Kiev Lyrics in English Vanessa Paradis

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Kiev by Vanessa Paradis from French to English.

From the snows of Kiev

The sky had

Burnt kisses

Is tomorrow so far away?

From the lips of Kiev

Still have that taste

Of that sweet month

Are your hands so far away?

We'll have to fly over each other

Learn to keep the dreams

Until night falls

To meet in Kiev

From the fevers of Kiev

From the icy warmth

To the mixed nights

Is it tomorrow morning?

From the virgins of Kiev

From hurried trains

With frosted windows

Is it finally the end?

We'll have to fly over each other

Learn to keep the dreams

Until night falls

To meet in Kiev

We'll have to fly over each other

Learn to keep the dreams

Until night falls

To meet

In Kiev

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SONG MEANING

“Kiev” is a dreamy postcard of longing. Vanessa Paradis weaves wintry images – snow-covered streets, frost-lined train windows, flaming kisses in the cold – to capture the bittersweet memory of a love once tasted in Ukraine’s capital. The city becomes a sensory time capsule: lips still remember “ce goût de ce mois doux” while the feverish contrast between ice and heat mirrors the push-and-pull of desire and distance.

The chorus is a hopeful flight plan. Paradis sings that the lovers must “survoler” – rise above space and time – and guard their dreams “jusqu’à la nuit tombée” so that, when darkness falls, they can meet again in Kiev. The song is both a nostalgic love letter and a quiet promise: if they nurture their shared dreams, even the coldest winter can lead them back to that warm moment together.

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Vanessa Paradis Kiev Lyrics