Sa Jeunesse Entre Ses Mains Lyrics in English Charles Aznavour
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Sa Jeunesse Entre Ses Mains by Charles Aznavour from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Lorsque l'on tient entre ses mains
When you hold it in your hands
Cette richesse, avoir vingt ans
This wealth, being twenty years old
Des lendemains pleins de promesses
Tomorrows full of promise
Quand l'amour sur nous se penche
When love bends over us
Pour nous offrir ses nuit's blanches
To give us his sleepless nights
Lorsque l'on voit, loin devant soi
When you see, far in front of you
Rire la vie, brodée d'espoir
Laugh life, embroidered with hope
Riche de joies et de folies
Rich in joys and madness
Il faut boire jusqu'à l'ivresse sa jeunesse
You have to drink your youth to drunkenness
Car tous les instants de nos vingt ans
Because every moment of our twenty years
Nous sont comptés, et jamais plus
We are counted, and never again
Le temps perdu ne nous fait face il passe
Lost time does not face us, it passes
Souvent en vain, on tend les mains
Often in vain, we hold out our hands
Et l'on regrette, il est trop tard
And we regret, it's too late
Sur son chemin, rien ne l'arrête
On his way, nothing stops him
On ne peut garder sans cesse sa jeunesse
You can't always keep your youth
Avant que de sourire et
Before you smile and
Nous quittons l'enfance
We leave childhood
Avant que de savoir la jeunesse s'en fuit
Before you know it, youth flees
Cela semble si court que
It seems so short that
L'on est tout surpris
We are all surprised
Qu'avant que le comprendre
That before understanding it
On quitte l'existence
We leave existence
Lorsque l'on tient entre ses mains
When you hold it in your hands
Cette richesse, avoir vingt ans
This wealth, being twenty years old
Des lendemains pleins de promesses
Tomorrows full of promise
Quand l'amour sur nous se penche
When love bends over us
Pour nous offrir ses nuit's blanches
To give us his sleepless nights
Lorsque l'on voit, loin devant soi
When you see, far in front of you
Rire la vie, brodée d'espoir
Laugh life, embroidered with hope
Riche de joies et de folies
Rich in joys and madness
Il faut boire jusqu'à l'ivresse sa jeunesse
You have to drink your youth to drunkenness
Car tous les instants de nos vingt ans
Because every moment of our twenty years
Nous sont comptés, et jamais plus
We are counted, and never again
Le temps perdu ne nous fait face il passe
Lost time does not face us, it passes
Souvent en vain, on tend les mains
Often in vain, we hold out our hands
Et l'on regrette, il est trop tard
And we regret, it's too late
Sur son chemin, rien ne l'arrête
On his way, nothing stops him
On ne peut garder sans cesse sa jeunesse
You can't always keep your youth
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