Translation of Mat Pokora's Je Suis Tombe By T Wignesan

Translation of Mathieu POKORA’s « Je suis tombé, tombé, tombé » by T Wignesan

(NOTE : I just thought I’d translate the lyrics (see the French original herebelow) of this lilting catchy tune not just because of its self-mocking candid insouciance and playful seriousness, but also for the way the melody clings and swings all on its own – in the least expected of moments - in the hinterlands of one’s leisureliness. There is something endearing about a guy who chants about himself being a victim of his « head-over-heels » love for a girl to the extent he feels he ought – in his confounded opinion – to be interned in a lunatic asylum (just imagine enduring strait-jackets, electroencephalograms, high-voltage charges to the brain and frontal lobotomy - all for his LOVE !). Won’t you agree ?)  


Laid Low Am I, Fallen, Fallen

If ever you forget
The day our eyes first met
All that we said to each other
In the dim back of the bar
If ever Life were
To lend me no hand
Abandon us both, no
Wishing not to dally with us

We’d be lost, that’s for sure
But not for very long
We’d meet up again, I’m certain
Even as it were a game for children
Likely as not, we’d be lost
But as time goes by
Making it together again, for sure
Like in those games of ours of yore

(REFRAIN) :

Fallen low am I, Fallen, Fallen
	   Wounded
Kudos, My Queen, you have won
I’ve lost my bearings and ought to be interned
Crushed low am I, crushed, crushed
Low, low, mighty low
Hurt in the heart am I
All Hail, Liege ! Your lowly subject am I 
Naught but a madman, a madman to be put away
Have hit rock bottom, floundering down in the dumps

If ever you take fright
Trust in me
I’ll bear all your pain
You’ll see how things mend
If ever you’re given to doubt
This promise I’ll keep
To keep you on a safe course
With words of tenderness

(REFRAIN)

If ever you forget
If ever you are afraid
Know, never will it all end, no
The joy in our hearts will never set
If ever you forget
If ever you are afraid
It’ll never be over, never
	Never

(REFRAIN)

© T. Wignesan – Paris, October 25, 2019

Click on this un-official version of the song :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0UC1ymzfnw




"Tombé"

Si jamais t'oublies
Nos premiers regards
Tout ce qu'on s'est dit
Dans le fond du bar
Si jamais la vie
N'est pas d'mon côté
Ne veut pas de nous, non
Ne veut plus jouer

On se perdra, c'est sûr
Mais jamais longtemps
On se retrouvera, j'suis sûr
Comme un jeu d'enfants
On se perdra pour sûr
Mais avec le temps
On se donnera, c'est sûr
Comme dans nos jeux d'antan

Je suis tombé, tombé, tombé
Je suis touché, bravo ma reine tu as gagné
Je n'suis qu'un fou, un fou à enfermer
Je suis tombé, je suis tombé

Je suis tombé, tombé, tombé
Je suis touché, bravo ma reine tu as gagné
Je n'suis qu'un fou, un fou à enfermer
Je suis tombé, je suis tombé

Si jamais t'as peur
Aies confiance en moi
J'prendrai ta douleur
Tu verras, ça ira
Si jamais tu doutes
J'te fais la promesse
De garder sur ta route
Les mots, la tendresse

On se perdra, c'est sûr
Mais jamais longtemps
On se retrouvera, j'suis sûr
Comme un jeu d'enfants
On se perdra pour sûr
Mais avec le temps
On se donnera, c'est sûr
Comme dans nos jeux d'antan

Je suis tombé, tombé, tombé
Je suis touché, bravo ma reine tu as gagné
Je n'suis qu'un fou, un fou à enfermer
Je suis tombé, je suis tombé

Je suis tombé, tombé, tombé
Je suis touché, bravo ma reine tu as gagné
Je n'suis qu'un fou, un fou à enfermer
Je suis tombé, je suis tombé

Si jamais t'oublies
Si jamais t'as peur
C'est jamais fini, non
Il est là le bonheur
Si jamais t'oublies
Si jamais t'as peur
C'est jamais fini, non
Non

Je suis tombé, tombé, tombé
Je suis touché, bravo ma reine tu as gagné
Je n'suis qu'un fou, un fou à enfermer
Je suis tombé, je suis tombé

Je suis tombé, tombé, tombé
Je suis touché, bravo ma reine tu as gagné
Je n'suis qu'un fou, un fou à enfermer
Je suis tombé, je suis tombé

Je suis tombé, tombé, tombé
Je suis touché, bravo ma reine tu as gagné
Je n'suis qu'un fou, un fou à enfermer
Je suis tombé, je suis tombé

Published on June 30, 2019 – Original lyrics by Mat POKORA.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019


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