Charles Aznavour
Ma mie lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1966
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 2:02
Tu es la vague, tu es la mer
You are the wave, you are the sea
Tu es l'orage et les éclairs
You are the storm and the lightning
Tu es le monde et l'univers, ma mie
You are the world and the universe, my dear
Tu es la terre et la moisson
You are the earth and the harvest
Tu es les lacs, tu es les monts
You are the lakes, you are the mountains
Tu es le ciel et l'horizon, ma mie
You are the sky and the horizon, my dear
Tu es, tu es au fond de moi
You are, you are deep inside me
Tout ce qui pleure et ce qui rit
All that cries and all that laughs
Tout ce qui meurt et ce qui vit
All that dies and all that lives
Tout ce qui reste et qui s'en va
All that remains and all that departs
Tu es la pierre et le sable fin
You are the stone and the fine sand
Tu es la fleur et le parfum
You are the flower and the fragrance
Tu es le début et la fin, ma mie
You are the beginning and the end, my dear
Tu es le calme, tu es le vent
You are the calm, you are the wind
Tu es l'infini et le temps
You are the infinite and the time
Tu es l'hiver et le printemps, ma mie
You are the winter and the spring, my dear
Tu es la branche, tu es le fruit
You are the branch, you are the fruit
Tu es le jour, tu es la nuit
You are the day, you are the night
Tu es le soleil et la pluie, ma mie
You are the sun and the rain, my dear
Mais lorsque tu pars, mon amour
But when you leave, my love
Tout devient montre, devient seuil
Everything becomes a watch, becomes a threshold
Se tend de noir et prend le deuil
Stretches into black and takes on mourning
Et en attendant ton retour
And while waiting for your return
Je suis la cendre, le feu et le bois
I am the ashes, the fire, and the wood
Je suis le chaud, je suis le froid
I am the warmth, I am the cold
Je suis le Christ, je suis la croix, ma mie
I am the Christ, I am the cross, my dear
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Key vocabulary
- bois
- woodA1
- calme
- calmA1
- vague
- waveB1
- mer
- seaA1
- va
- go
- hiver
- winter
- seuil
- thresholdB1
- tend
- tendsB1
- croix
- crossB1
- fond
- meltsA2
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.