Charles Aznavour
Tu vis ta vie, mon cœur lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1961
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:09
Tu vis ta vie, mon cœur
You live your life, my heart
À la va comme j'te pousse
With a go-as-you-please attitude
Tu fais d'un brin de mousse
You make something out of a bit of moss
Tout un printemps
A whole spring
Tu vis ta vie, mon cœur
You live your life, my heart
Tu joues à qui perd gagne
You play a game of lose to win
Et tu bats la campagne
And you beat the bushes
Comme un dément
Like a madman
Fais-toi les dents sur tes 20 ans
Sharpen your teeth on your 20s
Va, mon cœur, prends du bon temps
Go, my heart, have a good time
Tu peux semer aux quatre vents
You can sow to the four winds
L'amour se cueille au printemps
Love is gathered in the spring
Tu vis ta vie, mon cœur
You live your life, my heart
Tu te fais d'un "je t'aime"
You make from a 'I love you'
Un bouquet de poèmes
A bouquet of poems
Pour des amants
For the lovers
Qu'un autre amour vienne à te tenter
Let another love come to tempt you
Qu'un autre cœur passe à ta portée
Let another heart come within your reach
Plus rien alors ne peut t'arrêter
Then nothing can stop you
Ni regrets, ni colères
No regrets, no anger
Qu'un autre amour te tende la main
Let another love offer you a hand
Qu'un autre cœur en un tour de main
Let another heart in the blink of an eye
Change ton destin en lendemain
Change your fate into tomorrow
Et vogue la galère
And sail the galley
Tu vis ta vie, mon cœur
You live your life, my heart
À la roule ta bosse
To the roll of your bump
Tu t'emmènes en carrosse
You take yourself in a carriage
Oui, c'est merveilleux
Yes, it's wonderful
Tu vis ta vie, mon cœur
You live your life, my heart
Contre bonne fortune
Against good fortune
Tu chercherais la lune
You'd search for the moon
Dans un ciel bleu
In a blue sky
Fais-toi les dents sur tes 20 ans
Sharpen your teeth on your twenties
Va, mon cœur, prends du bon temps
Go, my heart, have a good time
Tu peux semer aux quatre vents
You can scatter to the four winds
L'amour te guette au tournant
Love waits for you around the corner
Tu vis ta vie, mon cœur
You live your life, my heart
Tu tournes dans la fête
You spin in the party
Mais quand tu fais la tête
But when you pout
Oh, y'a pas de quoi
Oh, there's no need to worry
Tu verras sans chercher
You will see without searching
Tu trouveras l'amour
You will find love
Grisée par ce bonheur
Drunk on this happiness
Tu danseras, mon cœur
You will dance, my heart
Et tu riras, mon cœur
And you will laugh, my heart
Tu chanteras, mon cœur
You will sing, my heart
Et tu vivras, mon cœur
And you will live, my heart
Ta vie en un seul jour
Your life in a single day
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Key vocabulary
- vis
- lifeB2
- colères
- angerA1
- dents
- teethA1
- fais
- doA1
- gagne
- earnsA1
- main
- handA1
- cœur
- heartA1
- va
- go
- pousse
- growsA2
- joues
- cheeksB1
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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.