Tendre Est La Nuit
David Hallyday Lyrics

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Si tu as pu, un jour m'oublier
Je peux quand même ce soir te perdre,
Si tu as bien pu, un jour me fusiller,
Je peux ce soir, te gracier.

Tendre, tendre est la nuit,
T'attendre, t'étendre, te surprendre sous la pluie belle ennemie,
T'étreindre enfin, comme tu l'avais un jour promis.

Tendre est la nuit, tendre est la nuit
La vie est belle, que la vie est belle quand on attend plus rien d'elle par ici,
Que la vie est belle quand elle sourit, tu s'ras toujours ma meilleure ennemie.

Si tu as pu un jour me blesser,
Je peux désormais te consoler
Si tu as pu un jour me laisser tomber
Je peux aujourd'hui te relever.

Tendre, tendre est la nuit,
T'attendre, t'étendre, te surprendre sous la pluie belle ennemie,
T'étreindre enfin, comme tu l'avais un jour promis.
Tendre est la nuit, tendre est la nuit

La vie est belle, que la vie est belle quand on attend plus rien d'elle par ici,
Que la vie est belle quand elle sourit, tu s'ras toujours ma meilleure ennemie.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of David Hallyday's song Tendre Est La Nuit express the complicated and paradoxical nature of a love relationship. The singer recognizes that if his lover was able to forget about him at some point, then he can still lose her tonight. Similarly, if she was able to hurt him in the past, he is now in the position to comfort her. The song seems to suggest that love is a never-ending cycle of give and take, where one's ability to hurt or heal the other is not definite or predetermined, but always contingent on the circumstances of the moment. Despite the ups and downs of their relationship, the singer acknowledges that he still longs for his lover and embraces the beauty and tenderness of the night that brings them together again. The lyrics convey a sense of bittersweet nostalgia, as well as a hopeful and optimistic outlook on the future.

Line by Line Meaning

Si tu as pu, un jour m'oublier
If you were once able to forget me

Je peux quand même ce soir te perdre,
I can still lose you tonight,

Si tu as bien pu, un jour me fusiller,
If you were able to shoot me one day

Je peux ce soir, te gracier.
I can pardon you tonight.

Tendre, tendre est la nuit,
Tender, tender is the night,

T'attendre, t'étendre, te surprendre sous la pluie belle ennemie,
Waiting for you, spreading out, surprising you under the beautiful enemy rain,

T'étreindre enfin, comme tu l'avais un jour promis.
Finally embracing you, as you had promised one day.

Tendre est la nuit, tendre est la nuit
Tender is the night, tender is the night

La vie est belle, que la vie est belle quand on attend plus rien d'elle par ici,
Life is beautiful, so beautiful when we expect nothing from it around here,

Que la vie est belle quand elle sourit, tu s'ras toujours ma meilleure ennemie.
How beautiful life is when it smiles, you will always be my best enemy.

Si tu as pu un jour me blesser,
If you were able to hurt me once,

Je peux désormais te consoler
I can now console you.

Si tu as pu un jour me laisser tomber
If you were able to let me down one day

Je peux aujourd'hui te relever.
I can lift you up today.

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