Woimba wotchuka kwambiri wa ku France anabadwa m'chaka cha 1915 m'banja la acrobat komanso wojambula. Edith Giovanna Gassion sanali mwana wosirira makamaka ndipo mwamsanga amayi ake adamusiya, ndipo bambo ake (acrobat) anali kutsogolo pa nthawiyo. Atabwerera kunyumba, adamva kuti mwana wake wamkazi ali mumsokonezo ndipo ndi ndani. Msungwanayo ankakhala m "malo osalongosoka, komanso kuti sanachite meshavlazroslym, mu mkaka wake kwa nthawi yaitali adamwa mowa. Bambo a Edith anatenga mwana wake wamkazi n'kuwatumizira kwa mayi ake ku Normandy, amayi ake ankagwira ntchito yokonza nsalu.
Inali m'nyumba yomwe anthu adadziwika kuti mtsikanayo anali wakhungu, ndiye kuti amuthandize agogo ake apite ku nyumba ya ambuye ndikupempherera kuti adzalandire mdzukulu wake, ndipo, o, chozizwitsa, maso a Edith. Ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi, msungwanayo adayamba kuona, kenako anapita ku sukulu, koma adaleka kuphunzira kusukulu yake, chifukwa makolo ake sanafune kumuwona mtsikana ku nyumba ya chigololo pafupi ndi ana ake. Kenaka, bamboyo amutengera mtsikanayo kupita ku Paris, komwe mtsikanayu ankamuimbira nyimbo.
Moyo ndi abambo ake sizinali zosiyana ndi moyo m'banja lachiwerewere, abambo ake nthawi zambiri ankasintha akazi awo, mtsikanayo roslasama yekha, ndipo nthawi ndi nthawi, atamwa mowa, ankapweteka Edith. Msungwanayo adadziwa kuti akufunika kuchoka panyumba mofulumira. Mu 1932, ali ndi zaka 17, adadziwana ndi atate wa mwana wake wamkazi Louis Dupont, koma ubale wa banja lachichepere sunayikidwa, Edith amutengera mwanayo ndikuyamba kukhala mosiyana. Panthawiyi ku Paris, "Spaniard" wochuluka kwambiri ndi Edith, ndi mwana wake Marcel akudwala, koma mtsikanayo amwalira.
Mtsikana wamng'ono wakuphedwa, yemwe asanakhale ndi zaka 20 chifukwa chosowa ndalama kumaliro, amamwalira chifukwa chochita chiwerewere. Inali nthawi yake yoyamba ndi yotsiriza, adawonedwa ndi munthu wachuma pafupi ndi hotelo, adamuitanira m'chipindamo ndikufunsa chifukwa chake akuchita, Edith ananenetsa kuti alibe ndalama zokwana madola 10 kuti agule bokosi la mwana wake wamkazi. Wodabwitsidwa ndi mwini chuma amapatsa Edith 10 francs (iwo adayankhula ndipo adamuuza za tsogolo lake ndi zomwe akuchita), komanso analemba pa pepala aderese ya cabaret imodzi, yomwe tsiku lotsatira adzayimbira oimba achinyamata. Edith anafunsidwa ndipo zaka ziwiri zotsatira iye anachita ku lesitilanti Zhernis, pa nthawi yomweyo kutchuka kwake koyamba kumabwera kwa iye.
Mwini wa malo odyera amaphunzitsa Edith zonse zozizwitsa za kuimba, komanso amadza ndi dzina lachidziwitso Piaf, lomwe mu French limatanthauza mpheta. Pambuyo pa imfa ya wothandizira ake, Piafznakomitsya ndi ndakatulo Raymond Aso, munthu uyu sanangokhala wokondedwa wake, koma nayenso mwiniwake, chifukwa adaphunzitsa makhalidwe a dziko.
Ndipo kotero, ora lake labwino kwambiri linabwera: Piaf anaitanidwa kukaimba mu holo ya nyimbo yotchuka ya Paris "ABC". Anthu onse adamuimbira nyimbo ndi sobscheniem, ndipo nyuzipepalayi inalemba kuti mu France nyenyezi yapadziko lonse inabadwa. Pamene ali ndi zaka 30 amadziwika ndipo amafunidwa, pansi pa zolembera zake komanso Piaf salinso woimba, komanso wojambula. Ngakhale kutchuka kwa ma blondes, omwe anali okongola kwambiri kuposa a Piaf wamba wamba, Edith adasandulika kukhala katswiri wa kanema. Pa filimu yotsatirayi, Edith Piaf ndipo kenako Yves Montand wotchulidwa kwambiri, amasanduka okonda. Ali ndi zaka zingapo zazikulu kuposa iye, ndipo ali ndi zowonjezereka, amamupangitsa kukhala pulojekiti, kumuthandiza wotchuka.
Edith Piaf anali ndi chizolowezi chothandizira okondedwa ake onse-mmodzi kuti akwaniritsidwe, kwa ena ndalama. Ngakhale Edith anali wotchuka chifukwa cha kuthekera kwake kuponyera amuna, mu moyo wake iye amatsatira mosamalitsa malingaliro kuti iwe umayenera kuponyera amuna asanangoganizira za izo. Anali ndi okondedwa ake onse, ndipo atatha kugonana, anandipatsa maunyolo angapo ndi sweti la buluu. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, patatha zaka ziwiri ndikugwirizana ndi Montan wokongola, akuponya mwadzidzidzi.
Edith Piaf ankakonda kwambiri amuna ndipo panthawi imodzimodziyo akanakhala ndi okonda atatu kapena ambiri, iwo anasinthidwa, ndipo anapitiriza kupambana. Panali chilakolako ndi chikondi, pamene izi zinamveka, iye anaponyera uyu kapena munthu ameneyo. Woimbayo adayika kuti ngati mutenga nambala ya okondedwa ake onse, ndiye kuti padzakhala pulogalamu ya telefoni. Ndipo kotero, paulendo, amadziwa chikondi cha moyo wake - Marcel Cerdan, ndiye msilikali wa ku Ulaya mu bokosi.
Serdan ndi Piaf sanabise chibwenzi chawo, anali mbuye wake, ndipo anali mwamuna wokwatiwa ali ndi ana atatu.
Mwachindunji, Serdana adayambanso kucheza ndi Piaf, ndipo ana ake sakonda moyo woimbayo (ngakhale kuti ubale wotere pakati pa mbuye wake ndi mkazi wake wa Serdan unangoyamba pambuyo pa imfa ya Marcel).
Kukondana kwawo kunatha pangozi, pamene Marcel adachoka ku Paris kupita ku New York mu ndege ya ndege, Piaf adalowa mukumwa, koma adapitilirabe nthawi ndi nthawi. Mwamwanoyo adadula tsitsi lake. Chotsatira chake, woimbayo adatembenukira ku valkolichku, adalola kuti apite moledzera pamsewu ndi ntchito yake, komanso moyo wake unatsika. Piaf sakanatha kupweteka ululu pambuyo pa imfa ya wokondedwa wake.
Atangoyamba kulankhula ndi aang'ono pomwe pa siteji, pambuyo pake anapezeka ngati chiwindi choyera. Patapita kanthawi, adagonjera moyo wake ndi kudzipha, koma adapulumutsidwa. Zaka ziwiri pambuyo pa imfa ya Serdan, Piaf akugwera m'galimoto, ndipo madokotala adamuphwanyaphwanya. M'chipatala, apatsidwa morphine kuti asamve ululu ndipo posakhalitsa sangaganizire moyo wake popanda mankhwalawa.
M'zaka zinayi zotsatira, detonator imagwira ntchito yokha mankhwalawa ndipo imagwira ntchito mosalekeza, chifukwa amadziwika kuti morphine imayambitsa kuvutika maganizo ndipo zimakhala zovuta kugwira ntchito m'dziko lino.
Nthaŵi ina, pangozi ya mankhwala, adawona nkhope ya amayi ake, omwe adamwalira ali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi makumi asanu ndi awiri kuchokera ku morphine wambirimbiri ndipo woimbayo anaganiza zomangiriza ndi mankhwalawa. Piaf anachotsa kuledzera kwa morphine, koma anapitiriza kupitiriza kumwa mowa.
Ngakhale kuti anali ndi zizoloŵezi zoipa, Edith anapitiriza kugwira ntchito, komanso kumasulira mabuku. Chikondi chake chotsiriza chinali Theo Lambucas, yemwe ali ndi zaka 27. Anakumana pa chipatala (kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo komanso kumwa mowa mopitirira nthawi yaitali sakanatha kukhudza thanzi lake), komwe Piaf ankachiritsira matenda a khansa ya chiwindi. Posakhalitsa Theoi Edith adzakwatira. Mu zithunzi zojambulidwa, iyeyo akuwoneka wokondwa.
Mu 1963, Piaf anamwalira, ndipo mwamuna wake wachinyamata amasiyidwa wopanda kanthu, chifukwa chirichonse chomwe iye analibe chochokera kwa wotchuka wotchuka ndizo ngongole zake, zomwe amayenera kulipira atamwalira.
