer
Where we spend our lives playing
Sans songer à l'école, en pleine liberté
Without thinking of school, in complete freedom
Pour rêver
To dream
Je me souviens de l'odeur fade et chaude
I remember the bland and warm smell
De notre classe calfeutrée
Of our draft-proofed classroom
Des premières lueurs pâles de l'aube
Of the first pale glows of dawn
A travers les vitres givrées
Through the frosted windows
Je revois les yeux tendres et les visages tristes
I recall the tender eyes and the sad faces
Qui autour de moi écoutaient
Who listened around me
Et pendant les leçons dans mon coin je rêvais
And during lessons in my corner I dreamed
A des îles
Of islands
Où il fait toujours beau, où tous les jours sont chauds
Where it's always sunny, where all days are warm
Où l'on passe sa vie à jouer
Where we spend our lives playing
Sans songer à l'école, en pleine liberté
Without thinking of school, in complete freedom
Pour rêver
To dream
Où il fait toujours beau, où tous les jours sont chauds
Where it's always sunny, where all days are warm
Où l'on passe sa vie à jouer
Where we spend our lives playing
Sans songer à l'école, en pleine liberté
Without thinking of school, in complete freedom
Pour rêver
To dream
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calfeutrée — draft-proofed / sealed off
Calfeutrée means 'draft-proofed' or 'sealed off', often referring to a room or window. It evokes a sense of being snugly insulated from the cold outside.
In the song, it describes the classroom as "notre classe calfeutrée" (our draft-proofed classroom), painting a vivid picture of a warm, enclosed space that contrasts with the harsh winter mornings outside. It's a less common word that beautifully captures the atmosphere of childhood memories.
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