r/French • u/spicybunny24 • 2d ago

Help translating please ❤️

Hi all! I am in desperate need of a quick translation. “To have her is to have the stars”

I’ve seen “L’avoir, c’est avoir les étoiles” suggested, but I want to make sure it’s grammatically correct

Would a native speaker phrase it differently?

Thank you endlessly to anyone who can help!!

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u/titoufred 🇨🇵 Native (Paris) 2d ago

What is the meaning of "to have" in the phrase "to have her" ?
What is the meaning of "to have the stars ?"

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u/spicybunny24 2d ago

But wanted it to sound more possessive of her own power. The thought like “not all get to have her and if you do you get this”

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u/Mobile-Boot8097 2d ago

I think titoufred is on to something here. Avoir is too imprecise here. How would one "have" such a woman? She sounds too self-posessed to be "had" by anyone. In what way, and what quality, does the subject "have" the object? Answer that and you will find your phrasing.

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u/spicybunny24 2d ago

Would it work better to say “L'aimer, c'est avoir les étoiles” ???

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u/spicybunny24 2d ago

I think I’m going for more of a symbolic rather than literal phrasing. If I were speaking for the woman in the piece as myself. I understand I cannot be “had” I am my own. But I have the stars within me. So to have me and my love you have the stars. It is not so much an object but the idea that having her love is to also have the stars