
Charles Aznavour
Le Temps des caresses lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1963
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 1:36
Chaque jour, tu dis que tu m'aimes
Every day, you say you love me
Pourtant, tu restes loin de moi
Yet you stay far from me
Et au lieu d'être dans mes bras
And instead of being in my arms
Tu dors avec tes problèmes
You sleep with your troubles
Ceux qui te parlent de sagesse
Those who speak to you of wisdom
Crois-moi, ne les écoute pas
Believe me, don't listen to them
Ceux-là ont oublié déjà le temps des caresses
Those have already forgotten the time of caresses
Tu verras dans ta chair trop sage
You'll see in your overly wise flesh
S'imprimer la marque des ans
The mark of the years impressed
Et le grand sablier du temps
And the great hourglass of time
Creusera ton jeune visage
Will carve your young face
Je ne veux pas que tu connaisses
I don't want you to know
Le sort de la rose fanée
The fate of the wilted rose
Que nul n'a jamais respirée
That no one has ever breathed
Viens cueillir le temps des caresses
Come gather the time for caresses
Tu es belle et très désirable
You are beautiful and very desirable
Te voici à l'âge béni
Here you are at the blessed age
Où c'est en faisant des folies
Where it's in making foolishness
Que l'on est raisonnable
That we are reasonable
Ne gâche pas notre jeunesse
Don't waste our youth
Car nous ne la revivrons pas
For we will not relive it again
Viens, mon cœur, goûter avec moi le temps des caresses
Come, my heart, let's savor together the time of caresses
Il y a tant de gens sur Terre
There are so many people on Earth
Qui ont cherché le grand amour
Who have sought true love
Sans le rencontrer un seul jour
Without meeting it even for a day
Ils nous envient, les solitaires
They envy us, the lonely ones
Car cet univers de tendresse
For this universe of tenderness
Nous le tenons entre nos mains
We hold it in our hands
Je le sais, tu viendras demain
I know you will come tomorrow
Partager le temps des caresses
To share the time of caresses
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Key vocabulary
- chaque
- eachA1
- pourtant
- yetA1
- restes
- remainsA1
- goûter
- tasteA1
- jamais
- neverA1
- jeune
- youngA1
- jeunesse
- youthA1
- loin
- farA1
- mains
- handsA1
- marque
- markA1
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.