Soleil Du Nord Lyrics in English by Oxmo Puccino
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Soleil Du Nord by Oxmo Puccino from French to English.
Ici Paris, il est tard, le bitume reflète les phares
Here's Paris, it's late, the asphalt reflects the headlights
Au bas du thermostat on bronze à la carte postale
With the thermostat low, we tan like a postcard
Longtemps pendant mon jeune âge
For a long time when I was young
Je pensais que l usine faisait les nuages
I thought the factory made the clouds
L eau potable est-elle cancéreuse ?
Is the drinking water cancerous?
Les nuits d hôpital deviendraient coûteuses
Hospital nights would become expensive
Ils disent qu en ville on aime pas parler
They say that in the city we don't like to talk
Qu ils viennent vivre à mille au mètre carré
Let them come live a thousand per square meter
Chacun son cube, y vieillir, dans les tentacules de la solitude
Each in their cube, growing old there, in the tentacles of solitude
Soleil du nord, soleil du nord
Northern sun, northern sun
Soleil du nord quand au deuxième semestre
Northern sun when in the second semester
Le mauvais temps insiste et le clown se défenestre
The bad weather persists and the clown throws himself out the window
Encore un jour sans ombre
Another day without shade
Quand l astre est à son zénith
When the star is at its zenith
Ma ville un tissu cousue de périphériques
My city a fabric sewn with ring roads
Le printemps nous transforme en sauvages
Spring turns us into savages
Au premier rayon on plonge sans plage
At the first ray, we dive in without a beach
On attend l été pour s entasser chez les autres
We wait for summer to pile up at others' places
Ces gens du sud à l accent chaud
These people from the south with the warm accent
On ne partage pas les mêmes horizons
We don't share the same horizons
Pour vivre les vôtres nous cotisons
To live yours, we contribute
J voudrais vous y voir à courir les bidonvilles
I'd like to see you there running through the shantytowns
Rêvant de tours d ivoires où élever ta fille
Dreaming of ivory towers where to raise your daughter
Soleil du nord, soleil du nord
Northern sun, northern sun
Famille nombreuse avec un seul salaire
Large family with a single salary
C est voir la mère à vingt ans et dix-neuf étés de galère
It's seeing the mother at twenty and nineteen summers of hardship
L hiver dure trois saisons
Winter lasts three seasons
Quarante ans de crédit la belle maison
Forty years of credit for the beautiful house
Chaque semaine grossit le jackpot
Each week the jackpot grows
Les temps durcissent
Times are getting tougher
Les copains n ont plus de clopes
Friends don't have any more cigarettes
Coincés dans d horribles jeans
Stuck in horrible jeans
Entre l avenir et nos origines
Between the future and our origins
Au fond ça va dans l hexagone
Deep down, it's okay in France
On cherche les ficelles tire sur la corde
We look for the strings, pull on the rope
On se passe de conseil
We don't need advice
Il me semble que la misère serait moins pénible au soleil
It seems to me that misery would be less painful in the sun
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Lyrics © WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC FRANCE
LUDOVIC BRUNI, ABDOULAYE (PKA PUCCINO, OXMO) DIARRA, VINCENT TAEGER, VINCENT TAURELLE
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défenestre — throws oneself out the window
Défenestre comes from the verb se défenestrer, meaning to throw oneself out of a window. It's a dramatic and somewhat rare word that immediately grabs attention.
In the context of "Soleil du nord," the lyric "le clown se défenestre" (the clown throws himself out the window) paints a vivid and dark picture of despair during the long, gloomy northern winters. It's a powerful metaphor for the emotional toll of the harsh environment, making it a memorable and impactful word choice.
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