Charles Aznavour
Qui ? lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1963
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 3:37
Qui frôlera tes lèvres
Who will brush against your lips
Et vibrant de fièvre
And vibrating with fever
Surprenant ton corps
Surprising your body
Deviendra ton maître
Will become your master
En y faisant naître
By giving birth to
Un nouveau bien-être
A new sense of well-being
Un autre bonheur?
Another happiness?
Qui prendra la relève
Who will take the lead
Pour combler tes rêves
To fulfill your dreams
Et sans un remords
And without a regret
D'un éclat de rire
With a burst of laughter
Saura te conduire
Will know how to lead you
À mieux me détruire
To better destroy me
Au fond de ton cœur?
Deep in your heart?
Qui peut être cet autre
Who could be that other
Qui sera cet intrus?
Who will be this intruder?
Dans tout ce qui fut nôtre
In all that was ours
Quand je ne serais plus?
When I am no more?
Qui prendra ta faiblesse
Who will take your weakness
Avec des caresses
With gentle caresses
Et des mots d'amour
And words of love
Et couvrant d'oubli
And cloaking in forgetfulness
Nos jours de folies?
Our days of madness?
Qui prendra ta vie
Who will take your life
Au bout de mes jours?
At the end of my days?
Nous vivons à vingt ans d'écart
We live twenty years apart
Notre amour est démesuré
Our love is immense
Et j'ai le cœur au désespoir
And my heart is in despair
Pour ces années
For these years
Car lorsque mes yeux seront clos
For when my eyes are closed
D'autres yeux vont te contempler
Other eyes will gaze upon you
Aussi je lutte avec ce mot
So I wrestle with this word
De ma pensée
Of my thoughts
Qui sans que tu protestes
Which, without your protest,
Refera les gestes
Will recreate the gestures
Qui ne sont qu'à nous
That belong only to us
Lorsque je t'embrasse
When I kiss you
Lorsque je t'enlace
When I hold you tight
Qui prendra ma place
Who will take my place
Autour de ton cou?
Around your neck?
Qui connaîtra tes scènes
Who will know your scenes
De folie soudaine
Of sudden madness
Ou bien de courroux?
Or of wrath?
Qui aura la chance
Who will have the chance
D'avoir ta présence
To have your presence
Souvent quand j'y pense
Often when I think of it
Je deviens jaloux
I become envious
Qui? Nul ne peut le dire
Who? No one can say it
Qui? Nous n'en savons rien
Who? We know nothing of it
Et mon cœur se déchire
And my heart is torn apart
En pensant que quelqu'un
Thinking that someone
Te prendra un je t'aime
Will take your I love you
Et par ce je t'aime
And by this I love you
Je le sais déjà
I already know it
Il prendra ta bouche
He will take your lips
Il prendra ta couche
He will take your bed
Et m'enterrera
And will bury me
Pour la seconde fois
For the second time
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Key vocabulary
- amour
- loveA1
- déjà
- alreadyA1
- dire
- sayA1
- mieux
- betterA1
- mot
- wordA1
- mots
- wordsA1
- nouveau
- newA1
- nul
- uselessA1
- pense
- thinksA1
- plus
- moreA1
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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.