MOMENTI SI MOMENTI
Charles Aznavour (France)


Momenti si momenti no, ce ne' di vita tra di noi
Quante follie, quante bugie, cercate insieme.
La primavera poi passo', ma non l'interno fuoco in noi
Ed un legame, al di la', il male e il bene
Un giorno in pace un giorno in guerra
Un giorno ricchi un giorno a terra
Che importa a noi bastava che ci fossi io vicino a te
Momenti si momenti no, ma e' coi momenti,
Che si fa l'eternita'
Momenti si momenti no, ce ne' di cose tra di noi
Tramonti chiari ed allegrie, vissute insieme.
Ragazzi ed incoscenti noi, adulti mai pazienti poi,
Il fiume in secca ormai, e le improvvise piene
Sto ricordando se, chi lo sa, se oggi o tanto tempo fa
Chissa' perche' ti voglio qui, tu non ci sei o forse si
Tiriamo i conti e si vedra',
Se eran momenti o se era gia',
L'eternita', l'eternita'
Momenti si, momenti no


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LES BONS MOMENTS
Charles Aznavour (France)


Nous avons eu de bons moments
Nous avons eu de grands moments
De folles joies d'étranges peines
A vivre ensemble
Nous étions gorgés de printemps
Et fiers d'étaler nos vingt ans
Que les feux de l'amour
Et le désir rassemblent
Un jour riche, un jour sans un sou
Nous étions heureux malgré tout
Car jour et nuit brûlait en nous
Cet amour fou qui nous ressemble
Bien sûr, le bonheur est mouvant
Mais laisse au cœur des amants

Nous avons eu de bons moments
Nous avons eu de grands moments
Des crépuscules clairs
Des aubes grises ensemble
Nous étions jeunes et insouciants
Et vivions comme des enfants
Que les jours de la vie
Et les rêves rassemblent
Mais aujourd'hui mon triste cœur
Laisse ta peine oublie ta peur
Car bien que notre amour se meure
Sèche tes pleurs car il me semble
Qu'il vaut mieux dire en se quittant
Nous avons eu pour quelque temps
De bons moments, de bons moments


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THE TIMES WE'VE KNOWN
(Charles Aznavour)
Bob Dylan


The times we've known are slipping by
Like vapour trails across the sky
The best of times, the worst of times
Have come and gone

The years of debt, the years of doubt
the years of 'what's it all about?' 
Of holding fast, and holding out 
And holding on

When life was hard and chances few
Still I was rich just having you
Though people said we won't go far
We went ahead and here we are

Together still through everything
Together still remembering
The times we've known

Sometimes the years were lush and green
Sometimes we lived on hope alone
A little bit of both have been 
The times we've known

Some lucky flings, some rotten breaks
Some funny things, a few mistakes
The dreams that every dreamer takes
And makes his own

The time to laugh, a time to cry
A time to let the world go by
And if there were some tears to pay
No one can take those years away

On fragile wings our days have flown
Still we have things to call our own
The times we've known
The times we've known
The times we've known