Charles Aznavour
Il viendra ce jour lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1963
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:15
Il viendra
He will come
Ce jour où les amoureux
The day when lovers
Malheureux
Unhappy ones
Sècheront enfin leurs pleurs
Will finally dry their tears
Il viendra
He will come
Ce matin où les clairons
That morning when the trumpets
Sonneront
Will sound
Leur appel du bonheur
Their call to happiness
Les trompés sortiront de leurs sanglots
The deceived will emerge from their sobs
Pour connaître le repos
To find peace
De leurs coeurs
From their hearts
Et les femmes abandonnées
And the abandoned women
Comme les hommes bafoués
Like the wronged men
Pourront se sentir vainqueurs
Will be able to feel victorious
Il viendra
He will come
Ce jour où tous les tambours
That day when all the drums
De l'amour
Of love
Rouleront à l'unisson
Will roll in unison
Il viendra
He will come
Pour effacer nos chagrins
To erase our sorrows
Mettant fin
Putting an end
Aux guerres des passions
To the wars of passion
Il viendra
He will come
Tôt ou tard ce temps perdu
Sooner or later this lost time
Révolu
Gone forever
Que l'on prétend sans retour
That we claim has no return
Il viendra
He will come
Faisant flotter l'étandard
Waving the banner
De l'espoir
Of hope
Pour nous porter secours
To bring us aid
Terrassant nos larmes et nos rancoeurs
Overcoming our tears and our resentments
Au cri de debout les coeurs
At the cry of rise, hearts
Les plus lourds
The heaviest ones
Et les amants séparés
And the separated lovers
La foule des mal-aimés
The crowd of the unloved
Seront unis pour toujours
Will be united forever
Il viendra
He will come
Par les villes et par les champs
Through the cities and through the fields
Écrasant
Crushing
Les mortes-saisons d'amour
The dead seasons of love
Il viendra
He will come
Donner contre nos tourments
To bring an end to our sorrows
L'éclatant
The shining
Soleil de ses beaux jours
Sun of his beautiful days
Il viendra
He will come
Ce jour où les coeurs brissés
That day when broken hearts
Vont marcher
Will walk
Au pas de leurs souvenirs
In step with their memories
Il viendra
He will come
Avec toi qui reviendra
With you who will return
Dans mes bras
In my arms
Pour ne plus repartir
So you won't leave again
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Key vocabulary
- trompés
- fooledB2
- viendra
- will come
- amoureux
- in loveA1
- malheureux
- unhappyA2
- sècheront
- will dry
- pleurs
- tears
- clairons
- trumpetsC1
- sonneront
- will ring
- appel
- callB1
- bonheur
- happinessA1
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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.