Les Cris De Ma Ville Lyrics in English Charles Aznavour

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Cris De Ma Ville by Charles Aznavour from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
'Chiffons, marchand d'habit's, chiffons!'
'Rags, clothes merchant, rags!'
Parcourant le quartier
Walking through the neighborhood
Figures sympathiques que tout
Friendly figures as all
Le monde connaît
The world knows
'Chiffons!', c'est le bruit de ma ville
'Let's rag!', that's the sound of my city
C'est le cri de chez moi
It's the cry from home
Et mon esprit docile se souvient de tout ça
And my docile mind remembers it all
'Marrons, ils sont chauds, mes marrons!'
'Browns, they are warm, my chestnuts!'
Dit l'accent auvergnat
Says the Auvergne accent
D'un monsieur moustachu que tout
Of a mustachioed gentleman that all
Le monde côtoie
The world rubs shoulders
'Marrons', c'est le bruit de ma ville
'Browns' is the sound of my city
C'est le cri de chez moi
It's the cry from home
Et mon esprit docile se souvient de tout ça
And my docile mind remembers it all
Métro, il fait bon dans l' métro
Metro, it's good in the metro
Quand arrive l'hiver
When winter comes
Journaux vendus à la criée
Newspapers sold at auction
Pour quelques fait's divers
For some news items
'Piétons, circulez les piétons'
'Pedestrians, move on pedestrians'
Dit l'agent de la rue
Said the street officer
Aux milliers de badauds qui forment la cohue
To the thousands of onlookers who form the crowd
'Piétons', c'est le bruit de ma ville
'Pedestrians' is the sound of my city
C'est le cri de chez moi
It's the cry from home
Et mon esprit docile se souvient de tout ça
And my docile mind remembers it all
Les trains roulent autour du monde
Trains run around the world
Faisant une infernale ronde
Making an infernal round
Portant des gens qui la plupart
Carrying people who most
N'ont envie d'aller nulle part
Don't want to go anywhere
Et tandis que ces monstres roulent
And while these monsters roll
Les souvenirs passent en foule
Memories pass by in crowds
Des bruit's, des cris, d'étranges sons
Noises, screams, strange sounds
Qui enflent et prennent des proportions
Which swell and take on proportions
À vous faire éclater le front
To make your forehead burst
'Messieurs, approchez, regardez
'Gentlemen, come closer, look
Trois cravates pour cent francs
Three ties for a hundred francs
À quoi bon s'en priver'
What's the point of depriving yourself of it?
Dit le camelot bon enfant
Said the good-natured peddler
'Messieurs', c'est le bruit de ma ville
'Gentlemen' is the sound of my city
C'est le cri de chez moi
It's the cry from home
Et mon esprit docile se souvient de tout ça
And my docile mind remembers it all
'Chéri, écris-moi, mon chéri'
'Darling, write to me, darling'
C'est l'amour en alarme
It's love in alarm
Sur le quai d'une gare
On a station platform
Pleine de rires et de larmes
Full of laughter and tears
'Chéri', c'est le bruit de ma ville
'Darling', it's the sound of my city
C'est le cri de chez moi
It's the cry from home
Et je m'endors docile en rêvant à tout ça
And I fall asleep docilely dreaming of all this
C'est le bruit de ma ville
It's the sound of my city
C'est le cri de chez moi
It's the cry from home
C'est le bruit de ma ville
It's the sound of my city
C'est le cri de chez moi
It's the cry from home
Ma ville, mon toit
My city, my roof
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