Charles Aznavour
J’aimerai lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1967
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:13
J'aimerais t'apprendre du monde
I would like to teach you about the world
Tout ce que j'en ai oublié
All that I have forgotten about it
Et courir devant tes pensées
And run ahead of your thoughts
J'aimerais prendre de ton âge
I would like to take some of your youth
Faire peau neuve en tes printemps
To refresh myself in your springs
Et m'enrichir en te donnant
And enrich myself by giving to you
Tu découvres à peine les choses
You are just beginning to discover things
Moi je suis entre chien et loup
I find myself between dog and wolf
Tu te blesses aux premières roses
You hurt yourself on the first roses
Ma vie est rongée des deux bouts
My life is gnawed at both ends
J'aimerais partager tes peines
I would love to share your sorrows
J'aimerais provoquer tes joies
I would love to spark your joys
Mais ça ne dépend que de toi, toi
But it only depends on you, you
J'aimerais t'apprendre l'enfance
I would love to teach you childhood
Moi qui ne l'ai jamais connue
I who have never known it
Car tu n'y penses déjà plus
For you no longer think of it
J'aimerais rêver dans tes rêves
I would love to dream in your dreams
Et serrant ton front sur mon cœur
And pressing your forehead to my heart
Ne plus penser au temps qui meurt
No longer think of the time that dies
Tu viens de crever ta coquille
You just broke out of your shell
Moi le ciel ne voit plus mes yeux
Me, the sky no longer sees my eyes
Tu veux égarer ta famille
You want to mislead your family
Je cherche à reconnaître Dieu
I'm trying to recognize God
J'aimerais t'expliquer la vie
I'd like to explain life to you
J'aimerais t'enseigner l'amour
I'd like to teach you love
Redonner le jour à tes jours
To bring light back to your days
Des millions de fois
Millions of times
Mais ça ne dépend que de toi
But it only depends on you
Key vocabulary
- dépend
- dependsA2
- loup
- wolfA2
- peau
- skinA2
- aimerais
- would like
- apprendre
- learn
- enrichir
- enrich
- donnant
- giving
- découvres
- discover
- jours
- daysA1
- fois
- timeB2
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.