Douleur
Fred Pellerin Lyrics


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Je m'appellerais l'amour
Que je te courtiserais
Je m'appellerais la peur
Que je te défendrais
Je m'appellerais la nuit
Que je t'illuminerais
Je m'appellerais la mort
Que je t'épargnerais

Pour te faire langueur
Comme tu m'as fait souleur
Je m'appellerais le vent
Que je te blesserais
Ne me crois pas méchant
Écoute mon couplet
Je m'appelle douleur
Et tu es ma demeure

J'ai tant battu les rues
J'ai tant battu les heures
Qu'enfin tu es venue
Comme en mer la lueur
T'as dit: "j'aime les fous
parc'qu'ils aiment les fleurs..."
Mis dans tes deux mains nues
Ma raison et mon cœur

Ne me crois pas avant
Ne me crois pas servant
Je t'aime tant et tant
Maintenant tu le sens
Traverserons les pleurs
Traverserons les ans




Traverserons les temps
Mon fardeau, ma chaleur...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Fred Pellerin's song "Douleur" are a poignant depiction of a person's intense emotional pain and their desperate desire to find solace in love. Pellerin starts by declaring that he would call himself Love and that he would court his beloved with all his might. He then calls himself Fear, promising to protect his beloved from all that could harm her. Next, he declares himself Night, offering to illuminate her path through life, and finally, Death, promising to spare her from its cold and final embrace.


The second stanza continues with the theme of pain and heartache. Here, Pellerin declares himself Wind, willing to hurt his beloved for the pain she has caused him. However, he quickly reassures her that he is not attempting to hurt her out of malice, but simply to express his own suffering. He then reveals that he is in fact Pain, and that his beloved is his home, his constant companion in all those lonely and difficult times. The final stanza offers a glimmer of hope, as Pellerin declares his love and promises to bear any burden to be with his beloved.


Overall, the song is a beautiful and moving portrayal of love and pain, encapsulating the human experience in a few short verses.


Line by Line Meaning

Je m'appellerais l'amour
I would call myself love


Que je te courtiserais
And I would court you


Je m'appellerais la peur
I would call myself fear


Que je te défendrais
And I would protect you


Je m'appellerais la nuit
I would call myself the night


Que je t'illuminerais
And I would illuminate you


Je m'appellerais la mort
I would call myself death


Que je t'épargnerais
And I would spare you


Pour te faire langueur
To make you languish


Comme tu m'as fait souleur
As you made me suffer


Je m'appellerais le vent
I would call myself the wind


Que je te blesserais
And I would hurt you


Ne me crois pas méchant
Don't believe I'm cruel


Écoute mon couplet
Listen to my verse


Je m'appelle douleur
I am called pain


Et tu es ma demeure
And you are my dwelling


J'ai tant battu les rues
I walked the streets for so long


J'ai tant battu les heures
I passed so many hours


Qu'enfin tu es venue
That finally you came


Comme en mer la lueur
Like a glimmer of light at sea


T'as dit: "j'aime les fous
You said: "I love the mad


parc'qu'ils aiment les fleurs..."
Because they love flowers…"


Mis dans tes deux mains nues
Placed in your two bare hands


Ma raison et mon cœur
My reason and my heart


Ne me crois pas avant
Don't believe me before


Ne me crois pas servant
Don't believe me servile


Je t'aime tant et tant
I love you so much


Maintenant tu le sens
Now you can feel it


Traverserons les pleurs
We will cross the tears


Traverserons les ans
We will cross the years


Traverserons les temps
We will cross the times


Mon fardeau, ma chaleur...
My burden, my warmth…




Writer(s): FELIX LECLERC

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