Charles Aznavour
Comme l’eau, le feu, le vent lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 1:50
J'ai l'âme débordante de joie
My soul overflowing with joy
Mais ces joies sont oppressées d'amour
But this joy is burdened with love
Quand tu es près de moi
When you are close to me
Car ton cœur est changeant et secret
For your heart is elusive and secretive
Et peut-être jamais
And maybe never
Ne saurai-je vraiment qui tu es
Will I truly know who you are
Fuyante comme l'eau
Fleeting like water
Qui ruisselle un instant sur la peau
That trickles for a moment on the skin
Et soudain s'évapore et s'en va
And suddenly evaporates and departs
Fuyante comme l'eau
Fleeting like water
Tu ricoches entre rires et sanglots
You bounce between laughter and tears
Et sans cesse coule entre mes doigts
And endlessly flows between my fingers
Il me faut, malgré moi, t'avouer
I must confess, despite myself,
Qu'avec toi je ne sais comment faire
That with you I don't know what to do
Et sur quel pied danser
And on which foot to dance
Parfois, croyant tenir le bonheur
Sometimes, believing I've found happiness
Quand je ferme les yeux
When I close my eyes
Je ressens comme un vide en mon cœur
I feel like there's a void in my heart
Ivre comme le feu
Drunk as the fire
Qui danse en projetant ses couleurs
That dances while casting its colors
Qui crépite et fait parler le bois
Who crackles and makes the wood speak
Ivre comme le feu
Drunk like fire
Un instant, tu t'offres avec chaleur
For a moment, you offer yourself with warmth
Et l'autre, tu te figes de froid
And the next, you freeze in cold
Je n'ai plus de sommeil, de repos
I have no more sleep, no rest
Je n'ai que mes désirs
I have only my desires
Qui sans cesse s'accrochent à ma peau
Which endlessly cling to my skin
Le soir libre, de tout sans compter
The free evening, of everything without counting
Au matin, tu reprends
In the morning, you take back
Ce que la veille tu as donné
What you gave the day before
Folle comme le vent
Crazy like the wind
Qui hérisse la terre au printemps
That bristles the earth in spring
Qui effeuille et piétine les fleurs
That strips and tramples the flowers
Folle comme le vent
Crazy like the wind
Tu mutiles mes rêves et mon temps
You mutilate my dreams and my time
Et t'amuses à retourner mon cœur
And you play with turning my heart inside out
Et dans ce tourbillon
And in this whirlwind
De folies, de rires et de pleurs
Of madness, of laughter and of tears
Je me bats contre mes sentiments
I fight against my feelings
Je n'ai plus de raison
I have no more reason
Car tu cernes ma vie et mon cœur
Because you shape my life and my heart
Comme l'eau et le feu et le vent
Like water and fire and the wind
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Key vocabulary
- contre
- againstA1
- couleurs
- colorsA1
- danse
- danceA1
- donné
- givenA1
- fait
- actA1
- feu
- fireA1
- changeant
- changingB2
- croyant
- believerB2
- ivre
- drunkB2
- mutiles
- mutilatedB2
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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.