Charles Aznavour
C’est fini lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1964
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:46
Je ne peux détacher mes yeux de ton visage
I can't take my eyes off your face
Et ne peux m'empêcher de penser à demain
And I can't help but think about tomorrow
Qui s'annonce déjà comme un mauvais orage
Which is already shaping up to be a bad storm
Qui lavera nos rires à l'eau de mon chagrin
That will wash our laughter away in my grief's water
J'ai le cœur déchiré et j'ai mal de comprendre
I have a torn heart and it hurts to understand
Que les mots que tu dis veulent tous dire adieu
That the words you say all mean goodbye
Je regarde sans voir, j'écoute sans entendre
I look without seeing, I listen without hearing
Le chagrin me surprend debout silencieux
Grief catches me off guard, standing silently
Je rêve de passé quand le présent t'emporte
I dream of the past when the present sweeps you away
Qu'il ne me reste plus qu'à te serrer la main
That I'm left only to shake your hand
Je voudrais la garder mais nos amours sont mortes
I want to keep her but our loves are dead
À deux pas de mon cœur
Just a step from my heart
Tu es déjà si loin
You are already so far away
C'est fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini
It's over, over, over, over, over, over, over
C'est fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini
It's over, over, over, over, over, over, over
Se peut-il qu'un bonheur qui tenait tant de place
Could it be that a happiness that took up so much space
Et donnait tant de joie disparaisse à jamais
And brought so much joy disappears forever
Effaçant de ta vie même jusqu'à la trace
Erasing from your life even the trace
Du moindre souvenir que l'amour nous a fait
Of the slightest memory that love made for us
Je ne sais comment faire et je ne sais que dire
I don't know how to act and I don't know what to say
Je veux paraître fort une dernière fois
I want to appear strong one last time
Les larmes au coin des yeux, je me force à sourire
Tears at the corner of my eyes, I force myself to smile
D'un sourire forcé qui ne te trompe pas
With a forced smile that won't deceive you
Trop lâche pour mourir, bien qu'effrayé de vivre
Too cowardly to die, though scared to live
Je compte sur l'oubli pour trouver le repos
I'm relying on forgetfulness to find my peace
Il faudra m'habituer dans les années à suivre
I'll have to get used to it in the years to come
À des jours sans ta voix
To days without your voice
À des nuits sans ta peau
To nights without your skin
C'est fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini
It's over, over, over, over, over, over, over
C'est fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini
It's over, over, over, over, over, over, over
C'est fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini
It's over, over, over, over, over, over, over
C'est fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini, fini
It's over, over, over, over, over, over, over
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Key vocabulary
- trouver
- findA1
- vie
- lifeA1
- vivre
- liveA1
- peux
- can
- yeux
- eyes
- empêcher
- prevent
- demain
- tomorrowA1
- annonce
- announcement
- déjà
- alreadyA1
- orage
- stormB1
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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.