Souffle saccadé
Ragged breath
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Christine and the Queens
Learn Saint Claude by Christine and the Queens with lyrics, line-by-line translation, and interactive vocabulary practice.
Saint Claude by Christine and the Queens is a great song to learn French through music. This page breaks down 63 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as ouuh, pour, l'orage. 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.
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Souffle saccadé
Ragged breath
Voilà qui laisse deviner
This leaves you guessing
Que tout se décide-cide-cide
Let everything be decided-cide-cide
Tout se décide-cide-cide
Everything is decided-cide-cide
Maquillé comme à la craie
Made up like chalk
Tout détonne et tout me plaît
Everything clashes and I like everything
Les mains sont livides-vides-vides
The hands are livid-empty-empty
Mains sont livides-vides-vides
Hands are livid-empty-empty
Un seul de tes poignets est tatoué
Only one of your wrists is tattooed
Défiguré par ta manche
Disfigured by your sleeve
Le lion ne sourit qu'à moitié
The lion only half smiles
À mes solitudes immenses
To my immense solitudes
Ton visage ne s'ra jamais entier
Your face will never be whole
Comme tu regardes au-dehors
As you look outside
J'emporte un portrait dévoré
I take away a devoured portrait
Douleur destin bord à bord
Pain destiny edge to edge
Here's my station
Here's my station
Here's my station
Here's my station
Ouuh ouuh
Ouuh ouuh
But if you say just one word I'll stay with you
But if you say just one word I'll stay with you
Ouuh
Ouh
Here's my station
Here's my station
Here's my station
Here's my station
Ouuh
Ouh
But if you say just one word I'll stay with you
But if you say just one word I'll stay with you
Ouuh
Ouh
La belle attitude
The beautiful attitude
Que l'impatience comme certitude
That impatience as certainty
Collier à trois fils-fils-fils
Three-wire-wire-wire necklace
Liés à trois fils-fils-fils
Related to three sons-son-son
Tu seras j'espère, fidèle au violences qui opèrent
I hope you will be faithful to the violence that operates
Dès que tu respires-pires-pires
As soon as you breathe-worse-worse
Que tu respires-pires-pires
That you breathe-worse-worse
D'ordinaire cette ville n'offre rien
Usually this city offers nothing
Qu'une poignée d'odeurs tenaces
Only a handful of stubborn odors
Que cette ville est morte
That this city is dead
Je sais bien, toi seul gardes de l'audace
I know well, only you retain the audacity
Il faudrait que tu la portes loin
You would have to carry her far away
Alors que d'autres renoncent
While others give up
Je descends deux enfers plus loin
I go down two hells further
Pour que l'orage s'annonce
So that the storm announces itself
Here's my station
Here's my station
Here's my station
Here's my station
Ouuh ouuh
Ouuh ouuh
But if you say just one word
But if you say just one word
I'll stay with you
I'll stay with you
Ouuh ouuh
Ouuh ouuh
Here's my station
Here's my station
Here's my station
Here's my station
Ouuh ouuh
Ouuh ouuh
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
ouuh
wow
pour
For
l'orage
the storm
s'annonce
announces itself
here's
here's
station
station
tout
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