YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN
(Il Faut Savoir)

Charles Aznavour (France)


You've got to learn to show a happy face,
Although you're full of misery.
You mustn't show a trace of sadness
And never look for sympathy.

You've got to learn, although it's very hard,
The way of pocketing your pride,
And sometimes face humiliation
While you are burning up inside.

Facing reality is awful hard to do,
When it seems happiness is gone.
You've got to learn, to hide your tears,
And tell your heart life must go on.

You've got to learn, to leave the table,
When love is no longer being served.
Just show them all that you are able
To leave without saying a word.

You've got to learn, to hide your sorrow,
And go on living as before.
What good is thinking of tomorrow
Who knows what it may have in store?

You've got to learn, to be much stronger,
At times your head should rule your heart.
You've got to learn, from hard experience
And listen to the voice and sometimes pay the price.

But I won't learn to live - 
With a broken heart.


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IL FAUT SAVOIR
(You've Got To Learn)
(Charles Aznavour)

Charles Aznavour (France)


Il faut savoir encore sourire
Quand le meilleur s'est retiré
Et qu'il ne reste que le pire
Dans une vie bête à pleurer

Il faut savoir, coûte que coûte
Garder toute sa dignité
Et malgré ce qu'il nous en coûte
S'en aller sans se retourner

Face au destin qui nous désarme
Et devant le bonheur perdu
Il faut savoir cacher ses larmes
Mais moi, mon cœur, je n'ai pas su

Il faut savoir quitter la table
Lorsque l'amour est desservi
Sans s'accrocher l'air pitoyable
Mais partir sans faire de bruit

Il faut savoir cacher sa peine
Sous le masque de tous les jours
Et retenir les cris de haine
Qui sont les derniers mots d'amour

Il faut savoir rester de glace
Et taire un cœur qui meurt déjà
Il faut savoir garder la face
Mais moi, mon cœur, je t'aime trop

Mais moi, je ne peux pas
Il faut savoir mais moi
Je ne sais pas...


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DEVI SAPERE

Charles Aznavour (France)


Devi sapere ancor sorridere
Quando il bel tempo se ne va',
E resta solo la tristezza,
E giorni di infelicita',
Devi sapere, che in questa angoscia
La dignita' devi salvar,
Malgrado il male che ti senti
Devi partir senza tornar,
Preghi il destino, che ti disarma
Per pieta', non mi far morir
Devi sapere, celare il pianto
Ma il mondo e' nato per soffrir...

Devi sapere, lasciar la tavola
Quando all'amor non servi piu',
Alzarti con indifferenza
Mentre in silenzio soffri tu,
Devi sapere, celar le pene
E mascherare il tuo dolor,
Tenere l'odio in te nascosto
E aver l'inferno in fondo al cuor,
Devi sapere restar di ghiaccio
Pur se il cuor, brucia di rancor,
Devi sapere, lasciar la vita
Ma l'amo troppo ancor,
E dirle addio non so'
Devi sapere...ma non lo so'...