L'enfant Prodigue Lyrics in English Charles Aznavour
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song L'enfant Prodigue by Charles Aznavour from French to English.
Je reviens chez mon père
I come back to my father
Honteux et repentant
Ashamed and repentant
Je suis parti naguère
I left some time ago
Comme un mauvais enfant
Like a bad child
J'avais un lit de plume
I had a feather bed
La table et le pain blanc
The table and white bread
La grande salle commune
The large common room
Et son feu de sarments
And its vine fire
Mais quand loin de sa cage
But when far from its cage
Un oiseau veut s'enfuir
A bird wants to escape
Qui peut le retenir
Who can hold it back
Si belle soit la cage
No matter how beautiful the cage is
Je rêvais de voyages
I dreamed of travels
Et je voulais savoir
And I wanted to know
Où vont les grands nuages
Where do the big clouds go
Qu'on voit courir le soir
That we see running in the evening
Je reviens chez mon père
I come back to my father
Qui fait tuer le veau gras
Who has the fatted calf killed
Je craignais sa colère
I feared his anger
Mais il m'ouvre les bras
But he opens his arms to me
Louons la destinée
Let's praise destiny
Un fils nous est rendu
A son is returned to us
Que pendant tant d'années
Whom for so many years
Nous avons cru perdu
We thought lost
Alors mes jeunes frères
So my young brothers
S'en vinrent tout autour
Came all around
Et jusqu'au petit jour
And until the early morning
En cercle m'écoutèrent
In a circle they listened to me
J'ai dit j'avais pour couche
I said I had for a bed
Les sables, les déserts
The sands, the deserts
Je garde dans ma bouche
I keep in my mouth
Le goût des fruits amers
The taste of bitter fruits
Je reviens chez mon père
I come back to my father
Implorer son pardon
To implore his forgiveness
J'ai parcouru la terre
I traveled the earth
Vers les quatre horizons
Towards the four horizons
Jetant, jetant mon héritage
Throwing, throwing my inheritance
Et gaspillant mes jours
And wasting my days
J'ai offert en partage
I offered to share
Mes biens et mes amours
My goods and my loves
Je n'ai plus de fortune
I have no more fortune
Mais j'ai d'autres trésors
But I have other treasures
J'ai troqué mes louis d'or
I traded my gold coins
Pour de beaux clairs de lune
For beautiful moonlight
Je reviens chez mon père
I come back to my father
Sans le moindre regret
Without any regret
Si c'était à refaire
If it were to be done again
Je recommencerais
I would do it again
Si c'était à refaire
If it were to be done again
Je recommencerais
I would do it again
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