La Bohemia Lyrics in English Charles Aznavour , Andruss, Andruss
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Bohemia by Charles Aznavour from Spanish to English.
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Bohemia de París, alegre, loca y gris
Bohemia of Paris, joyful, crazy and gray
De un tiempo ya pasado
Of a time already past
En donde en un desván
Where in an attic
Con traje de can can posabas para mí
In a can-can costume you posed for me
Y yo con devoción
And I with devotion
Pintaba con pasión tu cuerpo fatigado
Painted with passion your tired body
Hasta el amanecer, a veces sin comer
Until dawn, sometimes without eating
Y siempre sin dormir
And always without sleeping
La bohemia
Bohemia
La bohemia
Bohemia
Era el amor
It was love
Felicidad
Happiness
La bohemia
Bohemia
La bohemia
Bohemia
Era una flor
It was a flower
De nuestra edad
Of our age
Debajo de un quinqué
Under an oil lamp
La mesa del café, feliz nos reunía
The café table, happily brought us together
Hablando sin cesar
Talking incessantly
Soñando con llegar la gloria conseguir
Dreaming of reaching and achieving glory
Y cuando algún pintor
And when some painter
Hallaba un comprador y un lienzo le vendía
Found a buyer and sold him a canvas
Solíamos gritar
We used to shout
Comer y pasear alegres por París
Eat and stroll happily through Paris
La bohemia
Bohemia
La bohemia
Bohemia
Era jurar
It was to swear
Te vi y te amé
I saw you and I loved you
La bohemia
Bohemia
La bohemia
Bohemia
Yo junto ti
I beside you
Triunfar podré
Will be able to triumph
Teníamos salud, sonrisa, juventud
We had health, smiles, youth
Y nada en los bolsillos
And nothing in our pockets
Con frio o con calor
With cold or with heat
El mismo buen humor bailaba en nuestro ser
The same good humor danced within us
Luchando siempre igual, con hambre hasta el final
Always fighting the same, with hunger until the end
Hacíamos castillos
We built castles
Y el ansia de vivir nos hizo resistir
And the desire to live made us resist
Y no desfallecer
And not falter
La bohemia
Bohemia
La bohemia
Bohemia
Era mirar
It was to look
Amanecer
At dawn
La bohemia
Bohemia
La bohemia
Bohemia
Era soñar
It was to dream
Con un querer
Of a love
Hoy regresé a París, crucé su niebla gris
Today I returned to Paris, crossed its gray fog
Y lo encontré cambiado
And I found it changed
Las lilas ya no están
The lilacs are no longer there
Ni suben al desván moradas de pasión
Nor do abodes of passion climb to the attic
Soñando como ayer ronde por mi taller
Dreaming as yesterday I wandered through my workshop
Mas ya lo han derrumbado
But they've already torn it down
Y han puesto en su lugar abajo un café-bar
And in its place below they've put a café-bar
Y arriba una pensión
And above a guesthouse
La bohemia
Bohemia
La bohemia
Bohemia
Que yo viví
That I lived
Su luz perdió
Its light it lost
La bohemia
Bohemia
La bohemia
Bohemia
Era una flor
It was a flower
Y al fin murió
And finally died
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quinqué — oil lamp
Quinqué refers to an oil lamp, a type of lighting fixture that was common in past eras. It's a charmingly old-fashioned word that evokes a sense of nostalgia and a bygone era.
In "La Bohemia," the word is used to paint a picture of the simple, romantic life of artists in Paris: "Debajo de un quinqué, la mesa del café, feliz nos reunía" (Under an oil lamp, the café table happily brought us together). It perfectly captures the intimate, humble setting where dreams were shared and love blossomed, making it a unique and evocative choice for this song.
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