Divine Idylle Lyrics in English Vanessa Paradis

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Divine Idylle by Vanessa Paradis from French to English.
In docile hope
Two fragile wings
I sense you
Divine idyll
The love that sleeps
In an unreal breath
My madness, my desire, my whim, my idyll
I steal a feather
To write a rhyme
By the light of the moon
My friend the idyll
My ideal soul
With a fatal tear
My madness, my desire, my whim, my idyll
Divine idyll, my friend idyll
On my waves of melancholy
She raised the sail
I'm sick with dreams
Heart in flames
Sparks
She has to slow down
If I shut my eyes, she calls me
My madness, my desire, my whim, my idyll
Divine idyll
My friend the idyll
I dream idyll
Divine idyll
My ideal soul
My idyll
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SONG MEANING

Divine Idylle paints a picture of love as a weightless daydream—fragile as a feather yet blazing in the heart. Vanessa Paradis slips into the role of a star-struck narrator, describing her affection as a divine idyll, an almost mythical romance that lives between sleep and waking. She plucks a feather “pour écrire une rime” (to write a rhyme), turning every flutter of emotion into poetry while confessing that this passion is her “folie… envie… lubie” (madness, desire, whim, obsession).

Throughout the song she rides waves of euphoria and doubt: her soul feels ideal, her tears are “fatale”, and her burning heart sparks like fireworks. The lyrics celebrate the thrill of surrendering to fantasy even when it feels too intense—urging the beloved dream to slow down so it won’t disappear when she closes her eyes. In short, Divine Idylle is a playful ode to the intoxicating, bittersweet rush of falling in love with an ideal that seems both real and otherworldly.

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