La Pluie (Audio) Lyrics in English Zaz

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Pluie (Audio) by Zaz from French to English.
The sky is gray
The rain shows up
As if by surprise
She's at our place
And like a ritual
That bogs us down
The umbrellas
Open in rhythm
Like a dance
The drops fall in abundance
On sweet France
Fall
Fall
Fall, rain
On this Sunday
In December
In the shade of umbrellas
The passers-by rush rush
Without waiting
We sometimes love her
She raises her voice
She pushes us around
She doesn't give news anymore
In heatwave
Then she comes back like a need
Out of affection
And she sings us her great Song
The flood
Fall
Fall
Fall, rain
On this Sunday
In December
In the shade of umbrellas
The passers-by rush, rush
Without waiting
Fall
Fall
Fall, rain
On this Sunday
In December
In the shade of umbrellas
The passers-by rush rush
Without waiting
And it falls
And it falls
And it falls
Fall
And it falls
And it falls
And it falls
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SONG MEANING

Imagine a sleepy Sunday in December: the sky is solid grey, umbrellas pop open in perfect rhythm, and glittering droplets shower the streets of douce France. In “La Pluie,” Zaz turns this familiar scene into a living character. The rain is moody and unpredictable. Sometimes she disappears during a heatwave, other times she barges in, raises her voice, and floods everything. Yet beneath the inconvenience lies a gentle affection. The downpour becomes a lullaby that reminds us how nature can both unsettle us and renew us.

Through playful repetition—“Tombe, tombe, tombe la pluie”—Zaz invites the listener to feel the cadence of falling water like a dance beat. The umbrellas’ cadence, the hurried passers-by, and the sudden swell of emotion paint a vivid picture of everyday life in France. Ultimately, the song celebrates rain as a symbol of life’s cycles: we grumble, we adapt, and then we find ourselves secretly grateful for the cleansing, melodic rush from the sky.

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