Charles Aznavour
Trousse‐chemise lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1962
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:26
Dans le petit bois de Trousse chemise
In the little woods of Trousse chemise
Quand la mer est grise et qu'on l'est un peu
When the sea is gray and we're feeling a bit the same
Dans le petit bois de Trousse chemise
In the little woods of Trousse chemise
On fait des bêtises, souviens-toi nous deux
We did foolish things, remember us two
On était partis pour Trousse chemise
We had set off for Trousse chemise
Guettés par les vieilles derrière leurs volets
Watched by the old folks behind their shutters
On était partis la fleur à l'oreille
We had set off with a flower in our ear
Avec deux bouteilles de vrai muscadet
With two bottles of real muscadet
On s'était baigné à Trousse chemise
We had swum at Trousse chemise
La plage déserte était à nous deux
The deserted beach was ours alone
On s'était baigné à la découverte
We had bathed in discovery
La mer était verte, tu l'étais un peu
The sea was green, and you were a bit too
On a dans les bois de Trousse chemise
We had lunch in the Trousse chemise woods
Déjeuné sur l'herbe, mais voilà soudain
On the grass, but suddenly it happened
Que là, j'ai voulu d'un élan superbe
That there, I wanted with a grand impulse
Conjuguer le verbe aimer son prochain
To conjugate the verb to love one's neighbor
Et j'ai renversé à Trousse chemise
And I spilled at Trousse chemise
Malgré tes prières à corps défendant
Despite your prayers, defiantly
Et j'ai renversé le vin de nos verres
And I spilled the wine from our glasses
Ta robe légère et tes dix-sept ans
Your light dress and your seventeen years
Quand on est rentré de Trousse chemise
When we came back from Trousse chemise
La mer était grise, tu ne l'étais plus
The sea was gray, but you were not
Quand on est rentré la vie t'a reprise
When we came back, life took you again
T'as fait ta valise t'es jamais revenue
You packed your bags and never returned
On coupe le bois à Trousse chemise
We chop the wood at Trousse chemise
Il pleut sur la plage des mortes saisons
It rains on the beach of dead seasons
On coupe le bois, le bois de la cage
We chop the wood, the wood of the cage
Où mon cœur trop sage était en prison
Where my too wise heart was imprisoned
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Key vocabulary
- sage
- wiseA2
- revenue
- returned
- coupe
- cutA1
- pleut
- rains
- mortes
- dead
- saisons
- seasonsA2
- cœur
- heartA1
- plus
- moreA1
- prochain
- nextA1
- rentré
- returnedA1
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.