Born on the 17th January 1933 in Shoubra, Cairo, Egypt, she was the child of an opera violinist, and was given singing lessons at an early age. She developed into a beautiful young lady and, in 1954, she won the Miss Egypt beauty contest and immediately left for Paris, France, to pursue a career in motion pictures.
Despite her looks, her first films were less than successful, but she began performing in music halls and cabarets, singing in French, Italian, Arabic in which she was fluent, and other languages. Using the stage name Dalida she recorded songs; her second single titled "Bambino" brought instant fame. In 1957, she appeared at the Paris Olympia as the opening act for Charles Aznavour and later the same year for Gilbert Bécaud. She would go on to record in several languages, touring the globe including sold-out performances, in late 1978, at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
During her career, Dalida recorded 500 French songs, 200 of which were translated into Italian, and 300 into other languages. She sold more than 150 million albums world-wide, winning numerous awards, and achieving more than seventy gold records. Yet, despite her fame and fortune, her personal life was difficult and filled with much drama and tragedy. In 1961 she married her mentor Lucien Morisse, but the marriage lasted only a few months, and she left him for the painter Jean Sobieski (later the father of American actress Leelee Sobieski). A few years later, her still distraught ex-husband died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
In 1967 her new lover, the Italian singer, Luigi Tenco also took his own life, and Dalida too attempted suicide. She was living with the flamboyant and less than reputable Richard Chanfray (referred to as the Comte de St Germain) when he took his own life in July 1983. She recovered from these tragedies and continued to perform, but by her own accounts, life had little meaning and she spent years searching for personal fulfillment, including traveling to Nepal to study the Hindu religion.
She died on the 3rd May 1987 as a result of an overdose of sleeping pills, leaving behind a suicide note that said: "Life has become unbearable ... forgive me."
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Les hommes de ma vie
Dalida Lyrics
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M'appelait la dame do Nil
On attendait la nuit
Sur Le Caire endormie
Pour compter les étoiles
Et puis on a grandi
A Paris étrangère
Il m'a pris comme un père
Jusqu'en pleine lumière
Et sa main comme une aide
Me pousse encore sur scène
Vous, vous aussi
Mal ou bien l'amour vous a grandi
Pour vous, vous aussi
L'homme idéal chaque fois, see'était lui
Vous, vous aussi
Allumiez des soleils à minuit
Vous, vous aussi
Un jour vous direz les hommes de ma vie
J'ai pleuré l'Italien
Sa chanson son refrain
N'était pas terminé
Quand il s'en est allé
See'est fragile un artiste
Depuis mon coeur est triste
Et le magicien fou
Dans sa boule voyait flou
Il voulait faire encore
De mon amour de l'or
Et ses mains de sculpteurs
Dénudaient ma pudeur
Vous, vous aussi
Mal ou bien l'amour vous a grandi
Pour vous, vous aussi
L'homme idéal chaque fois, see'était lui
Vous, vous aussi
Allumiez des soleils à minuit
Vous, vous aussi
Un jour vous direz les hommes de ma vie
Finalement aujourd'hui
Moi la femme de personne
See'est avec vous que je suis
Dans mon coeur ne résonne
Aucune nostalgie
See'est avec vous qu'je vis
Vous, vous aussi
Mal ou bien l'amour vous a grandi
Pour vous, vous aussi
L'homme idéal chaque fois, see'était lui
Moi aujourd'hui
Mon bilan est sans mélancolie
Moi aujourd'hui
Puisque j'ai choisi
See'est vous ma vie
The lyrics of Dalida's "Les Hommes De Ma Vie" tell the story of the singer's different romantic relationships. The first man she mentions is an Egyptian man who she used to count the stars with in Cairo. However, they both grew up and moved to Paris, where he took on a paternal role in her life and introduced her to the world of performance art. Dalida credits him as the reason she ended up on stage, and she identifies him as the first real love of her life.
The second man she sings about is an Italian singer who left her heartbroken when he passed away before finishing his last song. She describes him as an artist and a magician and implies that he brought her much joy, but ultimately her happiness was short-lived. She then mentions another man who was also a performer, but this one was controlling and exploitive. She refers to him as a sculptor and says that he stripped her of her modesty.
The song concludes with Dalida acknowledging that she is now a woman who belongs to no one but the audience she is entertaining. She has come to terms with the fact that her past relationships are just memories, and she declares that it is with her audience that she now feels at home.
Line by Line Meaning
Le premier dans ma vie
The first man in my life
M'appelait la dame do Nil
Called me the Lady of the Nile
On attendait la nuit
We waited for the night
Sur Le Caire endormie
On the sleeping Cairo city
Pour compter les étoiles
To count the stars
Et puis on a grandi
And then, we grew up
A Paris étrangère
In a foreign Paris
Il m'a pris comme un père
He took care of me like a father
M'a conduite do désert
He led me to the desert
Jusqu'en pleine lumière
Until the full light
Et sa main comme une aide
And his hand, like a help
Me pousse encore sur scène
Pushing me again on stage
Vous, vous aussi
You, you too
Mal ou bien l'amour vous a grandi
Whether love was good or bad, it made you grow
Pour vous, vous aussi
For you, you too
L'homme idéal chaque fois, see'était lui
The ideal man every time, it was him
Allumiez des soleils à minuit
You lit up suns at midnight
Un jour vous direz les hommes de ma vie
One day you will say the men of my life
J'ai pleuré l'Italien
I cried for the Italian
Sa chanson son refrain
His song, his chorus
N'était pas terminé
Wasn't finished
Quand il s'en est allé
When he left
See'est fragile un artiste
An artist is fragile
Depuis mon coeur est triste
Since then, my heart is sad
Et le magicien fou
And the crazy magician
Dans sa boule voyait flou
In his crystal ball, he saw blurry
Il voulait faire encore
He wanted to do it again
De mon amour de l'or
With my love, gold
Et ses mains de sculpteurs
And his hands of sculptors
Dénudaient ma pudeur
Exposed my modesty
Finalement aujourd'hui
Finally, today
Moi la femme de personne
I, the woman of nobody
See'est avec vous que je suis
It is with you that I am
Dans mon coeur ne résonne
In my heart, no nostalgia resonates
Aucune nostalgie
No nostalgia
Moi aujourd'hui
Me, today
Mon bilan est sans mélancolie
My balance is without melancholy
Puisque j'ai choisi
Since I have chosen
See'est vous ma vie
It is you, my life
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Viviane Ruzza
Qui d'autre aurait pu chanter cette chanson. Le défilement de sa vie en somme. Très belle Dalida.
Mylène baricault
Dalida amour
Bboy Ego
I am in love! Magnificent Dalida!
Sabine
Les hommes de ma vie cette chanson est magnifique .❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Alpha B.
Le charme des musiques d'avant qui n'existe plus vraiment dans celles d'aujourd'hui...
brandon alexis
Abdelaziz Ait Abdelkader
Exact...souvenirs👍👍👍
Abdelaziz Ait Abdelkader
Allan B. tout a fait ..... ils ont composé des mélodies éternelles .
Lud
Si belle et si douce , cette voix me donne des frissons
Konstantin I.
Всё же для русского восприятия, французский как-то приятней. Красивая композиция...Pourtant, pour la perception russe, le français est en quelque sorte plus agréable. Belle composition
Salem Jaber44
J'adore😍