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Famous song lyrics to translate

Back in 2013 I wrote a post which still gets a lot of views. I took some of Tommy Cooper's silly jokes, put them into French, so that students could translate them back into English and (maybe) smile a bit. (Although I suspect littler kills a joke more than having to translate it.) Nick Bilbrough left a comment that you could do the same with well known song lyrics. By the way, if you've never heard of Tommy Cooper, do a YouTube search and prepare to giggle or look on with consternation.

Well, 12 years later, here are some famous lyrics from English language songs which I have translated into French (or rather, Mistral AI did). Name the song and the artist.

  1. "Je t’aimerai toujours."
  2. "Imagine tous les gens vivant en paix."
  3. "Douce Caroline, les bons moments n’ont jamais semblé si bons."
  4. "Ne cesse pas d’y croire, garde cette sensation."
  5. "Je veux danser avec quelqu’un, je veux sentir la chaleur avec quelqu’un."
  6. "Chaque souffle que tu prends, chaque mouvement que tu fais, je te surveillerai."
  7. "Est-ce la vraie vie ? N’est-ce qu’une illusion ?"
  8. "Je veux tenir ta main."
  9. "Comme une pierre qui roule, comme un inconnu complet."
  10. "Quel monde merveilleux."
  11. "Je n’arrive pas à être satisfait."
  12. "Hier, tous mes ennuis semblaient si lointains."
  13. "Tu peux partir quand tu veux, mais tu ne pourras jamais t’en aller."
  14. "Ça sent l’esprit adolescent."
  15. "Tout ce dont tu as besoin, c’est d’amour."
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  1. "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston (originally written and recorded by Dolly Parton)
  2. "Imagine" – John Lennon
  3. "Sweet Caroline" – Neil Diamond
  4. "Don’t Stop Believin’" – Journey
  5. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" – Whitney Houston
  6. "Every Breath You Take" – The Police
  7. "Bohemian Rhapsody" – Queen
  8. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
  9. "Like a Rolling Stone" – Bob Dylan
  10. "What a Wonderful World" – Louis Armstrong
  11. "(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction" – The Rolling Stones
  12. "Yesterday" – The Beatles
  13. "Hotel California" – Eagles
  14. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Nirvana
  15. "All You Need Is Love" – The Beatles

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