Charles Aznavour
À te regarder lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1955
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:44
Tout le jour tu es loin de moi
All day long you're far away from me
Mais lorsque tombe la nuit
But when night falls
Que tu viens dormir près de moi
That you come to sleep close to me
J'oublie toute ma vie
I forget my whole life
Quand se ferment sur notre amour
When they close in on our love
Les portes de ton sommeil
The doors of your slumber
En moi que de tourments s'éveillent
Within me, so many troubles awaken
À t'regarder
In looking at you
J'ai le coeur qui soupire
I have a heart that sighs
J'voudrais crier, sangloter ou bien rire
I want to shout, to sob, or just to laugh
À t'regarder
Watching you
Je sens comme une angoisse
I feel a kind of anxiety
Si tu savais ce que tu tiens de place
If you only knew what you truly hold
À t'regarder
Watching you
J'ai le coeur qui chavire
My heart is turned upside down
Et mes pensées
And my thoughts
Me font mal, me déchirent
Hurt me, tear me apart
Si tu devais rêver à quelqu'un d'autre
If you had to dream of someone else
Et partager ces joies qui sont les nôtres
And share those joys that are ours
À t'regarder
Watching you
Quand la peur me domine
When fear takes over me
Pour arracher ce cri de ma poitrine
To tear this scream from my chest
Je veux t'éveiller, te voir devenir blême
I want to awaken you, to see you turn pale
Et m'effondrer en te criant je t'aime
And collapse while screaming I love you
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Key vocabulary
- amour
- loveA1
- coeur
- heartA1
- cri
- screamA1
- crier
- shoutA1
- lorsque
- whenA2
- viens
- come
- oublie
- forget
- toute
- allB1
- sommeil
- sleepA2
- tourments
- torment
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About this song
Charles Aznavour was a French-Armenian singer and actor whose music blended French chanson with Eastern European folk, American jazz, tango, and Middle Eastern influences. He was known for a long-running career marked by thousands of recordings and his songwriting, composing or co-composing over a thousand songs for himself and other artists.