Tel Un Seul Homme Lyrics in English Pierre Lapointe , Pomme

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Tel Un Seul Homme by Pierre Lapointe from French to English.

And if I told you that even in the middle of a crowd

Each one, through solitude, has a heart that collapses

That even flooded by the gazes of those who love us

We don't always harvest the dreams we sow

Already, when life comes to dwell

In those bodies so tiny and lifeless

She's there like a guardian goddess

Gathering solitudes by the hundreds

This Mother Mary, chimera-mother of homeland

The one who'll come tear life away from us

The one who, like a child, reaches out her hand to us

To better wring destiny's neck

And we cry, yeah we cry over man's fate

Knowing how, even giants, we're still so small

The other's hand tangled in ours

The blue of the sky bluer than everybody else's

We know that even the most faithful of apostles

Will end up dying one day or another

And even friendship meant to last forever

And even after one or several births

She's there rushing in to remind us

That if people unite

It's just to separate better

This Mother Mary, chimera-mother of homeland

The one who'll come tear life away from us

The one who, like a child, reaches out her hand to us

To better wring destiny's neck

And we cry, yeah we cry over man's fate

Knowing how, even giants, we're still so small

For, alone as a man, we move on

Toward the same light, toward the same border

She'll always come to tear life from us

As if every happiness had to be punished

And we cry, yeah we cry over man's fate

Knowing how, even giants, we're still so small

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SONG MEANING

Picture yourself at a lively party where everyone laughs, sings, and clinks their glasses. Pierre Lapointe, joined by the delicate voice of Pomme, slips this song into the speakers and suddenly we remember that every heart in the room carries its own secret weight. Tel Un Seul Homme paints the bittersweet truth that, even when surrounded by love and admiration, each of us walks a solitary path. The lyrics reveal crowds filled with private sorrows, dreams that do not always sprout, and the humbling lesson that, no matter how gigantic we feel, we are still small under the same sky.

In the song, a mystical “Mère Marie” hovers like a guardian and a trickster at once, reminding us of life’s most certain companion: mortality. She offers her hand with childlike sweetness, only to twist fate’s neck and prove that every union will one day face separation. Yet Lapointe and Pomme do not leave us in despair. Their harmonies suggest a quiet courage—if destiny makes us cry, it also nudges us toward compassion, hand in hand, as we march toward the same light. The message is clear and profoundly human: we are alone together, and that fragile paradox is exactly what makes every fleeting moment worth singing about.

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Pierre Lapointe Tel Un Seul Homme Lyrics