Charles Aznavour
Notre amour nous ressemble lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1962
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:44
Notre amour nous ressemble
Our love resembles us
On le croirait tout simple
One might think it's simple
Mais sous son apparence
But beneath its surface
D'indifférence
Of indifference
Il se tourmente
It torments itself
Notre amour nous ressemble
Our love resembles us
Il nous prend pour exemples
It takes us as examples
Et coule, insaisissable
And flows, elusive
Comme le sable
Like sand
Entre nos mains
Between our hands
Il a ton inconstance
He has your inconsistency
Et mes humeurs changeantes
And my changing moods
Accablé de problèmes
Burdened by troubles
Quelques fois même
Sometimes even
Il s'en invente
He makes some up
Il est notre enfant triste
He is our sad child
Mais au moins, il existe
But at least, he exists
Il est cette habitude
He is that habit
De double solitude
Of double solitude
Qu'on appelle l'amour
That we call love
Comme un bateau qui sombre
Like a sinking boat
Comme un rideau qui tombe
Like a curtain that falls
Sur un théâtre d'ombres
On a stage of shadows
Le jour touche à sa fin
The day is coming to an end
Une journée s'ajoute
A day is added
À notre longue route
On our long road
Où s'en vont en déroute
Where do they go in disarray
Nos rêves incertains
Our uncertain dreams
Blottis l'un contre l'autre
Cuddled up against each other
Nous revoyons nos fautes
We revisit our mistakes
Et rejetons sur d'autres
And we cast upon others
Les erreurs du passé
The mistakes of the past
N'attends pas de miracle
Don't wait for a miracle
La vie est un spectacle
Life is a performance
Voici le dernier acte
Here comes the final act
Tout peut recommencer
Everything can start anew
Notre amour nous ressemble
Our love resembles us
On le croirait tout simple
One might think it's so simple
Mais sous son apparence
But beneath its appearance
D'indifférence
Of indifference
Il se tourmente
He torments himself
Notre amour nous ressemble
Our love resembles us
Il nous prend pour exemples
He takes us for examples
Et coule, insaisissable
And flows, elusive
Comme le sable
Like the sand
Entre nos mains
Between our hands
Il a ton inconstance
He has your inconsistency
Et mes humeurs changeantes
And my changing moods
Accablé de problèmes
Burdened with problems
Quelquefois même
Sometimes even
Il s'en invente
He makes it up
Il est notre enfant triste
He is our sad child
Mais au moins, il existe
But at least, he exists
Il est cette habitude
He is this habit
De double solitude
Of double solitude
Qu'on appelle l'amour
That we call love
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Key vocabulary
- amour
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- exemples
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- humeurs
- moodsA1
- invente
- inventsA1
- longue
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- mains
- handsA1
- même
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- moins
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- passé
- pastA1
- prend
- takesA1
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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.