Charles Aznavour
Les Deux Pigeons lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1963
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:49
Deux pigeons s'aimaient d'amour tendre
Two doves loved each other tenderly
Mais l'un d'eux a quitté leur toit
But one of them left their nest
Ils sont longs les jours de l'attente
The days of waiting are long
Et longues sont les nuits sans toi
And the nights without you are long
Un pigeon regrettait son frère, moi, je regrette mon bel amour
One dove missed his brother, I miss my beautiful love
Comme lui j'attends un bruit d'ailes
Like him, I wait for the sound of wings
Le doux bruit d'ailes de son retour
The sweet sound of wings of their return
J'ai laissé partir avec elle le bonheur qui nous était dû
I let happiness go with her, the joy that was ours
Sur le chemin du temps perdu
On the road of lost time
Amant, heureux amant, redites-le souvent
Lover, happy lover, say it often
Une absence est toujours trop longue
An absence is always too long
Rien ne sert de courir le monde
There's no use running the world
L'amour passe et les feuilles tombent
Love passes and the leaves fall
Quand tourne la rose des vents
When the wind rose turns
Deux pigeons s'aimaient d'amour tendre
Two pigeons loved each other tenderly
Mais l'un d'eux a quitté leur toit
But one of them left their nest
Ils sont longs les jours de l'attente
The days of waiting are long
Et longues sont les nuits sans toi
And the nights without you are long
Un pigeon regrettait son frère, moi, je regrette mon bel amour
One pigeon regretted its brother, I regret my beautiful love
Comme lui j'attends un bruit d'ailes
Like him, I wait for a sound of wings
Le doux bruit d'ailes de son retour
The sweet sound of wings returning
J'ai laissé partir avec elle le bonheur qui nous était dû
I let happiness, which was ours, leave with her
Sur le chemin du temps perdu
On the path of lost time
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Key vocabulary
- attente
- wait
- longues
- longA1
- nuits
- nightsA1
- regrettait
- regretted
- frère
- brotherA1
- regrette
- regretsA1
- bel
- beautiful
- attends
- wait
- bruit
- noiseA1
- ailes
- wings
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.