Charles Trenet
Nuit d’hiver lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1959
- Genre
- French Pop, Tradicional
- Length
- 3:11
Nuit d'hiver
Winter night
Douce nuit sans fin
Sweet night without end
Le vent gémit
The wind moans
Et nos deux cœurs chavirent
And our two hearts capsize
La rue c'est la mer
The street is the sea
Notre chambre un navire
Our room a ship
Qui s'en va vers un port
Sailing toward a port
Où n'est pas la mort
Where death is not
Mais la vie
But life
Qui fleurit demain
That blossoms tomorrow
Après la nuit
After the night
La longue nuit qui marche
The long night that walks
Qui marche comme la Seine
That walks like the Seine
Se promène sous les arches
Wandering beneath the arches
Suivant le même chemin
Following the same path
Rêve sans crainte
Dream without fear
Amour de mon cœur
Love of my heart
Que seule ta plainte
Let only your sorrow
Soit de bonheur
Be of happiness
Rêve sans nuage
Dream without a cloud
Amour de ma vie
Love of my life
Les rêves sont les héritages
Dreams are the legacies
De la nuit
Of the night
Nuit d'hiver
Winter night
Douce nuit sans fin
Sweet night without end
Le vent gémit
The wind moans
Et nos deux cœurs chavirent
And our two hearts capsize
La rue c'est la mer
The street is the sea
Notre chambre un navire
Our room a ship
Qui vogue vers son destin
Sailing toward its destiny
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Key vocabulary
- hiver
- winter
- chambre
- roomA1
- cœurs
- heartsA1
- fin
- endA1
- mer
- seaA1
- nuit
- nightA1
- rue
- streetA1
- douce
- gentle
- gémit
- groanB2
- deux
- twoB2
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.