Les pieds dans le ruisseau
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B2 · Upper-Intermediate
French
Les pieds dans le ruisseau
jacques brel
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8 lines, first 8 translated
About this song
Les pieds dans le ruisseau 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 dans, mots, pieds. 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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Moi, je regarde couler la vie
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Les pieds dans le ruisseau
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Moi, je regarde sans dire un mot
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Les gentils poissons me content leur vie
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En faisant des ronds sur l'onde jolie
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Et moi, je réponds en gravant dans l'eau
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Des mots, jolis mots, mots de ma façon
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Song Vocabulary
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dans
In
mots
words
pieds
feet
ruisseau
stream
regarde
look at
couler
to flow
sans
without
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