Les Jours Heureux Lyrics in English by ZAZ
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Jours Heureux by ZAZ from French to English.
Derrière nos fenêtre
Behind our windows
On croit voir le monde disparaitre
We think we see the world disappear
Et les oiseaux sont là
And the birds are here
Chaque jour ils chantent à tue-tête
Every day they sing at the top of their lungs
D'une langue que je crois connaitre
In a language I think I know
L'allégresse ici va
Here, joy flows
J'observe leurs plumes
I watch their feathers
J'ai le coeur lourd
My heart's heavy
Comme une enclume
Like an anvil
Mais je souris, ma foi
But I smile, indeed
Est-il un comble d'infortune
Is it the height of misfortune
De reprendre ses vieilles habitudes
To fall back into old habits
Ses sagesses d'autrefois
The wisdom of bygone days
Comme toi je croise les doigts
Like you I cross my fingers
Pour que l'amour enchante
For love to enchant
Des jours heureux
Happy days
Que la vie danse sur des pianos
May life dance on grand
À queue
pianos
Que l'amour, les anges exhaussent
May angels lift love
Nos voeux
our wishes
Et que les gens s'aiment un peu comme
And may people love each other a bit like
Nous deux
the two of us
J'aimerais prendre l'air
I'd like some fresh air
M'imbiber une peu de lumière
Soak myself in a bit of light
Et sortir de chez moi
And leave my home
C'est éternel hiver
It's eternal winter
Comme toi j'ai perdu mes repères
Like you I've lost my bearings
Presqu'autant que ma voix
Almost as much as my voice
Pourtant chaque jour j'y crois
Yet every day I believe in it
Le temps fait ses rondes
Time makes its rounds
Chaque minute, chaque seconde
Every minute, every second
J'obéis à ses lois
I obey its laws
Assise là j'observe ce monde
Sitting here I watch this world
Se barricader, se morfondre
Barricade itself, pine away
Et tout au fond de moi
And deep down inside me
Je crois et croise les doigts
I believe and cross my fingers
Pour que l'amour enchante
For love to enchant
Des jours heureux
Happy days
Que la vie danse sur des pianos
May life dance on grand
À queue
pianos
Que l'amour, les anges exhaussent
May angels lift love
Nos voeux
our wishes
Et que les gens s'aiment
And that people love each other
Un peu comme nous deux
A bit like the two of us
Sous nos masques ternes
Under our dull masks
Si tant de sourires se discernent
If so many smiles can be seen
C'est que l'espoir est là
It's 'cause hope's there
Allez liasse parler la peine
Come on, let sorrow speak
Si parfois les larmes te viennent
If tears come to you sometimes
Non ne les retiens pas
No, don't hold them back
Crois moi, crois moi
Believe me, believe me
Ce n'est qu'la fin d'une ombre
It's only the end of a shadow
Le tout début d'un autre monde
The very start of another world
Qui pousse sous nos pas
Growing under our feet
Il fallait que le tonnerre gronde
Thunder had to rumble
Pour que nos conscience s'inondent
So our consciences could flood
D'un espoir, d'un éclat
With hope, with a spark
Comme moi croise les doigts
Like me, cross your fingers
Pour que l'amour enchante
For love to enchant
Des jours heureux
Happy days
Que la vie danse sur des pianos
May life dance on grand
À queue
pianos
Que l'amour, les anges exhaussent
May angels lift love
Nos voeux
our wishes
Et que les gens s'aiment
And that people love each other
Un peu comme nous deux
A bit like the two of us
Que l'amour enchante
May love enchant
Des jours heureux
Happy days
Que la vie danse sur des pianos
May life dance on grand
À queue
pianos
Que l'amour, les anges exhaussent
May angels lift love
Nos voeux
our wishes
Et que les gens s'aiment
And that people love each other
Un peu comme nous deux
A bit like the two of us
Nous deux
the two of us
Nous deux
the two of us
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Les Jours Heureux invites us to sit by the window with ZAZ, hear birds shouting their joyful chorus, and feel the contrast between their carefree melody and our own heavy hearts. Written in the shadow of lockdowns and face masks, the song turns everyday images—plumes, pianos, crossed-fingers wishes—into symbols of stubborn hope. ZAZ admits her fears, her lost bearings, even the weight of an “eternal winter,” yet she keeps believing that love can still “enchant happy days.”
Instead of surrendering to gloom, she treats the storm outside as the spark of a brighter dawn. Each chorus is a collective wish: may life pirouette across grand-piano keys, may angels amplify our dreams, and may people learn to love “a little like us two.” Les Jours Heureux is an anthem of resilience that says: cry if you must, but do not lose faith—because beyond the thunder lies a brand-new world already sprouting under our feet.
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