Charles Aznavour
Le monde est sous nos pas lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1965
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 1:58
À chacun ses jours de joie, de misère
To each their days of joy, of sorrow
Chacun son chemin de croix sur la terre
Everyone has their own path to tread on this earth
Mais tant que la vie est là on espère
But as long as life is here, we hold on to hope
Pouvoir changer le destin dès demain
To change our fate by tomorrow
Sous la cendre de l'ennui l'amour veille
Beneath the ashes of boredom, love watches
Réchauffant une autre vie qui s'éveille
Warming another life that awakens
Et donne à nos cœur meurtris de merveilles
And brings wonders to our wounded hearts
Qui raniment à chaque instant nos printemps
Which revive our springs at every moment
Tant que l'étoile nous guide
As long as the star guides us
Le monde est sous nos pas
The world is beneath our feet
Et même s'il gronde et court au suicide
And even if it rumbles and runs to suicide
Le monde est sous nos pas
The world is beneath our feet
À travers nos jours sans gloire et nos peines
Through our days without glory and our sorrows
Au-delà du désespoir et la haine
Beyond despair and hate
Luit cette lueur d'espoir qui entraîne
Shines this glimmer of hope that pulls
Nos cœurs vers la liberté de rêver
Our hearts toward the freedom to dream
Tant que l'étoile nous guide
As long as the star guides us
Le monde est sous nos pas
The world is beneath our feet
Et même s'il gronde et court au suicide
And even if it rumbles and runs to suicide
Le monde est sous nos pas
The world is beneath our feet
Malgré notre vérité, notre histoire
Despite our truth, our story
Malgré nos jours dévastés, nos déboires
Despite our devastated days, our woes
Quand la vie semble sombrer on veut croire
When life seems to sink, we want to believe
Que le monde restera sous nos pas
That the world will remain beneath our steps
Key vocabulary
- chacun
- eachA1
- jours
- daysA1
- joie
- joyA1
- misère
- miseryB1
- chemin
- pathA1
- croix
- crossB1
- terre
- earthA1
- là
- thereA1
- espère
- hopes
- amour
- love
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.