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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Petit Homme
Dalida Lyrics
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Je sais que je n'ai pas me cacher
Et je prie pour que tout reste ainsi
Et les jours passeront jusqu' la fin des temps
Petit homme ne t'en fait pas prends ma main je suis a toi
Petit homme tu chantes viens tout prs je n'entends pas
Qu'il est temps que tu apprennes tre un homme
Mais une telle chose est impossible
Et quand je vois ton visage je ne suis pas sure
Petit homme ne t'en fait pas prends ma main je suis a toi
Petit homme tu chantes viens tout prs je n'entends pas
Toi et moi see'est pour la vie et see'est ainsi que se sera
Petit homme souviens-toi que dans un monde rempli de gens
Tu es tout-ce que je vois
Petit homme ne t'en fait pas prends ma main je suis a toi
Petit homme tu chantes viens tout prs je n'entends pas
Petit homme ne t'en fait pas prends ma main je suis a toi
Petit homme tu chantes viens tout prs je n'entends pas
Petit Homme is a song by the French-Egyptian singer Dalida. The song talks about a woman who is in love with a younger man, singing to him that when he is near her, she doesn't need to hide anything and prays for their love to last until the end of time. The woman in the song takes on a motherly role, telling the young man not to worry and to take her hand. She assures him that their love is for life and that he is everything she can see in a world filled with people.
The song is about the love between an older woman and a younger man, and how the woman sees the young man as her protector and her child at the same time. The lyrics of the song suggest that the woman is willing to protect the young man, and he, in turn, gives her a sense of purpose and meaning. The woman acknowledges that society might not accept their relationship, but she is willing to do whatever it takes to preserve their love.
Line by Line Meaning
Petit homme, quand tu es prs de moi
When you are close to me, little man, I feel safe and comfortable.
Je sais que je n'ai pas me cacher
I know I don't have to hide anything from you.
Et je prie pour que tout reste ainsi
And I hope that everything stays the way it is.
Et les jours passeront jusqu' la fin des temps
And time will go on until the end of time.
Petit homme ne t'en fait pas prends ma main je suis a toi
Little man, don't worry, take my hand, I am yours.
Petit homme tu chantes viens tout prs je n'entends pas
Little man, you sing, come closer, I cannot hear.
Tu as grandi ma mre pense
You have grown up, and my mother thinks
Qu'il est temps que tu apprennes tre un homme
That it's time for you to learn how to be a man.
Mais une telle chose est impossible
But such a thing is impossible.
Et quand je vois ton visage je ne suis pas sure
And when I see your face, I'm not sure.
Toi et moi see'est pour la vie et see'est ainsi que se sera
You and I are together for life, and that's how it will be.
Petit homme souviens-toi que dans un monde rempli de gens
Little man, remember that in a world full of people,
Tu es tout-ce que je vois
You are all I see.
Petit homme ne t'en fait pas prends ma main je suis a toi
Little man, don't worry, take my hand, I am yours.
Petit homme tu chantes viens tout prs je n'entends pas
Little man, you sing, come closer, I cannot hear.
Petit homme ne t'en fait pas prends ma main je suis a toi
Little man, don't worry, take my hand, I am yours.
Petit homme tu chantes viens tout prs je n'entends pas
Little man, you sing, come closer, I cannot hear.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: SONNY BONO
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