Dalida — Il venait d'avoir 18 ans song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" by Dalida.
Lyrics
Il venait d’avoir 18 ans
Il etait beau comme un enfant
Fort comme un homme
C’etait l’ete evidemment
Et j’ai compte en le voyant
Mes nuits d’automne
J’ai mis de l’ordre? mes cheveux
Un peu plus de noir sur mes yeux
Ca l’a fait rire
Quand il s’est approche de moi
J’aurais donne n’importe quoi
Pour le seduire
Il venait d’avoir 18 ans
C’etait le plus bel argument de sa victoire
Il ne m’a pas parle d’amour
Il pensait que les mots d’amour
Sont derisoires
Il m’a dit «j'ai envie de toi»
Il avait vu au cinema Le ble en herbe
Au creux d’un lit improvise
J’ai decouvert emerveillee
Un ciel superbe
Il venait d’avoir 18 ans
Ca le rendait presque insolent de certitude
Et pendant qu’il se rhabillait
Deja vaincue je retrouvais, ma solitude
J’aurais voulu le retenir
Pourtant je l’ai laisse partir sans faire un geste
Il m’a dit «c'etait pas si mal»
Avec la candeur infernale de sa jeunesse
J’ai mis de l’ordre? mes cheveux
Un peu plus de noir sur mes yeux
Par habitude
J’avais oublie simplement
Que j’avais deux fois
18 ans.
Lyrics translation
He had just turned 18
He was beautiful as a child
Strong as a man
It was summer obviously
And I counted on seeing him
My autumn nights
Did I tidy up? my hair
A little more black on my eyes
It made him laugh.
When he approached me
I would have given anything
To seduce him
He had just turned 18
It was the most beautiful argument of his victory
He didn't tell me about love.
He thought the words of love
Are derisory
He said ,"I want you.»
He had seen in the cinema the budding ble
In the hollow of an improvised bed
I discovered the wonder
A beautiful sky
He had just turned 18
It made him almost insolent with certainty
And while he was getting dressed
Already defeated I found, my loneliness
I wish I'd kept him.
Yet I let him go without making a gesture
He said, " it wasn't so bad.»
With the Infernal candor of his youth
Did I tidy up? my hair
A little more black on my eyes
By habit
I just forgot
That I had twice
18 years old.