Paroles et traduction Charles Aznavour feat. Paul Anka - Je n'ai pas vu le temps passer

Je n'ai pas vu le temps passer

Plus je m'enfonce dans ma vie
Plus je ne peux que constater
Qu'au vent léger de mes folies
Je n'ai pas vu le temps passer

I've known delight, I've known disaster
The caviar, the humble pie
From the absurd to the sublime
I didn't see the time go by

Je n'ai pas vu le temps courir
Je n'ai pas entendu sonner
Les heures de mon devenir
Quand je fonçais tête baissée
Vers ce qu'était un avenir
Et qui est déjà du passé

It seems I've wasted half a lifetime
Within the blinking of an eye
I didn't hear the midnight chime
I didn't see the time go by
Je n'ai pas vu le temps passer

A faire le tour de moi-même
Dans un rayon très limité
Dans le miroir de mes "je t'aime"
Je n'ai pas vu le temps passer

I was the guy with all the answers
The halfway truths, the little lies
So sure, so certain in my prime
I didn't see the time go by

Quand je rêvais les yeux ouverts
En pensant que j'avais le temps
Je n'ai pas entrepris le tiers
Des choses dont je parlais tant
Et j'ai vu s'installer l'hiver
Dans la folie de mes vingt-ans

I've sung a hundred songs of longing

Of sweet regrets and hope run dry
Seule une réponse s'impose

I've search for melody and rhyme
But never saw how time can fly
Never saw the darkening sky
Que tous mes atouts sont jetés

I was a minstrel of my time
Who did not see the time go by

I Didn't See the Time Go By

The more I retreat into my life
The more I can only see
That in the gentle breeze of my follies
I didn't see the time go by

I've known delight, I've known disaster
The caviar, the humble pie
From the absurd to the sublime
I didn't see the time go by

I didn't see the time rush by
I didn't hear the ringing
The hours of my becoming
When I charged ahead with my head down
Towards what was a future
And which is already the past

It seems I've wasted half a lifetime
Within the blinking of an eye
I didn't hear the midnight chime
I didn't see the time go by
I didn't see the time go by

Going around in circles
In a very limited radius
In the mirror of my "I love yous"
I didn't see the time go by

I was the guy with all the answers
The halfway truths, the little lies
So sure, so certain in my prime
I didn't see the time go by

When I dreamed with my eyes open
Thinking I had time
I didn't undertake a third
Of the things I talked about so much
And I saw winter settle in
In the madness of my twenties

I've sung a hundred songs of longing

Of sweet regrets and hope run dry
Only one answer prevails

I've search for melody and rhyme
But never saw how time can fly
Never saw the darkening sky
That all my assets are gone

I was a minstrel of my time
Who did not see the time go by