Charles Aznavour
Sylvie lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1963
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:14
Sylvie
Où sont tes plaisirs et tes rires d'enfant ?
Where are your pleasures and your childhood laughs?
Sylvie
Où sont tes désirs de mordre à belles dents ?
Where are your desires to bite with beautiful teeth?
La vie éveillant tes jeunes printemps
Life awakening your young springs
A l'aube de tes joies, tu pleures déjà
At the dawn of your joys, you already weep
Pour un garçon insensé qui un jour
For a foolish boy who one day
Sans raison a brisé pour toujours
Without reason shattered forever
Les espoirs de ton cœur plein d'amour
The hopes of your heart full of love
Tu pleures...
You weep...
Sylvie
Ce que l'on voit fuir ne se rattrape pas
What we see flee cannot be caught again
Sylvie
Armé d'un sourire, un inconnu viendra
Armed with a smile, a stranger will come
Ravi d'apporter des rêves en toi
Delighted to bring dreams into you
Par un nouveau bonheur au fond de ton cœur
Through a new happiness deep in your heart
Viens, car à l'âge d'aimer, le chagrin ne doit pas t'effleurer
Come, for at the age of love, sorrow must not touch you
Car demain peut sombrer ton malheur
For tomorrow may see your misfortune sink
Puisque rien ne demeure
Since nothing remains
Sylvie
Quand on a l'espoir, tout peut recommencer
When hope is alive, everything can start anew
Sylvie
Range ton mouchoir et repoudre ton nez
Put away your handkerchief and re-powder your nose
Souris, car la vie se traîne à tes pieds
Smile, for life is crawling at your feet
Ne la repousse pas, tu regretteras
Don't push her away, you'll regret it
Quand les années s'enfuiront
When the years slip away
Que le temps me donnera raison
That time will prove me right
Tristement, tu te diras : "Trop tard !"
Sadly, you will say to yourself: 'Too late!'
En fouillant ta mémoire
While rummaging through your memory
Sylvie
Là tu comprendras ce que tu as perdu
There you'll understand what you have lost
Sylvie
Les jours d'autrefois ne se revivent plus
The days of yesteryears cannot be relived
Aussi, ouvre ton cœur à l'inconnu
So, open your heart to the unknown
Qui changera tes jours par un cri d'amour
That will change your days with a cry of love
Qui changera tes jours par un cri d'amour
That will change your days with a cry of love
Key vocabulary
- traîne
- dragB1
- tristement
- sadlyB1
- plein
- fullA1
- plaisirs
- pleasuresA1
- rires
- laughterA1
- aube
- dawn
- pleures
- criesB2
- autrefois
- formerly
- revivent
- revive
- 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.