
Charles Aznavour
Le jour se lève lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1964
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 2:59
Voyez, le jour se lève mes amis
Look, the day is rising, my friends
Le soleil a l'air lui aussi
The sun seems to be feeling it too
De n'avoir pas beaucoup dormi
From not having slept much
Voyez, dans l'air maussade du matin
See, in the gloomy morning air
Les chapeaux et les serpentins
The hats and the streamers
Traînent sous les lampions éteints
They linger beneath the dimmed lanterns
Venez c'est fini, carnaval est mort
Come on, it's over, the carnival is dead
La ville replie ses décors
The city folds its sets
Le ciel ramasse ses étoiles
The sky gathers its stars
Venez le jour se lève avec ennui
Come, the day rises with boredom
Les illusions se sont enfuient
Illusions have slipped away
La joie n'est belle que la nuit
Joy is only beautiful at night
C'est plus tard qu'on regrette
It's later that we regret
Le souvenir est un poète
Memory is a poet
Et tant d'images de fêtes
And so many festive images
Dans notre tête
In our minds
Viennent tourner, tourbillonner
Come spinning, swirling around
Alors longtemps, longtemps à l'avance
So long, long in advance
On prépare chansons et danses
We prepare songs and dances
Tout en brûlant d'impatience
All while burning with impatience
Que recommence le carnaval
Let the carnival begin again
Voyez, le jour se lève mes amis
See, the day rises, my friends
Le silence après tout ce bruit
The silence after all this noise
Laisse au cœur un vide infini
Leaves an endless void in the heart
Voyez, chacun s'en va tout doucement
See, everyone is leaving slowly
Après le plaisir on se sent
After the pleasure, we feel
Un peu plus triste encore qu'avant
A little sadder than before
Venez, nous sommes gavés de chansons
Come, we are filled with songs
Nous sommes repus de frissons
We are sated with shivers
Nos cœurs ont calmés leur fringale
Our hearts have calmed their hunger
Venez, le jour se lève sans entrain
Come on, the day rises without enthusiasm
Il faudrait pour tous les humains
It should be for all of humanity
Qu'il n'y est pas de lendemain
That there is no tomorrow
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Key vocabulary
- tard
- lateA1
- tête
- headA1
- vide
- emptyA1
- cœur
- heartA1
- doucement
- gentlyA1
- étoiles
- starsA1
- joie
- joyA1
- nuit
- nightA1
- peu
- fewA1
- plaisir
- pleasureA1
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.