Disco · TWOLODY ORIGINALS
The Burned Photograph's Corner
“The Burned Photograph's Corner” brings together English and French. Its musical genre is Disco.
Lyrics & translation ↓
English ↔ French
About this song
The first paired lines are “The fire left one corner of the photograph.” and “Le feu a laissé un seul coin de la photographie.”. Read the complete lyrics in both languages below, then follow the same phrases in the player.
One surviving corner of a photograph helps a woman recover a cherished memory. Disco, 121 BPM, live strings, bass guitar, handclaps, rhythm guitar, jubilant articulate lead
Learn with this song
Listen to each line and compare its translation. Use Twin to switch to the same phrase in the other language; use Echo to recall its meaning before revealing the translation.
Two languages. One melody.
Lyrics & translation
Verse 1
The fire left one corner of the photograph.
Le feu a laissé un seul coin de la photographie.
Your sleeve survived, the lace above your wrist.
Ta manche a survécu, la dentelle au-dessus de ton poignet.
I couldn't place the day behind that little pattern.
Je n'arrivais pas à retrouver le jour derrière ce petit motif.
Chorus
The blackened edge still carries summer's thread.
Le bord noirci porte encore le fil de l'été.
A branch comes back inside the holes of lace.
Une branche revient dans les trous de la dentelle.
One corner knows more than the empty frame.
Un coin en sait plus que le cadre vide.
Verse 2
I found an apricot stain beside your elbow.
J'ai trouvé une tache d'abricot près de ton coude.
You wore that blouse when we picked fruit behind the barn.
Tu portais ce chemisier quand nous cueillions des fruits derrière la grange.
I heard you call me down from the forbidden branch.
Je t'ai entendue m'appeler pour descendre de la branche interdite.
Chorus
The blackened edge still carries summer's thread.
Le bord noirci porte encore le fil de l'été.
A branch comes back inside the holes of lace.
Une branche revient dans les trous de la dentelle.
One corner knows more than the empty frame.
Un coin en sait plus que le cadre vide.
Bridge
I made your jam in jars with ordinary lids.
J'ai fait ta confiture dans des pots aux couvercles ordinaires.
The saved scrap stood beside them on the shelf.
Le morceau sauvé se tenait à côté d'eux sur l'étagère.
I wrote the orchard's name beneath the missing picture.
J'ai écrit le nom du verger sous l'image manquante.
Final Chorus
The blackened edge still carries summer's thread.
Le bord noirci porte encore le fil de l'été.
A branch comes back inside the holes of lace.
Une branche revient dans les trous de la dentelle.
One corner knows more than the empty frame.
Un coin en sait plus que le cadre vide.
