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wwinterj25 posted...

I've no idea what you're saying but it sounds good.

It's French. I sang the beginning of a song by Joe Dassin, an American-born French singer-songwriter. The title of the song is "Et si tu n'existais pas", which translates to "And if you didn't exist". If you think it sounded good, wait until you hear the original song. It's going to blow your mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abfQQ1hzN9M

Below is a translation I made of the lyrics.

And if you didn't exist
Tell me why I should exist
To roam in a world without you
Without hope and without regret
And if you didn't exist
I would try to invent love
Like a painter who sees from beneath his fingers
Birth the colors of the day
And who can't get over it

(I only sang the above)

And if you didn't exist
Tell me for who I would exist
(Female) Passersby sleeping in my arms
That I would never love
And if you didn't exist
I would only be another dot
In this world that comes and goes
I would feel lost
I would need you

(Instrumental solo)

And if you didn't exist
Tell me how I would exist
I could pretend to be me
But it wouldn't be true
And if you didn't exist
I think I would have found it
The secret of life, the why
Simply to create you
And to look at you

(Short instrumental and humming solo)

And if you didn't exist
Tell me why I should exist
To roam in a world without you
Without hope and without regret
And if you didn't exist
I would try to invent love
Like a painter who sees... (fade out)

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I'm French speaking.
30/Male/Quebec