Charles Aznavour
Adieu lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1967
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 3:37
Adieu, tout ce qui fut nous
Farewell, all that was us
Ce qui fut notre vie
What was our life
Adieu, ce monde un peu fou
Farewell, this somewhat mad world
Que le bonheur nous avait bâti
That happiness had built for us
Adieu, il me faut partir
Farewell, I must leave now
Le destin sépare les êtres
Destiny separates beings
Que Dieu voulait réunir
That God wished to unite
Mais on se reverra peut-être
But we may meet again
Ici ou ailleurs
Here or elsewhere
Demain ou jamais
Tomorrow or never
Avec dans nos coeurs
With in our hearts
Des remords, des regrets
Remorse, regrets
Tu veux retenir le temps
You want to hold back time
Mais il est plus fort que tout
But it is stronger than anything
Plus fort que nos coeurs d'enfant
Stronger than our childlike hearts
Le temps, chérie, est contre nous
Time, darling, is against us
Adieu, ils étaient trop beaux
Goodbye, they were too beautiful
Les printemps de nos rires
The springs of our laughter
Adieu, tout ce qui bientôt
Goodbye, all that soon
Ne sera plus que souvenirs
Will be nothing but memories
Adieu, il faut écraser
Goodbye, we must crush
Les raisins verts de la jeunesse
The green grapes of youth
Pour mieux, au vin du passé
So we can, in the wine of the past
Plus tard, en retrouver l'ivresse
Later, find again the intoxication
Que nous reste-t-il
What is left for us
De nos jours heureux?
Of our happy days?
Quelques mots futiles
A few trivial words
Et le temps d'un adieu
And the time for a farewell
Tes yeux seront noyés de pleurs
Your eyes will be drowned in tears
Ta main reste dans ma main
Your hand remains in my hand
Ma mie, viens contre mon coeur
My dear, come against my heart
Je ne partirai que demain
I won't leave until tomorrow
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Key vocabulary
- futiles
- futileC2
- ailleurs
- elsewhereA2
- retenir
- retainA2
- sépare
- separatesA2
- bâti
- builtB2
- raisins
- grapesB2
- remords
- remorseB2
- fut
- was
- faut
- must
- voulait
- wanted
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.