Charles Aznavour
Donne tes 16 ans lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1963
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:27
Viens, donne tes seize ans
Come, give your sixteen years
Au bonheur qui prend forme
To the happiness taking shape
Pour que ton corps d'enfant
So that your child's body
Peu à peu se transforme
Gradually transforms
Viens, n'hésite pas
Come, don’t hesitate
Mets ta main dans ma main
Put your hand in my hand
Simplement, et donne tes seize ans
Simply, and give your sixteen years
Viens, donne tes seize ans
Come, give your sixteen years
Aux amours éternelles
To the everlasting loves
C'est le plus beau printemps
It's the prettiest spring
De la vie qui t'appelle
Of the life that calls you
Viens, au creux de moi
Come, into the hollow of me
Mets ta joue sur ma joue
Place your cheek on my cheek
Tendrement, et donne tes seize ans
Tenderly, and give your sixteen years
Un jour, lorsque la vie aura fané nos jours
One day, when life has withered our days
Un jour, nous penserons qu'il fut bien court
One day, we'll think it was all too brief
Le printemps des amours
The spring of loves
Viens, donne tes seize ans
Come, give your sixteen years
À ta fureur de vivre
To your fury for living
Le chemin des Amants
The path of Lovers
Est le seul qu'il faut suivre
Is the only one worth following
Viens, donne ton cœur
Come, give your heart
Mon amour à l'amour
My love to love
Qui attend, pour prendre tes seize ans
That waits, to take your sixteen years
Donne tes seize ans
Give your sixteen years
Donne tes seize ans
Give your sixteen years
Key vocabulary
- viens
- come
- donne
- giveA1
- forme
- shapeA1
- main
- handA1
- peu
- fewA1
- prend
- takesA1
- seize
- sixteenA1
- transforme
- transformA1
- seul
- aloneA1
- faut
- must
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.