Charles Aznavour
Les Deux Guitares lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1960
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 3:50
Deux tziganes sans répit
Two gypsies without rest
Grattent leur guitare
Strumming their guitar
Ranimant du fond des nuits
Reviving from the depths of nights
Toute ma mémoire
All my memories
Sans savoir que roule en moi
Unknowing that within me flows
Un flot de détresse
A tide of distress
Font renaître sous leurs doigts
They bring to life under their fingers
Ma folle jeunesse
My wild youth
Ekh raz yechtcho raz yechtcho mnogo mnogo raz
Eh-eh, once more, once more, many many times
Ekh raz yechtcho raz yechtcho mnogo mnogo raz
Eh-eh, once more, once more, many many times
Jouez tziganes jouez pour moi
Play, gypsies, play for me
Avec plus de flamme
With even more fire
Afin de couvrir la voix
To drown out the voice
Qui dit à mon âme
That speaks to my soul
Où as-tu mal, pourquoi as-tu mal?
Where do you hurt, why do you hurt?
Ah t'as mal à la tête
Ah, you've got a headache
Mais bois un peu moins aujourd'hui tu boiras plus demain
But drink a little less today, you’ll drink more tomorrow
Et encore plus après-demain
And even more the day after tomorrow
Ekh raz yechtcho raz yechtcho mnogo mnogo raz
Oh once again, just once again, many, many times
Ekh raz yechtcho raz yechtcho mnogo mnogo raz
Oh once again, just once again, many, many times
Je veux rire et chanter
I want to laugh and sing
Et soûler ma peine
And drown my sorrow
Pour oublier le passé
To forget the past
Qu'avec moi je traîne
That I drag along with me
Apportez-moi du vin fort
Bring me strong wine
Car le vin délivre
For wine sets me free
Oh versez, versez-m'en encore
Oh pour, pour me some more
Pour que je m'enivre
So I can get drunk
Ekh raz yechtcho raz yechtcho mnogo mnogo raz
Eh-eh, once I tell you, once I tell you many, many times
Ekh raz yechtcho raz yechtcho mnogo mnogo raz
Eh-eh, once I tell you, once I tell you many, many times
Deux guitares en ma pensée
Two guitars in my thoughts
Jettent un trouble immense
Create an immense turmoil
M'expliquant la vanité
Explaining to me the vanity
De notre existence
Of our existence
Que vivons-nous, pourquoi vivons-nous?
What do we live for, why do we live?
Quelle est la raison d'être?
What is the reason to be?
Tu es vivant aujourd'hui, tu seras mort demain
You are alive today, you'll be dead tomorrow
Et encore plus après-demain
And even more the day after tomorrow
Ekh raz yechtcho raz yechtcho mnogo mnogo raz
Eh-eh, once you say, once you say, many many times
Ekh raz yechtcho raz yechtcho mnogo mnogo raz
Eh-eh, once you say, once you say, many many times
Quand je serai ivre-mort
When I'm dead drunk
Faible et lamentable
Weak and pitiful
Et que vous verrez mon corps
And when you see my body
Rouler sous la table
Rolling under the table
Alors vous pourrez cesser
Then you can stop
Vos chants qui résonnent
Your songs that echo
En attendant jouez
In the meantime, play
Jouez je m'abandonne
Play, I surrender
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Key vocabulary
- tziganes
- GypsiesC1
- répit
- respiteC1
- grattent
- scratch
- guitare
- guitarA2
- ranimant
- reviving
- fond
- meltsA2
- toute
- allB1
- mémoire
- memoryB1
- font
- make
- doigts
- fingersA2
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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.