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Gigi l’amoroso lyrics with English translation

Language

French

Level

Intermediate

Released

1974

Genre

Pop

Length

7:29

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1. Je vais vous raconter

   Let me tell you

2. Avant de vous quitter

   Before I leave you

3. L'histoire d'un p'tit village près de Napoli

   The story of a little village near Napoli

4. Nous étions quatre amis

   We were four friends

5. Au bal tous les samedis

   At the dance every Saturday

6. À jouer, à chanter toute la nuit

   Playing, singing all night long

7. Giorgio à la guitare

   Giorgio on the guitar

8. Sandro à la mandoline

   Sandro on the mandolin

9. Moi, je dansais en frappant du tambourin

   Me, I danced while playing the tambourine

10. Mais tous ceux qui venaient

    But everyone who came

11. C'était pour écouter

    It was to listen

12. Celui qui faisait battre tous les cœurs

    To the one who made all hearts race

13. Et quand il arrivait

    And when he arrived

14. La foule s'écriait

    The crowd shouted

15. Arriva Gigi L'Amoroso!

    Here comes Gigi L'Amoroso!

16. Croqueur d'amour, l'œil de velours comme une caresse

    Love's charmer, with velvet eyes like a caress

17. Gigi L'Amoroso

    Gigi L'Amoroso

18. Toujours vainqueur, parfois sans cœur

    Always a victor, sometimes without a heart

19. Mais jamais sans tendresse

    But never without tenderness

20. Partout c'était la fête quand il chantait

    Everywhere it was a celebration when he sang

21. Zaza, Luna caprese, O' sole mio

    Zaza, Luna caprese, O' sole mio

22. Arriva

    Here comes

23. Gigi! Giuseppe, mais tout le monde l'appelait Gigi L'Amour

    Gigi! Giuseppe, but everyone called him Gigi the Love

24. Et les femmes étaient folles de lui, toutes

    And the women went crazy for him, all of them

25. La femme du boulanger qui fermait sa boutique tous les mardis pour aller

    The baker's wife who closed her shop every Tuesday to go

26. La femme du notaire qui était une sainte et qui n'avait jamais trompé son mari auparavant

    The notary's wife who was a saint and had never cheated on her husband before

27. Et la veuve du Colonel, la veuve du Colonel qui ne porta plus de deuil parce qu'il n'aimait pas le noir

    And the Colonel's widow, the Colonel's widow who no longer wore mourning because he didn't like black

28. Toutes je vous dis!

    All of them, I tell you!

29. Même moi!

    Even me!

30. Mais moi

    But me

31. Gigi aimait trop sa liberté

    Gigi loved her freedom too much

32. Jusqu'au jour où

    Until the day when

33. Une riche américaine

    A wealthy American woman

34. À grands coups de "je t'aime"

    With big declarations of 'I love you'

35. Lui proposa d'aller jusqu'à Hollywood

    Offered to take her all the way to Hollywood

36. "Tu seras le plus beau de tous les Caruso"

    "You'll be the most handsome of all Carusos"

37. Lui disait-elle jusqu'à en perdre haleine

    She would say, breathless from it all

38. Nous voilà à la gare

    Here we are at the station

39. Avec tous nos mouchoirs

    With all our handkerchiefs

40. Le cœur serré émus par ce grand départ

    Hearts tight, moved by this grand departure

41. Pourtant on était fiers

    Yet we were proud

42. Qu'il dépasse nos frontières

    That he would cross our borders

43. Gigi partait conquérir l'Amérique

    Gigi set out to conquer America

44. Et quand il arriva

    And when he arrived

45. Le village était là

    The village was there

46. Arriva Gigi L'Amoroso!

    Gigi L'Amoroso arrived!

47. Croqueur d'amour, l'œil de velours comme une caresse

    Love biter, with velvet eyes like a caress

48. Gigi L'Amoroso

    Gigi L'Amoroso

49. Toujours vainqueur, parfois sans cœur

    Always a winner, sometimes without a heart

50. Mais jamais sans tendresse

    But never without tenderness

51. Et là, devant la foule il a chanté

    And there, in front of the crowd, he sang

52. Zaza, Luna caprese, O' sole mio

    Zaza, Luna caprese, O' sole mio

53. Arriva Gigi L'Amoroso!

    Here comes Gigi L'Amoroso!

54. Gigi! Quand le train eut disparu, nous sommes tous rentrés chez nous

    Gigi! When the train had disappeared, we all went back home

55. Et le lendemain le village n'était plus le même

    And the next day the village was no longer the same

56. La femme du boulanger refusa d'allumer son four

    The baker's wife refused to light her oven

57. La femme du notaire, par désespoir prit plusieurs amants!

    The notary's wife, in despair, took several lovers!

58. Et la veuve du Colonel ferma ses persiennes et reprit le deuil pour la seconde fois

    And the Colonel's widow closed her shutters and mourned for the second time

59. Oui, le village avait bien changé

    Yes, the village had indeed changed

60. Et moi

    And me

61. Les années ont passé

    The years have gone by

62. Cinq hivers, cinq étés

    Five winters, five summers

63. "No news c'était good news" on nous avait dit

    "No news was good news" we were told

64. Il a fallu du prendre, du courage et du temps

    It took some taking, some courage and time

65. Pour arriver à continuer sans lui

    To manage to carry on without him

66. Et malgré son absence

    And despite his absence

67. La nuit dans le silence

    The night in the silence

68. En pliant nos costumes et nos instruments

    As we folded our suits and our instruments

69. On entendait venir

    We could hear it coming

70. Comme une larme un soupir

    Like a tear, a sigh

71. Du fond de la salle cette mélodie

    From the back of the room, this melody

72. Croqueur d'amour, l'œil de velours comme une caresse

    Love biter, with velvet eyes like a caress

73. Gigi

    Gigi

74. Gigi?

    Gigi?

75. C'est toi là-bas dans le noir?

    Is that you over there in the dark?

76. Attends, laisse-moi te regarder

    Wait, let me look at you

77. Mais tu pleures, tu pleures, Gigi

    But you're crying, you're crying, Gigi

78. Ça n'a pas été là-bas hein?

    It wasn't like that over there, was it?

79. Et alors

    So what?

80. Et alors, qu'est-ce qu'ils comprennent ces américains à part le rock et le twist, hein?

    So, what do these Americans understand besides rock and the twist, huh?

81. Ma Gigi, qu'est-ce que tu croyais?

    My Gigi, what did you think?

82. Devenir comme ça Gigi l'Americano!

    To become like this Gigi the Americano!

83. E invece no, tu es Giuseppe Frabrizio Luca Santini! Et tu es Napolitain!

    But no, you're Giuseppe Frabrizio Luca Santini! And you're Neapolitan!

84. Écoute, Giorgio s'est mis à la guitare

    Listen, Giorgio picked up the guitar

85. Attends! Sandro est là aussi!

    Wait! Sandro is here too!

86. Mais, mais tu peux t'en aller comme ça!

    But, but you can just leave like that!

87. Ici tu es chez toi! Ici tu es le roi!

    Here you are at home! Here you are the king!

88. (Arriva)

    (Here he comes)

89. Tu entends? Tu les entends Gigi?

    Do you hear it? Do you hear them Gigi?

90. Ils sont tous là

    They're all here

91. Ils ont dû te reconnaître à la gare

    They must have recognized you at the station

92. Chante, Gigi, chante!

    Sing, Gigi, sing!

93. C'est ton public, chante pour eux!

    It's your audience, sing for them!

94. Chante pour moi qui n'ai jamais su te parler

    Sing for me, who never knew how to speak to you

95. Oui! Vas-y, bravo Gigi! Chante! Bravo!

    Yes! Go ahead, bravo Gigi! Sing! Bravo!

96. Carmella, Carmella lo sai che é arrivato Gigi dell'America!

    Carmella, Carmella, you know Gigi from America has arrived!

97. Joselina, Joselina scendi è arrivato Gigi da Hollywood!

    Joselina, Joselina, come down, Gigi from Hollywood has arrived!

98. Ma se te lo dico io che é arrivato, scendi, no

    But if I tell you he's here, come down, okay?

99. Guaglione, corri, corri va a dire a zio Gennaro

    Kid, run, run, go tell Uncle Gennaro

100. Che é arrivato lo zio Gigi dall'America!

     That Uncle Gigi from America has arrived!

101. (Toujours vainqueur, parfois sans cœur

     Always a victor, sometimes without a heart

102. Mais jamais sans tendresse

     But never without tenderness

103. Partout c'était la fête quand il chantait

     Everywhere it was a celebration when he sang

104. Zaza, Luna caprese, O' sole mio)

     Zaza, Luna caprese, O' sole mio

105. Arriva Gigi L'Amoroso!

     Here comes Gigi L'Amoroso!

106. Croqueur d'amour, l'œil de velours comme une caresse

     Love charmer, with velvety eyes like a caress

107. Gigi L'Amoroso

     Gigi L'Amoroso

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