Soul · TWOLODY ORIGINALS
December on the Roof Garden
“December on the Roof Garden” brings together French and English. Its musical genre is Soul.
Lyrics & translation ↓
French ↔ English
About this song
The first paired lines are “Notre salon déborde de cartons.” and “Our living room overflows with boxes.”. Read the complete lyrics in both languages below, then follow the same phrases in the player.
A couple plants a tiny Christmas tree above their crowded apartment. Modern festive soul, 90 BPM, Rhodes, live bass, warm strings, subtle sleigh bells, tender clear tenor, original uplifting melodic hook
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
Notre salon déborde de cartons.
Our living room overflows with boxes.
Tu cherches encore les guirlandes.
You still search for the garlands.
Je porte un petit sapin.
I carry a little fir tree.
Nous montons jusqu'au toit.
We climb up to the roof.
Chorus
Noël pousse au-dessus de nous.
Christmas grows above us.
Dans un pot couleur d'argile.
In a clay-colored pot.
Ses branches gardent nos rubans.
Its branches keep our ribbons.
Tout notre ciel devient fragile.
Our whole sky becomes fragile.
Verse 2
Tu remplis le pot de terre.
You fill the pot with soil.
La ville tremble sous le froid.
The city shivers in the cold.
Ton écharpe couvre mes épaules.
Your scarf covers my shoulders.
Chorus
Noël pousse au-dessus de nous.
Christmas grows above us.
Dans un pot couleur d'argile.
In a clay-colored pot.
Ses branches gardent nos rubans.
Its branches keep our ribbons.
Tout notre ciel devient fragile.
Our whole sky becomes fragile.
Bridge
La voisine apporte deux étoiles.
The neighbor brings two stars.
Son fils oublie sa timidité.
Her son forgets his shyness.
Il suspend sa première pomme.
He hangs his first apple.
Le vent la fait doucement danser.
The wind makes it gently dance.
Chorus
Noël pousse au-dessus de nous.
Christmas grows above us.
Dans un pot couleur d'argile.
In a clay-colored pot.
Tout notre ciel devient fragile.
Our whole sky becomes fragile.
Verse 3
Nous redescendons avec les tasses.
We go back down with the cups.
Le sapin reste dans la neige.
The fir tree stays in the snow.
Depuis notre fenêtre il nous salue.
From our window it greets us.
Demain nous viendrons l'arroser.
Tomorrow we will water it.
Final Chorus
Noël pousse au-dessus de nous.
Christmas grows above us.
Dans un pot couleur d'argile.
In a clay-colored pot.
Tout notre ciel devient fragile.
Our whole sky becomes fragile.
