Charles Trenet
Les Chansons de la nuit lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1956
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 2:56
Les chansons de la nuit
The songs of the night
Ne sont pas les mêmes
Are not the same
Que les chansons du jour
As the songs of the day
Au soleil qui luit
In the shining sun
Car le jour on vit
For in the day we live
Mais la nuit on aime
But at night we love
On aime écouter
We love to listen
Les chansons de la nuit
To the songs of the night
Elles viennent bercer
They come to cradle
Les cœurs qui se parlent
The hearts that speak
Parfois regretter
Sometimes regret
Des bonheurs enfuis
The joys lost
Tant que je vivrai
As long as I live
J'aurai dans mon âme
I will have in my soul
Le doux souvenir
The sweet memory
Des chansons de la nuit
Of the songs of the night
Le jour la vie brutale m'emporte
The day the brutal life sweeps me away
Mais la nuit soudain surgit
But the night suddenly rises
Et dès que j'ai fermé la porte
And as soon as I have closed the door
De mon logis
Of my home
Une voix tendre s'élève
A tender voice rises
Un air que jadis tu chantais
A tune that once you sang
Un air qui tourne dans tous mes rêves
A melody that spins in all my dreams
A présent que tu m'as quitté
Now that you've left me
Les chansons de la nuit
The songs of the night
Viennent dans les demeures
Come into the homes
Pour parler d'amour
To speak of love
A nos cœurs blessés
To our wounded hearts
Les chansons de la nuit
The songs of the night
Ont des voix qui pleurent
Have voices that cry
Quand elles se souviennent
When they remember
Des beaux jours passés
The beautiful days gone by
Elles savent chanter
They know how to sing
Les lieux nostalgiques
The nostalgic places
Où nous nous aimions
Where we loved each other
Loin du monde, du bruit
Far from the world, from the noise
Et c'est nos paroles
And it's our words
Qu'elles mettent en musique
That they set to music
En souvenir de nous
In memory of us
Les chansons de la nuit
The songs of the night
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Key vocabulary
- luit
- shines
- vit
- livesB2
- aime
- loveA1
- bonheurs
- happinessA1
- bruit
- noiseA1
- chansons
- songsA1
- chanter
- singA1
- cœurs
- heartsA1
- doux
- softA1
- écouter
- listenA1
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About this song
Charles Trenet was a French singer-songwriter associated with French chanson, active for more than 60 years. He wrote both music and lyrics for nearly 1,000 songs, including “La Mer,” and collaborated with musicians Michel Emer and Léo Chauliac.