Charles Aznavour
Que c'est triste Venise lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1964
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 2:38
Que c'est triste Venise au temps des amours mortes
How sad Venice is in the times of lost loves
Que c'est triste Venise quand on ne s'aime plus
How sad Venice is when we no longer love each other
On cherche encore des mots, mais l'ennui les emporte
We're still searching for words, but boredom sweeps them away
On voudrait bien pleurer, mais on ne le peut plus
We would like to cry, but we can no longer
Que c'est triste Venise lorsque les barcarolles
How sad Venice is when the barcarolles
Ne viennent souligner que les silences creux
Only highlight the empty silences
Et que le cœur se serre en voyant les gondoles
And how the heart tightens at the sight of the gondolas
Abriter le bonheur des couples amoureux
Harboring the happiness of loving couples
Que c'est triste Venise au temps des amours mortes
How sad Venice is in the times of lost loves
Que c'est triste Venise quand on ne s'aime plus
How sad Venice is when we no longer love each other
Les musées, les églises ouvrent en vain leurs portes
The museums, the churches open their doors in vain
Inutile beauté devant nos yeux déçus
Useless beauty before our disappointed eyes
Que c'est triste Venise, le soir sur la lagune
How sad Venice is, in the evening on the lagoon
Quand on cherche une main que l'on ne vous tend pas
When you're searching for a hand that you’re not offered
Et que l'on ironise devant le clair de lune
And you’re being ironic beneath the moonlight
Pour tenter d'oublier ce qu'on ne se dit pas
To try to forget what we never say
Adieu tous les pigeons qui nous ont fait escorte
Goodbye all the pigeons that have accompanied us
Adieu Pont des Soupirs, adieu rêves perdus
Goodbye Bridge of Sighs, goodbye lost dreams
C'est trop triste Venise au temps des amours mortes
It's too sad Venice in the time of dead loves
C'est trop triste Venise quand on ne s'aime plus
It's too sad Venice when we no longer love
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Key vocabulary
- triste
- sadA1
- peut
- can
- lorsque
- whenA2
- viennent
- come
- souligner
- underlineB2
- creux
- hollowB2
- cœur
- heartA1
- serre
- greenhouseB1
- voyant
- seeingB2
- gondoles
- gondolasC2
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.