Charles Trenet
Ô, ma vie lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 2:30
Ma vie, ô ma vie
My life, oh my life
Fut une longue épreuve avec toi
Was a long trial with you
Ma vie, ô ma vie
My life, oh my life
Un incroyable chemin de croix
An incredible path of suffering
Ma vie, oui ma vie
My life, yes my life
Écorchée à l'acier de ton coeur
Scarred by the steel of your heart
Ma vie, ô ma vie
My life, oh my life
N'a vécu que d'angoisse et de peur
Has lived only in anguish and fear
Ma vie, ô ma vie
My life, oh my life
Dans l'égoïsme de tes 20 ans
In the selfishness of your 20s
Ma vie, oui ma vie!
My life, yes my life!
Y as-tu songé un seul instant
Did you think of it for a single moment
Ma vie, ma vie
My life, my life
Tu l'as déchirée, piétinée comme à plaisir
You tore it apart, trampled it just for fun
Ma vie, ô ma vie
My life, oh my life
Dans tes mains est morte avant que de mourir
In your hands it died before it could live
Ma mie, cruelle amie
My love, cruel friend
N'entends-tu pas la voix de mon coeur
Don't you hear the voice of my heart
Ma mie, dis-moi ma mie
My love, tell me my love
Le bonheur, le bonheur ne serait-il qu'un leurre
Happiness, happiness, could it just be an illusion?
Sans bruit, sans un cri
Without a sound, without a cry
Nous aurions pu voir fleurir tous deux des jours meilleurs
We could have seen better days bloom for both of us
Ma mie, ô ma mie
My dear, oh my dear
Mais je n'ai fait dans tes bras que le tour du malheur
But in your arms, I only went around misfortune
Ma vie, ma pauvre vie
My life, my poor life
Un jour tu t'as laissée gisant sur le flanc sans un adieu
One day you left me lying on my side without a goodbye
Ma vie, ma triste vie
My life, my sad life
Je t'en supplie, reprends-là, fais-en ce que tu veux
I beg you, take it back, do with it what you will
Ma vie, ma vie
My life, my life
Je n'en saurais que faire, elle n'est même plus à moi
I wouldn't know what to do with it, it's not even mine anymore
Car ma vie
For my life
Oui ma vie
Yes, my life
Est à toi
Is yours
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Key vocabulary
- ô
- ohB2
- fut
- was
- épreuve
- testB1
- croix
- crossB1
- oui
- yesA1
- angoisse
- anguish
- égoïsme
- selfishness
- piétinée
- trampled
- morte
- dead
- mie
- crumbC1
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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.