Charles Aznavour
Après l’amour lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1956
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:47
Nous nous sommes aimés
We loved each other
Nos joies se sont offertes
Our joys were given freely
Et nos coeurs ont battu
And our hearts beat
Poussés par cet instinct
Driven by this instinct
Qui unit les amants en se fichant du reste
That unites lovers while disregarding the rest
Tu glisses tes doigts par ma chemise entrouverte
You slide your fingers through my partly open shirt
Et pose sur ma peau la paume de ta main
And lay your palm on my skin
Et les yeux mi-clos nous restons sans dire un mot
And with eyes half-closed, we remain without saying a word
Sans faire un geste
Without making a move
Après l'amour
After love
Quand nos corps se détendent
When our bodies relax
Après l'amour
After love
Quand nos souffles sont courts
When our breaths are short
Nous restons étendus
We remain sprawled out
Toi et moi, presques nus
You and I, almost naked
Heureux, sans rien dire
Happy, without saying a word
Éclairés d'un même sourire
Illuminated by the same smile
Après l'amour
After love
Nous ne formons qu'un être
We form but one being
Après l'amour
After love
Quand nos membres sont lourds
When our bodies are heavy
Au sein des draps froissés
In the midst of rumpled sheets
Nous restons enlassés
We remain entwined
Après l'amour
After love
Au creux du jour
In the cradle of day
Pour rêver
To dream
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Key vocabulary
- offertes
- offered
- fichant
- fitting
- entrouverte
- ajar
- yeux
- eyes
- mi-clos
- half-closed
- amants
- loversB2
- paume
- palmB2
- aimés
- lovedA1
- battu
- beatenA1
- chemise
- shirtB1
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.