Translation of the song lyrics Il attend la pluie - Hélène Ségara

Il attend la pluie (original)

Il pose son regard au ciel
Pour trouver un nuage
Il s’accroche car ce soir c’est juré
Dieu donne un orage
Il peut rester des heures
A guetter en silence
L’hypothétique douceur
Serait pour lui la délivrance
Il attend la pluie
Il attend la pluie
Ce soir il y a dans l’air
Un parfum de délivrance
Le moins que l’on puisse croire
C’est qu’en fait la vie recommence
Et quand les premières gouttes
Viennent inonder les routes
Regarde il est si loin
On dirait qu’il dort
On dirait qu’il dort
Il attend la pluie
Il attend la pluie
Dans ses poings serrés
Il retient la vie qui va s’en aller
Il attend la pluie
Qui pourrait tout changer
Il rêve d’un paradis
Pour ceux qui vont rester
Il attend la pluie
Il attend la pluie

Il attend la pluie (translation)

He looks up to the sky
To find a cloud
He hangs on 'cause tonight it's sworn
God gives a storm
He can stay for hours
To watch in silence
The hypothetical sweetness
would be deliverance for him
He's waiting for the rain
He's waiting for the rain
Tonight is in the air
A scent of deliverance
The least we can believe
It's that in fact life begins again
And when the first drops
come to flood the roads
See he's so far away
Looks like he's sleeping
Looks like he's sleeping
He's waiting for the rain
He's waiting for the rain
In his clenched fists
It holds the life that will go away
He's waiting for the rain
Who could change everything
He dreams of a paradise
For those who will stay
He's waiting for the rain
He's waiting for the rain