| Sous le ciel crasseux qui pleurait d’ennui,
| Under the filthy sky that wept with boredom,
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| Sous la petite pluie qui tombait sur lui,
| In the little rain that fell on him,
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| Lui… l’homme de Berlin…
| He... the man from Berlin...
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| Dans le vieux faubourg, au milieu de la nuit,
| In the old suburb, in the middle of the night,
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| Il se tenait l?. | He was standing there. |
| Je n’ai vu que lui,
| I only saw him,
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| Lui… l’homme de Berlin…
| He... the man from Berlin...
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| Etrang? | Strange? |
| re? | D? |
| Berlin, o? | Berlin, where? |
| je venais d’arriver,
| I had just arrived,
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| Quand on n’attend plus rien,
| When we don't expect anything anymore,
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| Quand on veut tout changer,
| When you want to change everything,
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| Berlin vaut bien Berlin.
| Berlin is well worth Berlin.
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| Moi, il m’en faut peu pour croire, dans la vie,
| Me, it takes little for me to believe, in life,
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| Que tout peut changer, et pourquoi pas lui…
| That everything can change, and why not him...
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| Lui… l’homme de Berlin.
| Him… the man from Berlin.
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| J' me voyais d? | I saw myself |
| j? | I |
| l’aimer pour la vie.
| love him for life.
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| J' recommen? | I start again? |
| ais tout, c'? | have everything, is it? |
| tait avec lui.
| was with him.
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| Lui… l’homme de Berlin…
| He... the man from Berlin...
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| Ne me parlez pas de hasard,
| Don't speak to me of chance,
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| De ciel, ni de fatalit?,
| Of heaven, nor of fatality?,
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| De prochains retours, ni d’espoir,
| Of forthcoming returns, nor of hope,
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| De destin, ni d'? | Of fate, nor of? |
| ternit?.
| tarnish?.
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| Ne me parlez pas de Berlin
| Don't talk to me about Berlin
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| Puisque Berlin n’est rien pour moi.
| Since Berlin is nothing to me.
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| Ne me parlez pas de Berlin,
| Don't talk to me about Berlin,
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| M? | M? |
| me si Berlin, c’est tout pour moi.
| me if Berlin, that's it for me.
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| Sous le ciel crasseux qui pleurait d’ennui,
| Under the filthy sky that wept with boredom,
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| Sous la petite pluie qui tombait sur lui,
| In the little rain that fell on him,
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| Lui… l’homme de Berlin…
| He... the man from Berlin...
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| J' l’ai pris pour l’amour, c'? | I took it for love, right? |
| tait un passant,
| was a passerby,
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| Une? | A? |
| ternit? | tarnish? |
| de quelques instants,
| for a few moments,
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| Lui… l’homme de Berlin,
| He... the man from Berlin,
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| Car lui, l’homme de Berlin, cherchait aussi l’oubli.
| Because he, the man from Berlin, was also looking for oblivion.
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| Il est parti trop loin
| He's gone too far
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| Car, pour user sa vie,
| For, to wear out his life,
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| Il n’y a pas que Berlin.
| It's not just Berlin.
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| Dans chaque visage, je ne vois que lui
| In every face I see only him
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| Et, dans chaque nuit, je dors avec lui,
| And in every night I sleep with him,
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| Lui… l’homme de Berlin
| Him… the man from Berlin
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| Sous quel ciel crasseux, passe-t-il sa vie
| Under what filthy sky does he spend his life
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| Et dans quel Berlin tra? | And what Berlin will you be in? |
| ne-t-il sa vie,
| does he not his life,
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| Lui… l’homme de Berlin?
| Him... the man from Berlin?
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| Mais y a pas qu’un homme dans ce foutu pays…
| But there's not just one man in this damn country...
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| Ici ou ailleurs…
| Here or somewhere else…
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| Il n’y a pas que lui…
| It's not just him...
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| Il n’y a pas que lui…
| It's not just him...
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| Il n’y a pas que lui…
| It's not just him...
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| Il n’y a pas que lui…
| It's not just him...
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| Il n’y a pas que lui…
| It's not just him...
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| Y a pas que lui… que lui… que lui… | It's not just him... just him... just him... |