Lyrics of La diva - Céline Dion

La diva (original)

La nuit quand je m’eveille dans mon desert de gloire
Je songe tres souvent a la diva en moi
Celle qu’on adorait et qui se detestait
La femme dont la voix resonne a tout jamais
[During the night when I wake up in my glory desert
I very often think to the diva in me The one we adored and who hated herself
The woman whose voice echoes forever]
Tous les bravos du monde
N’ont pas pu secourir
Maria la Magnifique
Qui s’est laisse mourrir
[All the bravos of the world
Weren’t able to save
The Magnificient Maria
Who let herself die]
J’avoue que certains soirs quand la foule applaudit
C’est a elle que je pense a qui je dis 'merci'
Il faut avoir gravi les sommets de silence
Pour sentir la douleur de sa desesperance
Et pour avoir chante jusqu’au bout de mon ame
Je me suis reconnu a travers cette femme
[I admit that certain nights when the crowd applauds
My thoughts go to her and I tell her 'thank you'
One has to have climbed the summits of silence
To feel the pain of her despair
And to have sung to the limit of my soul
I recognized myself through that woman]
Tous les bravos du monde
N’ont pas pu secourir
Maria la Magnifique
Qui n’a su que souffrir
[All the bravos of the world
Weren’t able to save
The Magnificient Maria
Who could only suffer]
J’avoue que certains soirs quand je suis sur la scene
J’aimerais que ma voix se confonde a la sienne
[I admit that certain nights when I’m on stage
I’d like my voice to mix with hers]
Tous les bravos du monde
N’ont pas pu appaiser
Maria la Magnifique
La diva ecorchee
[All the bravos of the world
Weren’t able to save
The Magnificient Maria
The scraped diva]
Quand je fuis les lumieres la nuit quand tout s’efface
Surgit dans le desert l’ombre de la Callas
[When I run away from the lights from the night when everything disappears
Comes from the desert the shadow of the Callas]

(translation)

At night when I wake up in my desert of glory
I very often think about the diva in me
The one we loved and who hated herself
The woman whose voice rings forever
[During the night when I wake up in my glory desert
I very often think to the diva in me The one we adored and who hated herself
The woman whose voice echoes forever]
All the cheers in the world
Couldn't rescue
Maria the Magnificent
who let himself die
[All the bravos of the world
Weren't able to save
The Magnificent Maria
Who let herself die]
I admit that some nights when the crowd cheers
It's her that I think of, to whom I say 'thank you'
You must have climbed the heights of silence
To feel the pain of his desperation
And for singing to the end of my soul
I recognized myself through this woman
[I admitted that certain nights when the crowd applauds
My thoughts go to her and I tell her 'thank you'
One has to have climbed the summits of silence
To feel the pain of her despair
And to have sung to the limit of my soul
I recognized myself through that woman]
All the cheers in the world
Couldn't rescue
Maria the Magnificent
Who only knew how to suffer
[All the bravos of the world
Weren't able to save
The Magnificent Maria
Who could only suffer]
I admit that some nights when I'm on the stage
I would like my voice to merge with his
[I admitted that certain nights when I'm on stage
I'd like my voice to mix with hers]
All the cheers in the world
Couldn't appease
Maria the Magnificent
The flayed diva
[All the bravos of the world
Weren't able to save
The Magnificent Maria
The scraped diva]
When I run from the lights at night when it all fades
Rises in the desert the shadow of the Callas
[When I run away from the lights from the night when everything disappears
Comes from the desert the shadow of the Callas]