Charles Aznavour
Yerushalaim lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1967
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 2:19
De temps en temps, comme un enfant
From time to time, like a child
Ma pensée te dessine, Yerushalaïm
My thoughts paint you, Yerushalaïm
De loin en loin, tu n'es plus qu'un
From far and wide, you're nothing but a
Rêve qui tombe en ruine, Yerushalaïm
Dream that falls to ruin, Yerushalaïm
Tels ces émigrants dont les yeux brûlants
Like those immigrants with burning eyes
S'ouvrent à l'écho de ton nom
Opening to the echo of your name
D'au-delà des mers souvent à travers
From across the seas often through
D'hostiles et dures régions
Hostile and harsh regions
J'étais venu, mains vides et pieds nus
I had come, empty-handed and barefoot
À toi Yerushalaïm
To you, Yerushalaïm
Pour me garder, tu as cloué
To keep me, you nailed
L'amour dans ma poitrine, Yerushalaïm
Love in my chest, Yerushalaïm
Où sont mes joies, n'y a-t-il pas
Where are my joys, is there not
De bonheur sans épines? Yerushalaïm
Happiness without thorns? Yerushalaïm
Tout s'est acharné pour nous déchirer
Everything has conspired to tear us apart
Et le brouillard de nos pleurs
And the fog of our tears
A troublé l'azur, élevant un mur
Has clouded the blue, raising a wall
Entre son coeur et mon coeur
Between his heart and my heart
Mais j'ai en moi l'espoir toutefois
But I still hold hope within
Que l'amour encore renaisse
That love will be born again
Et vive encore pour toi, Yerushalaïm
And live again for you, Jerusalem
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Key vocabulary
- mers
- seasA1
- mur
- wallA1
- nom
- nameA1
- pieds
- feetA1
- régions
- regionsA1
- rêve
- dreamA1
- souvent
- oftenA1
- tombe
- fallsA1
- tout
- allA1
- vides
- emptyA1
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.