Paroles et traduction Charles Aznavour - Tu étais toi

Tu étais toi

Tu étais toi
Toi c′était tout un monde
Vivant à la seconde
Comme si il avait peur

Tu étais toi
Toi un million de chose
Un printemps qui explose
Un torrent qui se meurt

Tu étais toi
Toi toute la nature
La brise qui murmure
Et l'orage en fureur

Et j′étais moi
Jardinier de tes rêves
Que je cueillais sans trêve
Au jardin de ton cœur

Tu étais toi
Toi la source limpide
Qu'un voyageur avide
Trouve dans le désert

Tu étais toi
Toi la source divine
Du soleil sur les ruines
D'un cœur à découvert

Tu étais toi
Toi, l′étoile de la chance
Qui est la providence
Du marin sur la mer

Et j′étais moi
Le spectateur unique
De pièces fantastiques
Aux 100 actes divers

Mais tu étais toi
Toi un cœur sans patrie
Tu as repris ta vie
Depuis je sais que pour toujours

Je serai moi
Triste loup solitaire
L'ombre de mes chimères
Dépossédé de mon amour

You Were You

You were you
You were a whole world
Living in every second
As if you were afraid

You were you
You were a million things
An exploding spring
A dying torrent

You were you
You were all of nature
The whispering breeze
And the raging storm

And I was me
The gardener of your dreams
Which I picked without respite
In the garden of your heart

You were you
You were the clear source
That an eager traveler
Finds in the desert

You were you
You were the divine source
Of the sun on the ruins
Of a heart laid bare

You were you
You, the star of luck
Who is the providence
Of the sailor at sea

And I was me
The unique spectator
Of fantastic plays
In 100 different acts

But you were you
You were a heart without a homeland
You took your life back
Since then I know that forever

I'll be me
A sad lone wolf
The shadow of my dreams
Deprived of my love