Un jour, un jour le Diable vint sur Terre
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B2 · Upper-Intermediate
French
Le Diable
jacques brel
Le Diable by jacques brel — French lyrics with English translation, line by line. Learn French through music on Langooo.
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8 lines, first 8 translated
About this song
Le Diable by jacques brel is a great song to learn French through music. This page breaks down 8 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as diable, tout, jour. 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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Un jour le Diable vint sur Terre pour surveiller ses intérêts
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Il a tout vu le Diable, il a tout entendu, et après avoir tout vu
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Après avoir tout entendu, il est retourné chez lui, là-bas
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Et là-bas, on avait fait un grand banquet
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À la fin du banquet, il s'est levé, le Diable
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Il a prononcé un discours
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Ça va
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Song Vocabulary
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
diable
devil
tout
All
jour
day
vint
came
terre
earth
entendu
heard
aprs
after
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