Il était un fou du roi
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B2 · Upper-Intermediate
French
Le fou du roi
jacques brel
Le fou du roi 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 fou du roi 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 vive, bossus, pendus. 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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Qui vivait l'âme sereine
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Dans un château d'autre fois
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Pour l'amour d'une reine
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Et vive les bossus ma mère
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Et vive les pendus
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Et vive les bossus ma mère
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Et vive les pendus
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Song Vocabulary
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
vive
long live
bossus
hunchback
pendus
hanged
tait
was
vivait
lived
l'me
the soul
sereine
serene
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