Elle Était Belle Pourtant Lyrics in English by Salvatore Adamo
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Elle Était Belle Pourtant by Salvatore Adamo from Italian to English.
D'une jolie fille on s'amourache, pour quelques nuits on s'y attache
You fall for a pretty girl, for a few nights you get attached
Elle est partie, elle a plié bagages et puis la vie tourne la page
She's gone, she packed her bags, and then life turns the page
Elle était belle, pourtant, si j'avais pu la garder
She was beautiful, yet, if I could have kept her
Le soir, comme une enfant, moi, je l'aurai bercée
In the evening, like a child, I would have cradled her
Il est parti l'oiseau, c'est la faute à Prévert
The bird is gone, it's Prévert's fault
Qui veut que les oiseaux s'envolent au grand air
Who wants birds to fly away into the open air
L'amour est long à s'installer
Love takes a long time to settle in
Qu'on n'y prend pas le temps de s'habituer
That we don't take the time to get used to it
Parfois on sent qu'on va flancher, on serre les dents il faut oublier
Sometimes you feel you're going to falter, you grit your teeth, you must forget
Elle était belle, pourtant, si j'avais pu la garder
She was beautiful, yet, if I could have kept her
Le soir, comme une enfant, moi, je l'aurai bercée
In the evening, like a child, I would have cradled her
Il est parti l'oiseau, c'est la faute à Prévert
The bird is gone, it's Prévert's fault
Qui veut que les oiseaux s'envolent au grand air
Who wants birds to fly away into the open air
Elle était belle, pourtant c'est drôle, je l'oublie déjà
She was beautiful, yet it's strange, I'm already forgetting her
Je te comprends va-t'en, ne te retourne pas !
I understand you, go away, don't look back!
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s'amourache — falls in love / becomes infatuated
S'amourache is a reflexive verb that means to fall in love or become infatuated, often quickly and intensely. It's a more poetic and less common way to express falling in love than simply saying 'aimer'.
In the song, it's used to describe how one quickly becomes smitten with a pretty girl: "D'une jolie fille on s'amourache" (One falls in love with a pretty girl). This word beautifully captures the fleeting, yet powerful, nature of initial attraction that is central to the song's theme of love and loss.
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