Chiquitita-Nana Mouscouri

Chiquitita-Nana Mouscouri is a beautiful song that can help you to learn and remember French vocabulary. Nana Mouscouri is a Greek singer, particularly as one of the best selling soloists in history, with more than 350 million records, cassettes and CDs.

Nana Mouskouri’s family lived in Chania, Crete, where her father, Constantine, worked as a film projectionist in a local cinema; her mother, Alice, worked in the same cinema as an usherette. When Mouskouri was three, her family moved to Athens.

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Lyrics : Chiquitita

French	English
Chiquitita, dis-moi pourquoi	Chiquitita, tell me why
Quand la vie est triste à pleurer	When life is sad to cry
Tu gardes au fond de toi	You keep in the bottom of you
Tant de larmes et tant de secrets	So many tears and so many secrets
C’est l’automne d’un premier amour	It is the autumn of the first love
Mais l’amour, tu sais, n’y est pour rien	But love, you know, is not to blame
Il y a toujours	There is always
Un nouveau printemps qui revient	A new spring that returns
Chiquitita, je sais trop bien	Chiquitita, I know too well
La blessure d’un premier chagrin	The wound of a first grief
Fait mal très longtemps	Hurts for a long time
Mais tout passe avec le temps	But everything passes with time
Et le temps dépasse	And time goes beyond
Et remet l’amour à sa place	And puts love back in its place
Chiquitita, je sais comme toi	Chiquitita, I know like you
Le premier bonheur qui s’en va	The first happiness that goes away
Fait mal très longtemps	Hurts for a long time
Mais tu vas chanter encore	But you will sing again
Et chanter plus fort	And sing louder
Chanter pour toi, Chiquitita	Sing for you, Chiquitita
Chiquitita, ferme les yeux	Chiquitita, close your eyes
Mets ta tête au creux de mes bras	Put your head in the crook of my arms
Là tu vas	There you will
T’endormir tout comme autrefois	Fall asleep just like before
On n’oublie pas mais tu verras	We don’t forget, but you’ll see
Tu vas retrouver ton sourire	You will find your smile again
Demain, tu voleras	Tomorrow, you will fly
Dans le ciel de ton avenir	In the sky of your future
Chiquitita, je sais trop bien	Chiquitita, I know too well
La blessure d’un premier chagrin	The wound of a first grief
Fait mal très longtemps	Hurts for a long time
Mais tout passe avec le temps	But everything passes with time
Et le temps dépasse	And time goes beyond
Et remet l’amour à sa place	And puts love back in its place
Chiquitita, je sais comme toi	Chiquitita, I know like you
Le premier bonheur qui s’en va	The first happiness that goes away
Fait mal très longtemps	Hurts for a long time
Mais tu vas chanter encore	But you will sing again
Et chanter plus fort	And sing louder
Chanter pour toi, Chiquitita	Sing for you, Chiquitita
Chanter fort	Sing loud
Et chanter encore	And sing again
Chanter pour toi	Sing for you
Chiquitita	Chiquitita