“Pour que tu m’aimes encore“ (Pronunciation pur kə ty mɛm ɑ̃kɔr; Meaning: So that you love me again) is a song by French-Canadian singer, Céline Dion. Released in 1994 on the album, D’eux, the song’s lyrics were written French singer and lyricist Jean-Jacques Goldman. Of all of Celine Dion’s songs, “Pour Que Tu M’Aimes Encore” is by far her greatest French hit.
Pour que tu m’aimes encore — Song Overview
The song, Pour que tu m’aimes encore, is a love song in which Céline Dion has lost a lover. In the lyrics, she goes down a long list of things she’d do in order to get her lover back.
Some of the things she mentions doing including looking for his heart (J’irai chercher ton cœur), searching for his soul (J’irai chercher ton âme), singing his praises (chanter tes louanges), reinventing herself to become a queen (Je m’inventerai reine) and simply renewing herself (Je me ferai nouvelle).
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Pour que tu m’aimes encore lyrics
J’ai compris tous les mots, j’ai bien compris, merci
Raisonnable et nouveau, c’est ainsi par ici
Que les choses ont changé, que les fleurs ont fané
Que le temps d’avant, c’était le temps d’avant
Que si tout zappe et lasse, les amours aussi passent
I understood all the words, I got it, thanks
Reasonable and new, that’s the way it is
That things changed, that the flowers wilted
That the time before, it was the time before
That if everything forgets and tires, loves also come to pass
You need to know
J’irai chercher ton cœur si tu l’emportes ailleurs
Même si dans tes danses d’autres dansent tes heures
J’irai chercher ton âme dans les froids dans les flammes
Je te jetterai des sorts pour que tu m’aimes encore
I’ll go looking for your heart if you bring it elsewhere
Even if in your dances, others dance your hours
I will go to look for your soul in the cold and in the flames
I will cast spells so that you love me again
Fallait pas commencer m’attirer me toucher
Fallait pas tant donner moi je sais pas jouer
On me dit qu’aujourd’hui, on me dit que les autres font ainsi
Je ne suis pas les autres
Avant que l’on s’attache, avant que l’on se gâche
You shouldn’t have started to attract me, to touch me
You should have given so much, I don’t know how to play
I heard today, I heard others do (it) like this
I’m not the others
Before we get attached, before we ruin it
I want you to know
J’irai chercher ton cœur si tu l’emportes ailleurs
Même si dans tes danses d’autres dansent tes heures
J’irai chercher ton âme dans les froids dans les flammes
Je te jetterai des sorts pour que tu m’aimes encore
I’ll go looking for your heart if you bring it elsewhere
Even if in your dances, others dance your hours
I will go to look for your soul in the cold and in the flames
I will cast spells so that you love me again
Je trouverai des langages pour chanter tes louanges
Je ferai nos bagages pour d’infinies vendanges
Les formules magiques des marabouts d’Afrique
J’les dirai sans remords pour que tu m’aimes encore
I will find languages to sing your praises
I will pack our bags for endless grape harvests
Magical formula from African saintly men
I will say them without remorse so that you love me again
Je m’inventerai reine pour que tu me retiennes
Je me ferai nouvelle pour que le feu reprenne
Je deviendrai ces autres, qui te donnent du plaisir
Vos jeux seront les nôtres, si tel est ton désir
I will reinvent myself into a queen so that you hold onto me
I will renew myself so that you take me back
I will become these others, who give you pleasure
Your games will be ours, if such is your desire.
Plus brillante plus belle pour une autre étincelle
Je me changerai en or pour que tu m’aimes encore
More bright more beautiful for another spark
I’ll change myself into gold so you love me again
Song title meaning
The translation of the song title, Pour que tu m’aimes encore is “So that you’ll love me again”. The words pour que translate to “so that”, “in order that” or “for”. There are two words for you in French: tu and vous. Tu is the familiar form of you. The m’ translates to both “me”, “to me” and “at me”.
The verb aimer means both “to like” and “to love” and is the verb used in the famous expression “Je t’aime” (I love you). The adverb encore has several translations and usages including “still”, “yet” and “again”.
Pour que tu m’aimes encore Lyrics Analysis
In the following section we’ll examine the lyrics of Pour que tu m’aimes encore and provide explanations of vocabulary words and grammar of interest.
J’ai compris tous les mots, j’ai bien compris, merci
We translated this line to “I understood all the words, I got it, thanks”. “J’ai compris” is the passé composé of comprendre (to understand).
In the phrase, j’ai bien compris, the word bien (well) adds emphasis. Hence, we translated the phrase to “I got it”. Merci means thank you in French.
Raisonnable et nouveau, c’est ainsi par ici
We translated this line to “Reasonable and new, that’s the way it is”. Ainsi means “in this way”, “like this” and “this way”. Par ici means “this way”. Thus, “that’s the way it is” is a loose translation.
Que les choses ont changé, que les fleurs ont fané
This line translates to “That things changed, that the flowers wilted”. Chose means “thing” in French. The verb faner means “to wilt” or “to wither”.
Que le temps d’avant, c’était le temps d’avant
This line translates to “That the time before, it was the time before”. The word temps means time in French. “C’était” is the imperfect tense of the verb être (to be).
Que si tout zappe et lasse, les amours aussi passent
This line translates to “That if everything forgets and tires, loves also come to pass”. The informal verb zapper means “to forget all about”. The verb lasser means to get tired or bored.
Il faut que tu saches
This line translates to “You need to know”. The impersonal expression il faut can translate to “it’s necessary that” and requires the usage of the subjunctive mood. Saches is the second-person singular form of savoir (to know) in the subjunctive.
J’irai chercher ton cœur si tu l’emportes ailleurs
This line translates to “I’ll go looking for your heart if you bring it elsewhere”. “J’irai “ is the futur simple tense of the aller (to go). Emporter means “to take away”. Ailleurs translate to “elsewhere”.
Même si dans tes danses d’autres dansent tes heures
This line translates to “Even if in your dances, others dance your hours”. The expression même si means “even if”.
J’irai chercher ton âme dans les froids dans les flammes
This line translates to “I will go to look for your soul in the cold and in the flames”. Âme means “soul”, “spirit” and “heart” in French. The word froid is a weather term and can be both an adjective and a noun for “cold” in French.
Je te jetterai des sorts pour que tu m’aimes encore
This line translates to “I will cast spells so that you love me again”. The expression jeter un sort means “to cast a spell”. The verb jeter on its own means “to throw”.
Fallait pas commencer m’attirer me toucher
This line translates to “You shouldn’t have started to attract me, to touch me”. Fallait pas is the imperfect of il faut in the imperfect tense. The literal translation of fallait pas is “it was not necessary”. Attirer means “to attract” in French.
Fallait pas tant donner moi je sais pas jouer
This line translates to “You should have given so much, I don’t know how to play”. The word tant has several translations including “so much”, “so many” and “so”.
On me dit qu’aujourd’hui, on me dit que les autres font ainsi
This line translates to “I heard today, I heard others do (it) like this”. On me dit translates literally to “one tells me”. This page covers the many uses of the personal pronoun on. Font is the third-person plural form of faire (to make, to do).
Avant que l’on s’attache, avant que l’on se gâche
This line translates to “Before we get attached, before we ruin it”. The verb gâcher means “to ruin” or “to wreck”.
Je trouverai des langages pour chanter tes louanges
This line translates to “I will find languages to sing your praises”. The verb trouver means “to find”. The feminine-plural noun louanges means “praises”. Both langage and langue mean “language” in French.
Je ferai nos bagages pour d’infinies vendanges
This line translates to “I will pack our bags for endless grape harvests”. The noun vendange refers to the time of the year of the grape harvest.
Les formules magiques des marabouts d’Afrique
This line translates to “Magical formula from African saintly men”. The term Marabout refers to Muslim religious leaders from Northern Africa.
J’les dirai sans remords pour que tu m’aimes encore
This line translates to “I will say them without remorse so that you love me again”. The les in this line is a direct object pronoun, meaning “them”. The noun remonds (singular noun that ends in an -s) translates to “remorse”. The words “J’les” are a shortening of “Je les”.
Je m’inventerai reine pour que tu me retiennes
This line translate to “I will reinvent myself into a queen so that you hold onto me”. Retiennes is the subjunctive of retenir, meaning to “retain” or “to hold onto”.
Je deviendrai ces autres, qui te donnent du plaisir
This line translates to “I will become these others, who give you pleasure”. In French ces is a demonstrative pronoun and translates to “these”.
Vos jeux seront les nôtres, si tel est ton désir
This line translates to “Your games will be ours, if such is your desire”. Les nôtres is a possessive pronoun and means “ours”.
Plus brillante plus belle pour une autre étincelle
This line translates to “More bright more beautiful for another spark”. Étincelle translates to “spark”, “glint” or “flash”.
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