Charles Aznavour
Ce jour tant attendu lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1960
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:06
Ce jour tant attendu
This long-awaited day
S'était levé pour nous
Had risen for us
Tu étais étendue
You were lying there
Moi j'étais comme fou
And I was out of my mind
Deux cœurs battaient en toi
Two hearts beat within you
Au rythme de mon cœur
To the rhythm of my heart
Et y avait tant de joie
And there was so much joy
Dans tes cris de douleur
In your cries of pain
Notre amour prenait corps
Our love was taking form
Par ton corps torturé
Through your tortured body
Et rien n'était plus fort
And nothing was stronger
Que l'instant qu'on vivait
Than the moment we lived
Ce dont nous avions peur
What we were afraid of
Nous unissait bien plus
United us even more
Que le plus grand bonheur
Than the greatest happiness
Ce jour tant attendu
That long-awaited day
Ce jour tant attendu
That long-awaited day
S'était levé enfin
Had finally dawned
J'étais comme perdu
I felt almost lost
Mais je ne pouvais rien
But I could do nothing
Rien pour toi qui souffrais
Nothing for you who suffered
Luttais contre le temps
Fighting against time
Rien pour toi qui criais
Nothing for you who cried out
Tout en te débattant
While you were struggling
Tes yeux cherchaient mes yeux
Your eyes searched for my eyes
Qui regardaient les tiens
That gazed into yours
Et tes ongles furieux
And your furious nails
Se plantaient dans mes mains
Dug into my hands
Annonçant le bonheur
Announcing the happiness
Pour deux êtres éperdus
For two lost souls
Naissait dans la douleur
Born in the pain
Ce jour tant attendu
This long-awaited day
Et ton corps déchiré
And your torn body
Soudain s'est apaisé
Suddenly found peace
En mettant au grand jour
By bringing to light
Le fruit de notre amour
The fruit of our love
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Key vocabulary
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- cris
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- joie
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- perdu
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- peur
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- plus
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- rien
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- temps
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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.