Je Te Promets Lyrics in English Zaho

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Je Te Promets by Zaho from French to English.

You'd like me to tell you I'll love you all my life

You'd like me to promise you all my nights forever

You'd like me to follow you forever without a sound

And that I understand all this without you saying it

And I can't tell you what I don't know

And I can't give you what I don't have

And I can't run from you even if everything keeps us apart

All I promise you is a fresh start

I'd like time to stop when we talk

And for there to appear in broad daylight in the sky

A billion stars

So I can make a wish without my sun clouding over

And so we can be two again without hurting each other

And I can't tell you what I don't know

And I can't give you what I don't have

And I can't run from you even if everything keeps us apart

All I promise you is a fresh start

And I'd like to hide under your eyelids

So you can see me when you say your prayers

And I'd like to smash all those lights

The ones that stop you from seeing a bit clearer

But I can't tell you what I don't know

And I can't give you what I don't have

And I can't run from you even if everything keeps us apart

All I promise you is a fresh start

And I can't tell you what I don't know

And I can't give you what I don't have

And I can't run from you even if everything keeps us apart

All I promise you, baby, is a fresh start

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SONG MEANING

Zaho’s “Je Te Promets” turns the classic love promise upside down. Instead of vowing forever and ever, the Algerian-born singer gives us a dose of honest romance. Her partner dreams of eternal nights and silent devotion, but Zaho answers with sincerity: "I can’t say what I don’t know, I can’t give what I don’t have." What she can offer is something far more realistic and exciting—a fresh start where both lovers learn, grow, and move forward together.

Through vivid images—wishing on a billion daytime stars, hiding beneath her lover’s eyelids, smashing blinding lights—Zaho paints the push-and-pull of desire and limitation. The song celebrates authentic love: daring to admit imperfections, yet refusing to give up. Her only true promise is a “nouveau départ,” a new beginning that feels both hopeful and refreshingly grounded.

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