Ton corps est à l'ombre
Your body is in the shadow
Song translation
Beyrouth plage
Julien Doré
Learn Beyrouth plage by Julien Doré with lyrics, line-by-line translation, and interactive vocabulary practice.
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36 lines, first 36 translated
About this song
Beyrouth plage by Julien Doré is a great song to learn French through music. This page breaks down 36 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as oh-oh-oh, well, someone. 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
Line-by-line practice helps you understand the meaning and remember useful phrases.
Tu spleen où je plonge
You spleen where I dive
Sur ta plage blonde
On your blonde beach
Quelques gouttes tombent
A few drops fall
Que demain m'arrête
Let tomorrow stop me
Si les larmes fondent
If the tears melt
La forêt peut-être
The forest maybe
À le cœur qui gronde
To the heart that rumbles
(Oh-oh)
(Uh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
Well I need someone (oh oh)
Well I need someone (oh oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
Mon cœur est à l'ombre
My heart is in the shadow
De la nuit où tu plonges
Of the night you dive
Ta douceur inonde
Your sweetness floods
Et les cèdres songent
And the cedars are thinking
J'ai aimé parfois
I liked sometimes
Là où les loups volent
Where the wolves fly
Que le fluide est noir
That the fluid is black
Pourtant, toi tu oses
Yet you dare
(Oh oh)
(Uh oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
Well I need someone (oh oh)
Well I need someone (oh oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
Well I need someone
Well I need someone
(Oh-oh) j'ai aimé parfois
(Uh-oh) I liked it sometimes
Ça tu t'en doutes (oh-oh-oh)
As you can imagine (oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh) j'ai laissé ma voix sur toi Beyrouth (oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh) I left my voice on you Beirut (oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh) J'ai aimé parfois
(Uh-oh) I liked it sometimes
Ça tu t'en doutes (oh-oh-oh)
As you can imagine (oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh) j'ai laissé ma voix sur toi Beyrouth (oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh) I left my voice on you Beirut (oh-oh-oh)
Well I need someone (oh, oh)
Well I need someone (oh, oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
Well I need someone (oh, oh)
Well I need someone (oh, oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
Well I need someone
Well I need someone
Song Vocabulary
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
oh-oh-oh
oh-oh-oh
well
well
someone
someone
oh-oh
oh-oh
j'ai
I have
parfois
Sometimes
l'ombre
the shadow