Hardy signed her first contract with the record label Vogue in November 1961. In April 1962, shortly after finishing school, her first album, "Oh oh Chéri", appeared, with the title song written by Johnny Hallyday's writing duo. The flip side of the record, "Tous les garçons et les filles" became a huge success, which sold 2 million copies. She had long hair and usually wore jeans with a leather jacket, while accompanying her songs on the guitar.
She sang in English, Spanish, and German occasionally. In 1963, she represented Monaco in the Grand Prix d'Eurovision de la Chanson with "L'amour s'en va" and emerged in fifth place. In 1968, she received the Grand Prix du Disque Académie Charles Cros.
In 1981, she married her long-time companion Jacques Dutronc, with whom she had already had a son (Thomas Dutronc) in 1973. In May 2000, she had a comeback with the album "Clair Obscur". Her son played the guitar, and her husband sang the duet "Puisque vous partez en voyage". Iggy Pop and Etienne Daho participated, as well. She currently lives near Paris.
In 2006 she released a new duets album entitled "Parenthèses" which included a song with her son Thomas.
In 2021, Hardy announced that her health had worsened and that she would not be able to sing again owing to the effects of cancer therapy.
Il est trop loin
Françoise Hardy Lyrics
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Le voir encore
Un seul instant
Je lui dirais
Combien je l'aime
Il est trop loin
Trop loin déjà
L'ont pris à moi
J'ai pas compris
Qu'il avait mis
Son coeur chez moi
Et c'est pourquoi
Il est trop loin
Trop loin déjà
J'ai tout perdu
Je le sais bien
Je n'ai rien fait
Pour lui prouver
Que je l'aimais
Et c'est pourquoi
Il est trop loin
Trop loin déjà
Pour lui crier
Tout mon amour
Pourtant depuis
Je sais qu'il est
Toute ma joie
Oui mais voilà
Il est trop loin
Trop loin déjà
Il est trop loin
Trop loin déjà
The lyrics of Françoise Hardy's song "Il est trop loin" depict the longing of an unrequited love. The singer mournfully ponders if they could see their beloved one last time, they would tell them how much they love them. However, they know that the person is already gone, taken by someone else's arms, and they didn't realize that their loved one had given them their heart. The singer laments how they lost everything and knows that they didn't do enough to prove their love or to tell their loved one how much they mean to them.
The singer acknowledges that their love is far away, but they still long for them deeply. They know that the person they love is their happiness, but it's too late to tell them now – they are too far away. The song is bittersweet, lamenting a lost love and the regret that comes with it. It's a reminder to appreciate those we love in the present moment before they are gone.
Line by Line Meaning
Si je pouvais
If only I could
Le voir encore
See him again
Un seul instant
Even if just for a moment
Je lui dirais
I would tell him
Combien je l'aime
How much I love him
Il est trop loin
He's too far away
Trop loin déjà
Already too far
Et d'autres bras
And other arms
L'ont pris à moi
Have taken him from me
J'ai pas compris
I didn't understand
Qu'il avait mis
That he had placed
Son coeur chez moi
His heart with me
Et c'est pourquoi
And that's why
J'ai tout perdu
I've lost everything
Je le sais bien
I know it well
Je n'ai rien fait
I didn't do anything
Pour lui prouver
To prove to him
Que je l'aimais
That I loved him
Pour lui crier
To shout to him
Tout mon amour
All my love
Pourtant depuis
Yet ever since
Je sais qu'il est
I know he is
Toute ma joie
All my joy
Oui mais voilà
Yes, but you see
Contributed by Jonathan F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.