Là, dans ma veste de soie rose
There, in my pink silk jacket
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Paradis Perdus
Christine And The Queens
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About this song
Paradis Perdus by Christine And The Queens is a great song to learn French through music. This page breaks down 43 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as heartless, dans, maudit. Singing along is one of the fastest ways to pick up natural pronunciation and make new phrases stick — far more memorable than plain word lists. Tap any line to open interactive mode and practice the vocabulary until you own it.
Lyrics and Translation
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Je déambule morose
I wander morosely
Le crépuscule est grandiose
The twilight is magnificent
Heartless
Heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
Dandy, un peu maudit
Dandy, a little cursed
Un peu vieilli
A little aged
Dans ce luxe qui s'effondre
In this collapsing luxury
Te souviens-tu?
Do you remember?
Quand je chantais
When I sang
Dans les caves de Londres
In the cellars of London
Un peu noyé
A little drowned
Dans la fumée
In the smoke
Ce rock sophistiqué
This sophisticated rock
Toutes les nuits
Every night
Tu restais là
You stood there
Heartless
Heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
Bandit, un peu maudit
Bandit, a little cursed
Un peu vieilli
A little aged
Les musiciens sont ridés
The musicians are wrinkled
Et ce clavier
And this keyboard
Comme c'est joli
How pretty
J'essaie de me rappeler
I try to remember
Encore une fois
Once again
Les accords de
The agreements of
Ce rock qui t'étonnait
This rock that surprised you
Comme les Anglais
Like the English
Heartless
Heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
In the night
In the night
I hear them talk
I hear them talk
The colder story ever told
The colder story never told
Somewhere far along this road
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
Song Vocabulary
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
heartless
sans cœur
dans
In
maudit
cursed
vieilli
aged
rock
rock
comme
as
veste
jacket