
Charles Aznavour
Il te suffisait que je t'aime lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1964
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 3:07
Nous avions vingt ans toi et moi
We were twenty years old, you and I
Quand on a sous le même toit
When we were under the same roof
Combattu la misère ensemble
Fighting hardship together
Nous étions encore presqu'enfants
We were still almost kids
Et l'on disait en nous voyant
And people said when they saw us
"Regardez comme ils se ressemblent"
"Look how much they look alike"
Nous avons la main dans la main
We have our hands in hand
Surmonté les coups du destin
Overcome the blows of fate
Et résolu bien des problèmes
And solved many problems
Le ventre vide en privation
With empty bellies in deprivation
Tu te nourrissais d'illusions
You fed on illusions
Il te suffisait que je t'aime
It was enough for you that I loved you
Nous avons lutté tant d'années
We struggled for so many years
Que la fortune s'est donnée
That fortune decided to show up
Mais l'âge a pris ton insouciance
But age has taken your carefree spirit
Tu te traînes comme un fardeau
You drag yourself like a burden
Et ne ris plus à tout propos
And you no longer laugh at everything
Et pleures ton adolescence
And you mourn your adolescence
Et passes du matin au soir
And you go from morning to night
Des heures devant ton miroir
Hours before your mirror
Essayant des fards et des crèmes
Trying on powders and creams
Et moi, je regrette parfois
And me, I sometimes regret
Le temps où pour forger tes joies
The time when to forge your joys
Il te suffisait que je t'aime
All it took was for me to love you
Si je le pouvais mon amour
If I could, my love
Pour toi j'arrêterais le cours
For you, I would stop the flow
Des heures qui vont et s'éteignent
Of hours that go by and fade away
Mais je ne peux rien y changer
But I can't change anything about it
Car je suis comme toi logé
For I am just like you lodged
Tu le sais à la même enseigne
You know it, under the same sign
Ne cultive pas les regrets
Don't cultivate regrets
Car on ne récolte jamais
For we never reap
Que les sentiments que l'on sème
Except the feelings that we sow
Fais comme au temps des années d'or
Do like in the days of gold
Et souviens-toi qu'hier encore
And remember that just yesterday
Il te suffisait que je t'aime
All it took was for me to love you
Pour moi rien n'a vraiment changé
For me, nothing has truly changed
Je n'ai pas cessé de t'aimer
I haven't stopped loving you
Car tu as toujours tout le charme
For you still have all the charm
Que tu avais ce jour béni
That you had on that blessed day
Où devant Dieu tu as dit " oui "
Where before God you said 'yes'
Avec des yeux baignés de larmes
With eyes soaked in tears
Le printemps passe, et puis l'été
Spring passes, then summer too
Mais l'automne a des joies cachées
But autumn holds hidden joys
Qu'il te faut découvrir toi-même
That you must discover for yourself
Oublie la cruauté du temps
Forget the cruelty of time
Et rappelle-toi qu'à vingt ans
And remember that at twenty
Il te suffisait que je t'aime
It was enough for you that I loved you
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Key vocabulary
- combattu
- foughtB1
- misère
- miseryB1
- étions
- were
- disait
- said
- voyant
- seeingB2
- regardez
- look
- ressemblent
- resemble
- surmonté
- overcomeB1
- destin
- fateB1
- résolu
- resolved
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.