Le palais de nos chimères Lyrics in English Charles Aznavour

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Le palais de nos chimères by Charles Aznavour from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Nous nous sommes mariés par un jour de printemps
We got married on a spring day
Sans prêtre, sans mairie, sans amis, ni parents
Without a priest, without town hall, without friends or relatives
Nous n'avions tout au plus elle et moi que vingt ans
She and I were only twenty years old at most
Mais un désir d'adulte brûlait nos cœurs d'enfants
But an adult desire burned our childish hearts
L'amour en une nuit émancipa nos cœurs
Love overnight emancipated our hearts
Nous étions enlacés tout honteux de bonheur
We were entwined all ashamed of happiness
Dans nos yeux agrandis ne passait nulle peur
In our widened eyes there was no fear
Car la jeunesse rit quand l'enfance se meurt
Because youth laughs when childhood dies
Le palais de nos chimères
The palace of our chimeras
Nous l'avions bâti sur l'horizon
We built it on the horizon
Et nous ceinturions la terre
And we girdled the earth
Elle et moi, comme des vagabonds
She and I, like vagabonds
Pour s'abreuver à la source
To drink from the source
De l'amour cet éternel printemps
Love this eternal spring
Nous nous partagions la mousse
We shared the foam
Du château de la rose des vents
From the castle of the wind rose
À présent je suis seul je marche toujours
Now I'm alone I'm still walking
Mais quand je sentirai venir mon dernier jour
But when I feel my last day coming
Sur la tombe où déjà repose mon amour
On the grave where my love already lies
Heureux j'irai m'étendre et mourir à mon tour
Happy I will go lie down and die in my turn
Et sous la même croix nos deux corps dormiront
And under the same cross our two bodies will sleep
Nos yeux seront cernés par le même horizon
Our eyes will be surrounded by the same horizon
Et de la même terre nos bouches s'empliront
And from the same land our mouths will be filled
Quand pour l'éternité nos âmes s'uniront
When for eternity our souls will unite
Le palais de nos chimères
The palace of our chimeras
A croulé avec mes illusions
Has crumbled with my illusions
Et sous le poids de ses pierres
And under the weight of its stones
Se lézarde un coeur de vagabond
A wanderer's heart cracks
Mon passé qui me domine
My past that dominates me
Me pousse à errer par tous les temps
Drives me to wander in all weathers
Et dormir parmi les ruines
And sleep among the ruins
Du château de la rose des vents
From the castle of the wind rose
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