Charles Trenet
Que reste-t-il de nos amours? lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1998
- Genre
- Chanson
- Length
- 3:13
Ce soir le vent qui frappe á ma porte
Tonight the wind that knocks at my door
Me parle des amours mortes
Speaks to me of loves that are no more
Devant le feu qui s' éteint
Before the fire that fades away
Ce soir c'est une chanson d' automne
Tonight it's an autumn song
Dans la maison qui frissonne
In the house that shivers along
Et je pense aux jours lointains
And I think of distant days
Que reste-t-il de nos amours
What remains of our loves now?
Que reste-t-il de ces beaux jours
What remains of those beautiful days?
Une photo, vieille photo
A photo, an old photo
De ma jeunesse
From my youth
Que reste-t-il des billets doux
What remains of sweet letters
Des mois d' avril, des rendez-vous
Of April months, of rendezvous
Un souvenir qui me poursuit
A memory that chases me
Sans cesse
Relentlessly
Bonheur fané, cheveux au vent
Faded happiness, hair in the wind
Baisers volés, ráªves mouvants
Stolen kisses, shifting dreams
Que reste-t-il de tout cela
What remains of all this
Dites-le-moi
Tell me
Un petit village, un vieux clocher
A little village, an old bell tower
Un paysage si bien caché
A landscape so well hidden
Et dans un nuage le cher visage
And in a cloud, the dear face
De mon passé
Of my past
Les mots les mots tendres qu'on murmure
The tender words we whisper
Les caresses les plus pures
The purest caresses
Les serments au fond des bois
The vows deep in the woods
Les fleurs qu'on retrouve dans un livre
The flowers we find in a book
Dont le parfum vous enivre
Whose fragrance intoxicates you
Se sont envolés pourquoi?
Have flown away, why?
Que reste-t-il de nos amours
What remains of our loves
Que reste-t-il de ces beaux jours
What remains of those beautiful days
Une photo, vieille photo
A photograph, an old photograph
De ma jeunesse
From my youth
Que reste-t-il des billets doux
What remains of the sweet notes
Des mois d' avril, des rendez-vous
Of April months, of meeting times
Un souvenir qui me poursuit
A memory that haunts me
Sans cesse
Ceaselessly
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Key vocabulary
- amours
- lovesA1
- automne
- autumnA1
- avril
- AprilA1
- billets
- ticketsA1
- bonheur
- happinessA1
- chanson
- songA1
- fané
- wiltedC2
- clocher
- to towerB2
- mouvants
- movingB2
- fond
- meltsA2
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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.