
Charles Aznavour
Tu n’as plus lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1962
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 3:09
On a tous les deux couru le cotillon
We've both danced the night away
Il est temps mon vieux de baisser pavillon
It's time, my old friend, to lower the flag
T'as dépasser l'âge limite, la marge de sécurité
You've exceeded the age limit, the safety margin
T'es un Don Juan mangé aux mites qui ferait mieux de se caser
You're a Don Juan eaten by moths who should really settle down
Tu n'as plus, tu n'as plus
You no longer have, you no longer have
La vigueur qu'à 20 ans tu as eue
The vigor you had at 20 years old
Et ne peut plus atteindre le but
And can no longer reach the goal
Qu'elles espèrent
That they hope for
Tu n'as plus, tu n'as plus
You no longer have, you no longer have
Ta superbe, t'as l'air d'un vaincu
Your grandeur, you look like a defeated one
Et devant tes ardeurs disparues, rien à faire
And before your lost passions, there's nothing to be done
Tu n'as pas de ressort, tu es triste à mourir
You have no spring left, you're sad to death
Et les femmes ont un corps assoiffé de plaisir
And women have a body thirsty for pleasure
Où est cet âge d'or qui connut tes désirs légendaires
Where is that golden age that knew your legendary desires
Tu n'as plus, tu n'as plus
You have no more, you have no more
Que la force de rêver sans plus
Than the strength to dream and nothing more
Seule ta mémoire a survécu à la guerre
Only your memory has survived the war
Tu n'as plus, tu n'as plus
You have no more, you have no more
Un physique à leur crever la vue
A body to leave them breathless
Mon ami regarde-toi dans u-une glace
My friend, look at yourself in a mirror
Tu n'as plus, tu n'as plus
You no longer, you no longer
L'âge pour enflammer l'ingénue
Have the age to ignite the naïve
Le temps des fredaines est révolu
The time for frivolities is over
Tu te tasses
You shrink away
Tu es ce fruit fané que nul ne veut cueillir
You are that withered fruit no one wants to pick
À quoi bon le presser pour n'en rien recueillir
What’s the point of squeezing it if nothing's to be gained
Tu devrais te marier avant que l'avenir ne grimace
You should marry before the future makes a grimace
Tu n'as plus, tu n'as plus
You no longer, you no longer
Le droit de te permettre un refus
Have the right to allow yourself a refusal
Sans ardeur faudra du superflu
Without passion, there’ll be some excess
Mais en masse
But in bulk
Tu n'as plus, tu n'as plus
You have no more, you have no more
Qu'à te faire une raison vois-tu
Than to make a reason for yourself, you see
Elles sont nulles et non avenues, tes promesses
Your promises are worthless and non-existent
Tu n'as plus, tu n'as plus
You have no more, you have no more
Plus qu'à faire des enfants tant et plus
Only to make children, so much and more
Car c'est ainsi que l'on perpétue, sa jeunesse
For this is how we perpetuate our youth
Sur ton front dégagé luisant de mille éclairs
On your clear forehead shining with a thousand sparks
Si elles ne sont gâtées, il poussera mon cher
If they are not spoiled, my dear, it will grow
Ces merveilleux trophées que l'on prend sur les cerfs
Those wonderful trophies we take from the deer
Qu'on dépèce
That we carve up
Tu n'as plus, non, tu n'as plus
You no longer have, no, you no longer have
Le moyen de les lancer aux nues
The way to cast them to the skies
Aussi quand elles voudront leur dû
So when they want what they're due
De caresses
Of caresses
Il te faudra payer leur vertu
You'll have to pay for their virtue
En espèces
In cash
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Key vocabulary
- ami
- friendA1
- regarde-toi
- look at yourself
- u-une
- one
- enflammer
- to inflameB2
- ingénue
- ingenue
- fredaines
- mischiefs
- révolu
- over
- fané
- wiltedC2
- veut
- wants
- devrais
- should
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.