J'ai vu Paris Lyrics in English Charles Aznavour
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song J'ai vu Paris by Charles Aznavour from French to English.
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J'ai vu Paris se réveiller
I saw Paris wake up
Aux croissants chauds, aux café-crème
With hot croissants, coffee-cream
Paris penché sur ses problèmes
Paris bent over its problems
Paris moutard, Paris certife
Paris mustard, Paris certified
J'ai vu Paris de déniaiser
I've seen Paris fooling around
Paris bistrots, Paris les potes
Paris bistros, Paris friends
Paris les filles qu'on bécote
Paris the girls we kiss
Et pelote sur les fortifs
And ball on the forts
Paris gamberge
bets gamberge
Paris vingt berges
Paris twenty banks
Paris je t'emmène en goguette
Paris I'm taking you on a spree
Sur son cadre de bicyclette
On his bicycle frame
J'ai ta peau à déboutonner
I have your skin to unbutton
Paris les bouges
Paris the dives
Paris vin rouge
Paris red wine
Paris oisif, Paris débauche
Paris idle, Paris debauchery
Mais aussi Paris pas d'embauche
But also Paris no hiring
Au seuil des usines gardées
On the threshold of guarded factories
J'ai vu Paris, le poing brandi
I saw Paris, fist raised
Et l'âme révolutionnaire
And the revolutionary soul
Découvrant son front populaire
Discovering his popular front
Paris descendre dans Paris
Paris go down in Paris
J'ai vu Paris se passionner
I saw Paris become passionate
Pour un roi lui rendant visite
For a king visiting him
Un condamné qu'on décapite
A convict being beheaded
Une invention, un mot d'esprit
An invention, a witticism
J'ai vu Paris s'époumoner
I saw Paris screaming
A chanter un air à la mode
To sing a trendy tune
Froufrou, mon cul sur la commode
Froufrou, my ass on the dresser
Mais par malheur j'ai vu aussi
But unfortunately I also saw
Paris la guerre
Paris the war
Paris misère
Paris misery
Paris décomposer qu'on viole
Paris decompose that we violate
Paris qui n'a plus la parole
Paris which no longer has the floor
Vaincu, souffrant et humilié
Defeated, suffering and humiliated
Paris la gronde
Paris the scoundrel
Paris la fronde
Paris the sling
Paris courage, Paris terne
Paris courage, Paris dull
Paris gazogène et en berne
Gas-generating Paris at half mast
Paris-Londres parachuté
Paris-London parachuted
J'ai vu Paris jouer sa vie
I saw Paris risking its life
Paris ras-le-bol des brimades
Paris fed up with bullying
Et juché sur ses barricades
And perched on its barricades
Paris redevenir Paris
Paris becoming Paris again
J'ai vu Paris se transformer
I saw Paris transform
S'emballer pour l'automobile
Racing for the automobile
Paris se croire aux mille mille
Paris to believe in a thousand thousand
Paris chauffard, Paris râler
Paris driver, Paris bitching
J'ai vu Paris se libérer
I saw Paris break free
Paris blues-jeans, adieu complexe
Paris blue jeans, complex farewell
Paris égalité des sexes
Paris gender equality
Paris pilule, émancipé
Paris pill, emancipated
Paris qui grogne
Paris growling
Paris qui cogne
Paris that knocks
Paris aux urnes prophétiques
Paris at the prophetic polls
Paris qui parle politique
Paris talking politics
Et s'enflamme pour une idée
And ignite for an idea
Paris en grève
Paris on strike
Paris qui rêve
Paris that dreams
Paris assis cassant la croûte
Paris seated having a bite to eat
Ou pissant au bord des routes
Or pissing on the side of the road
Arrosant ses congés payés
Watering his paid holidays
Paris d'hier et de toujours
Paris of yesterday and always
Paris vingt siècles de jeunesse
Paris twenty centuries of youth
Pour tous tes amants tes maîtresses
For all your lovers your mistresses
Tu restes le plus grand amour
You remain the greatest love
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