Charles Aznavour
Prends garde lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1955
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:56
Prends garde
Take care
Prends garde à toi
Take care of yourself
Lorsque ton pied frappe en cadence
When your foot strikes in rhythm
Que ton corps plein de volupté
As your body, full of pleasure
S'abandonne au feu de la danse
Surrenders to the fire of the dance
C'est comme si tu me trompais
It's as if you were deceiving me
Les hommes ont le regard qui brille
Men have a glimmer in their eyes
Tu allumes en eux le désir
You ignite desire within them
Sous leurs yeux qui te déshabillent
Under their eyes, which undress you
Tu sembles une bête à plaisir
You seem like a creature of pleasure
Prends garde
Watch out
De tous les gens qui te regardent
For all the people who watch you
Je suis peut-être le plus fou
I might be the craziest one
Prends garde
Watch out
Il se pourrait que par mégarde
It could be by mistake
Un jour, je te tords le cou
One day, I might twist your neck
Quand ton corsage se dégrafe
When your bodice comes undone
Que tu soulèves tes jupons
And you lift your skirts
Quand tes longs cheveux se décoiffent
When your long hair gets tousled
Et vont se coller à ton front
And sticks to your forehead
Quand le rythme te met en transe
When the rhythm puts you in a trance
Martelé par ton sang fougueux
Hammered by your fiery blood
Que tu surchauffes l'assistance
That you overheat the crowd
Et fais l'amour avec les yeux
And make love with your eyes
Prends garde
Take care
Il vaudrait mieux que tu évites
It would be better that you avoid
De mettre mon cœur en courroux
Putting my heart in a rage
Prends garde
Take care
Toute patience a des limites
All patience has its limits
Je sens que la mienne est à bout
I feel that mine is at its end
Jaloux de mon amour
Jealous of my love
De tous ceux qui l'entourent
Of all those around it
Il se peut que je broie
I might crush
Ta vie entre mes doigts
Your life between my fingers
Prends garde
Take care
Prends garde à toi
Watch out for yourself
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Key vocabulary
- lorsque
- whenA2
- brille
- shinesA1
- coller
- stickA2
- sang
- bloodA2
- corps
- bodyA2
- volupté
- pleasureB2
- abandonne
- abandon
- trompais
- deceived
- allumes
- igniteC2
- désir
- desireB1
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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.