Yesterday When I Was Young

Charles Aznavour

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Yesterday when I was young The taste of love was sweet as rain upon my tongue; I teased at life as if it were a foolish game The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame. The thousand dreams I dreamed the splendid things I planned-- I always built to last on weak and shifting sand; I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day And only now I see how the years ran away. Yesterday when I was young So many happy songs were waiting to be sung So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see. I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out I never stopped to think what life was all about; And ev'ry conversation I can now recall Concerned itself with me and nothing else at all. Yesterday the moon was blue And ev'ry crazy day brought something new to do I used my magic age as if it were a wand And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond. The game of love I played with arrogance and pride And ev'ry flame I lit too quickly quickly died; The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away And only I am left on stage to end the play. There are so many songs in me that won't be sung I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue; The time has come for me to pay for yesterday When I was young.      

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La chanson évoque le regret et la nostalgie d’une jeunesse insouciante, où l’amour était perçu comme doux et léger. L’artiste se souvient de ses rêves et de ses projets, construits sur des bases fragiles, et réalise qu'il a souvent fui la réalité, vivant dans la nuit tout en ignorant le sens profond de sa vie. Les plaisirs éphémères et les relations superficielles l'ont laissé avec un sentiment de vide, et maintenant, il mesure le poids des années et des choix qui l'ont conduit à des déceptions et à un sentiment de solitude. Cette réflexion semble surgir au crépuscule d'une vie, une période où l'on se retourne sur le passé avec un mélange de tendresse et de mélancolie, regrettant les opportunités manquées et les chansons qui ne seront jamais chantées. C’est un rappel poignant que la jeunesse, bien que belle, est éphémère, et que chaque moment devrait être vécu pleinement et avec sagesse.