Charles Aznavour
Les Petits Matins lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1962
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:44
Pauvre fille éprise, un peu par sottise
Poor girl in love, a bit out of foolishness
Beaucoup par surprise, au fond, dis-toi bien
Mostly by surprise, deep down, keep in mind
Que le jour qui crève, la nuit et se lève
That the day which breaks, the night and then rises
Peut briser tes rêves au petit matin
Can shatter your dreams at the break of dawn
Les petits matins, les petits matins
Those little mornings, those little mornings
Se jouent du destin, s'ils comblent les uns
Play games with fate, if they fulfill some
Ils frappent les autres et la vie est toute autre
They strike others and life is so different
Car ils sont incertains, les petits matins
For they are uncertain, those little mornings
Rien n'est plus fragile, rien n'est plus stérile
Nothing is more fragile, nothing is more barren
Qu'un bonheur facile qui nous tend la main
Than an easy happiness that reaches out its hand
Et souvent fillette qu'a perdu la tête
And often the girl who's lost her head
Pleure sa défaite au petit matin
Cries for her defeat at the early dawn
Les petits matins, les petits matins
The early dawns, the early dawns
Se jouent du destin, s'ils comblent les uns
Play with fate, if they fulfill some
Ils frappent les autres et la vie est toute autre
They strike the others and life is quite different
Car ils sont incertains, les petits matins
For they are uncertain, the early dawns
Mais pour qui s'enivre de la joie de vivre
But for those who drink in the joy of living
Le jour le délivre quand la nuit déteint
The day frees them when the night fades away
Car tout recommence, la vie se dépense
For everything starts anew, life is spent
Pour trouver sa chance au petit matin
To find their chance at the early dawn
Les petits matins, les petits matins
The little mornings, the little mornings
Se jouent du destin, s'ils comblent les uns
Mocking fate, if they fulfill some
Ils frappent les autres et la vie est toute autre
They strike others and life is so different
Car ils sont incertains, les petits matins
For they are uncertain, the little mornings
Allez, petit matin
Come on, little morning
Allez, petit matin
Come on, little morning
Allez, petit matin
Come on, little morning
Allez
Come on
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Key vocabulary
- petits
- smallA1
- peu
- fewA1
- rêves
- dreamsA1
- uns
- someA1
- vie
- lifeA1
- autre
- otherA1
- incertains
- uncertainB2
- stérile
- sterile
- bonheur
- happinessA1
- facile
- easyA1
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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.