La Pluie Lyrics in English Zaz

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Pluie by Zaz from French to English.
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The sky is gray
The rain invites itself
As if by surprise
She is at our place
And like a rite
That bogs us down
The umbrellas
Open in rhythm
Like a dance
The drops fall in abundance
On sweet France
Falls
Falls
Falls the rain
On this Sunday
In December
In the shade of the umbrellas
The passersby hurry, hurry
Without waiting
We love her sometimes
She raises her voice
She jostles us
She no longer gives news of herself
In the heatwave
Then she comes back like a need
Out of affection
And she sings us her great song
The flood
Falls
Falls
Falls the rain
On this Sunday
In December
In the shade of the umbrellas
The passersby hurry, hurry
Without waiting
Falls
Falls
Falls the rain
On this Sunday
In December
In the shade of the umbrellas
The passersby hurry, hurry
Without waiting
And falls
And falls
And falls
Falls
And falls
And falls
And falls
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SONG MEANING

“La Pluie” paints a cinematic snapshot of a gray Sunday in December, where rain drapes itself over France like an uninvited yet familiar guest. Zaz watches umbrellas burst open in perfect rhythm, transforming the streets into a choreographed ballet of hurried passers-by. The falling drops become the song’s percussion, tapping out life’s steady beat while people scurry sans attendre (without waiting). The lyrics celebrate this moody weather as both nuisance and necessity: rain can shout, shove, vanish in a heatwave, then return like an old friend who knows we secretly missed them.

By repeating Tombe, tombe, tombe la pluie (“Fall, fall, fall the rain”), Zaz highlights our love-hate relationship with nature’s downpours. The water that once floods and inconveniences also refreshes, cleanses, and reconnects us to the rhythm of the earth. In the end, the rain’s “grande chanson” reminds us that even the gloomiest skies can spark beauty, movement, and a shared human moment under the shelter of bright, fluttering umbrellas.

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