Charles Aznavour
Venecia sin ti lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1965
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 2:43
Qué profunda emoción recordar el ayer
What a deep emotion to remember yesterday
Cuando todo en Venecia, me hablaba de amor
When everything in Venice was speaking of love to me
Ante mi soledad en el atardecer
Before my solitude at dusk
Tu lejano recuerdo me viene a buscar
Your distant memory comes to seek me
Qué callada quietud, qué tristeza sin fin
What quiet stillness, what endless sadness
Qué distinta Venecia si me faltas tú
How different Venice is if you are missing
Una góndola va, cobijando un amor
A gondola sails, sheltering a love
El que yo te entregué, dime tú, ¿dónde está?
The one I gave to you, tell me, where is it now?
Qué tristeza hay en ti, no pareces igual
What sadness is in you, you don't seem the same
Eres otra Venecia más fria y más gris
You are another Venice, colder and grayer
El sereno canal de romantica luz
The serene canal of romantic light
Y anoche en el encanto que hacía soñar
And last night in the charm that made us dream
Qué callada quietud, qué tristeza sin fin
What quiet stillness, what endless sadness
Qué distinta Venecia si me faltas tú
How different Venice would be if you were missing
Ni la luna al pasar tiene el mismo fulgor
Not even the moon passing by has the same glow
Qué triste y sola está Venecia sin tu amor
How sad and alone Venice is without your love
Como sufro al pensar que en Venecia murió
How I suffer to think that in Venice it died
El amor que jurabas eterno guardar
The love you swore to keep forever
Solo queda un adiós, que no puedo olvidar
Only a goodbye remains, which I can't forget
Hoy Venecia sin ti, qué triste y sola está
Today Venice without you, how sad and alone it is
Key vocabulary
- qué
- whatA1
- profunda
- deep
- emoción
- emotion
- recordar
- remember
- el
- he
- ayer
- yesterday
- cuando
- when
- buscar
- search
- callada
- silent
- quietud
- stillness
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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.