Charles Aznavour
Bal du faubourg lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1957
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:11
Bal du faubourg
Ball of the neighborhood
Valse d'amour
Waltz of love
Bonheur du jour
Happiness of the day
Bal populaire
Popular ball
Valse légère
Light waltz
Un brin de cour
A touch of grace
Comme des gamins, les amoureux
Like kids, the lovers
Main dans la main s'en vont par deux
Hand in hand, they stroll as a pair
Et c'est le suprême aveu
And it's the ultimate confession
Bal du faubourg
Ball of the neighborhood
Valse d'amour
Waltz of love
Bonheur trop court
Happiness too brief
Bal populaire
Popular dance
Joie de la terre
Joy of the earth
Heureux parcours
Happy journey
Baisers fiévreux
Feverish kisses
Où l'on se ment
Where we deceive ourselves
Mais pris au jeu, on devient amants
But caught in the game, we become lovers
Au bal du faubourg
At the dance of the neighborhood
Gai tourbillon
Cheerful whirlwind
Tournons, tournons
Let’s turn, let’s turn
Au coin de cette rue
At the corner of this street
L'orchestre joue
The orchestra plays
Et joue à joue, les couples évoluent
And cheek to cheek, the couples sway
Tout en valsant heureux et transportés
While joyfully waltzing, swept away
Se donnant un baiser, puis se laissant griser
Sharing a kiss, then letting themselves be carried away
Tendrement ils s'enfuient
Tenderly they flee
Dans la nuit
Into the night
Et l'on revient
And we return
Au petit matin
At dawn's light
L'âme est un peu chagrine
The soul is a bit sorrowful
On danse encore
We dance once more
Le bal s'endort
The ball is falling asleep
La fête se termine
The party is coming to an end
Il faut se quitter le coeur est chaviré
We must part, the heart is turned upside down
On se tient enlacé on veut encore valser
We hold each other close, we want to waltz again
Arrêter les instants
Stop the moments
Et le temps
And time
Bal du faubourg
Ball of the neighborhood
Valsez toujours
Keep waltzing always
Regrets d'amour
Regrets of love
Bal populaire
Popular dance
Rêve éphémère
Ephemeral dream
Le coeur est lourd
The heart is heavy
Triste destin
Sad destiny
Pleurs dans les yeux
Tears in the eyes
Car au matin finit le jeu
For in the morning, the game ends
Et c'est le suprême adieu
And it's the ultimate farewell
Bal du faubourg
Ball of the outskirts
Où sans discours finit l'amour
Where love ends without a word
Bal populaire
Street dance
Les coeurs se serrent
Hearts are tight
Le rêve est court
The dream is brief
On reprend sa vie
We reclaim our lives
Plein de rancoeur
Full of resentment
Car on a laissé
For we have left behind
Son bonheur
Our happiness
Au bal du faubourg
At the ball of the neighborhood
Au bal du faubourg
At the ball of the neighborhood
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Key vocabulary
- faubourg
- suburbB2
- jeu
- gameA1
- joie
- joyA1
- rue
- streetA1
- terre
- earthA1
- tournons
- we turnA1
- trop
- tooA1
- valse
- waltzC2
- amour
- love
- bonheur
- happinessA1
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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.