Higelin's entertainment career began at age 14, when he left school to work as a stunt double. While playing a number of small roles in various motion pictures, Higelin was taught to play the guitar by Henri Crolla, an Italian film composer. By the early sixties, Higelin was attending the René Simon drama school, where he won the François Perier award.
For two years starting in 1961, Higelin served in the French military. Upon returning to France, he resumed his cinematic career, but increasingly began to focus on music over film. By the end of the decade, he was also very active in the artistic underground in Paris, and he began to channel his music towards radical militancy. He began attracting popular attention through his live concerts, typically held in smaller venues, and released his first solo album, in 1971. By the middle of the 1970s, Higelin had become one of France's most successful musicians, and he continued to be influential.
J'aime
Jacques Higelin Lyrics
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Deux amants au charme impi-
Toyable
L'un et l'autre la proie
D'un mirage indiscible
Esclaves et maitres de leur dйsir
Ignorant le bien et le mal
Insensibles aux louanges
Aux blames
Du commun des mortels
Deux amants en cavale
йvadйs de l'enfer et du ciel
Hors la loi du bien et du mal
J'aime me damner dans tes bras
J'aime
Provoquer aux plus extremes
Limites du plaisir
L'impudeur souveraine
De ta fйminitй
Affolйe de dйsir
Et te voir
Indolente et sereine
A la lueur du jour
Offrir а mon regard
Ta blanche nuditй
De ton corps apaisй
Dans les bras de l'amour
The lyrics to Jacques Higelin's song "J'aime" describe a passionate and intense love affair between two individuals who see themselves as angels and devils, respectively. They are each other's prey, caught in an indescribable illusion and enslaved by their desires, ignoring concepts of good and evil. The second verse reverses the roles, with the lover desiring to be the devil while his partner is the angel, but the message remains the same: they are outside the realm of societal expectations and norms, both praised and blamed by mortals, and find a sense of freedom in their transgressive acts.
The chorus of the song states, "J'aime me damner dans tes bras/J'aime" (I love to damn myself in your arms/I love), expressing the desire to push the limits of pleasure and indulge in the supreme immodesty of the partner's femininity. The lyrics also mention the lover being enthralled by the partner's serenity in the light of day, gazing upon her white nude body as she lies in the arms of love. Overall, the song conveys a sense of reckless abandon in the face of conventional morality, with the lovers embracing their dark and light sides to fully experience the depths of their love.
Line by Line Meaning
Tu serai l'ange et moi le diable
You would be the angel and I would be the devil
Deux amants au charme impi-Toyable
Two lovers with irresistible charm
L'un et l'autre la proie
One and the other the prey
D'un mirage indiscible
Of an indescribable illusion
Esclaves et maitres de leur dйsir
Slaves and masters of their desire
Ignorant le bien et le mal
Ignoring good and evil
Je serai l'ange et toi le diable
I would be the angel and you would be the devil
Insensibles aux louanges
Insensitive to praise
Aux blames Du commun des mortels
To the blame of common mortals
Deux amants en cavale
Two lovers on the run
йvadйs de l'enfer et du ciel
Escaped from hell and heaven
Hors la loi du bien et du mal
Outside the law of good and evil
J'aime me damner dans tes bras
I love to damn myself in your arms
J'aime Provoquer aux plus extremes Limites du plaisir
I love to push to the extreme limits of pleasure
L'impudeur souveraine De ta fйminitй
The supreme immodesty of your femininity
Affolйe de dйsir
Obsessed with desire
Et te voir Indolente et sereine A la lueur du jour
And to see you languid and serene in the light of day
Offrir а mon regard Ta blanche nuditй
Offering my gaze your white nudity
De ton corps apaisй Dans les bras de l'amour
Of your soothed body in the arms of love
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Jak Jacques VDCDL
depuis mes 14 ans cette artiste a guidé mes joies mes peines, ma vie... Merci
Yoland Marijon
j aime cette voix
antonella dragoni
Merciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii J' adoreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee cette chanson et ta video a -t-elle toute la légereté de cette splendide histoire pleine de poèsie ,traduite en musique ,chanson , voix qu' émotionne et grace à toi images ! ANTONELLA
Dominique Gressin
avec higelin on voyage !!!
Anis Saidoune
j'aime
A. Ady
Merci Jacques tu as étais bon pour moi malgré mes dérives il parlai que tout à été très bien fais big boss 99 merci Françoise je ne te connai plus
chrys2305
je t aime Jacques H
FARID CAPUCHE
Non pas son amant mes plutôt son MEC ...de plus l'embarras du choix avec ma nouvelle princesse de 34 printemps bref aller là rejoindre où sinon quelle viennes crècher enfin. ..bises à ma dulcinée de L'EST...🌹
Eric Tardieu
merci pour des gayarrdes jerry tulasi brindavan
HouenTouen
@racyweb je t'aime