Charles Aznavour
Sarah lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1965
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 2:13
Dans la boutique du tailleur
In the tailor's shop
Tes vieux parents, tes frères, tes sœurs
Your old parents, your brothers, your sisters
Nous avons tant de peine au cœur
We have so much pain in our hearts
Sarah, Sarah reviens vers nous
Sarah, Sarah come back to us
Mamie ne cesse de pleurer
Grandma never stops crying
Sa grande enfant, son adorée
Her big child, her beloved
Tu fus toujours sa préférée
You were always her favorite
Sarah, Sarah reviens vers nous
Sarah, Sarah come back to us
De quoi avais-tu donc besoin
What did you really need?
Chez nous tu ne manquais de rien
At our place, you lacked for nothing
Pourquoi es-tu partie si loin?
Why did you go so far away?
Ici quel vide tout à coup
Here, what emptiness all of a sudden
Papy commence à être vieux
Grandpa is starting to get old
Il a déjà de mauvais yeux
He already has poor eyesight
Te sachant là il irait mieux
Knowing you're there, he'd feel better
Sarah, Sarah reviens vers nous
Sarah, Sarah, come back to us
Dans la boutique du tailleur
In the tailor's shop
Tes vieux parents, tes frères, tes sœurs
Your old parents, your brothers, your sisters
Retrouveront l'ancien bonheur
Will find their old happiness again
Sarah, Sarah si tu reviens
Sarah, Sarah, if you come back
Quand attablés les soirs d'hiver
When seated at the table on winter nights
Lorsqu'un à un Mamie nous sert
As one by one Grandma serves us
Nous sentons qu'il manque un couvert
We feel that a place is missing
Sarah, Sarah que c'est le tien
Sarah, Sarah, it's yours
On lit tes lettres d'Amérique
We read your letters from America
T'as fait un parti magnifique
You've made a magnificent life
Alors tes sentiments s'expliquent
So your feelings are understandable
Tu veux oublier d'où tu viens
You want to forget where you come from
Hélène aura bientôt 20 ans
Hélène will soon be 20 years old
Elle s'en ira peut-être avant
She might leave before then
On ne vit pas pour ses parents
We don't live for our parents
Sarah, Sarah je le sais bien
Sarah, Sarah I know it well
Sois donc heureuse et sans regret
So be happy and without regret
Mais ne nous oublie pas tout à fait
But don't completely forget us
Tu as la vie dont tu rêvais
You have the life you dreamed of
Sarah, Sarah tant pis pour nous
Sarah, Sarah too bad for us
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Key vocabulary
- oublie
- forgetA1
- aura
- will haveB2
- vit
- livesB2
- bien
- wellC1
- pis
- worseA2
- sentiments
- feelingsA2
- besoin
- needA1
- bonheur
- happinessA1
- boutique
- shopA1
- cœur
- heartA1
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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.