| Les filles sont jolies
| The girls are pretty
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| Dès que le printemps est là
| As soon as spring is here
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| Mais les serments s’oublient
| But oaths are forgotten
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| Dès que le printemps s’en va
| As soon as spring goes
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| Là-bas dans la prairie
| Over there in the meadow
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| J’attends toujours, mais en vain
| I'm still waiting, but in vain
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| Une fille en organdi
| A girl in organdy
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| Dès que le printemps revient
| As soon as spring returns
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| Non, le temps n’y fait rien
| No, time doesn't matter
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| Oh non, le temps n’y peut rien
| Oh no, time can't help it
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| Je repense à ses yeux
| I think back to his eyes
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| Dès que le printemps est là
| As soon as spring is here
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| Je revois nos adieux
| I see our goodbyes
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| Dès que le printemps s’en va
| As soon as spring goes
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| Mais son image rôde
| But his image lurks
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| Au détour de mon chemin
| Along my way
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| Quand les soirées se font chaudes
| When the evenings get hot
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| Dès que le printemps revient
| As soon as spring returns
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| Je crois la retrouver
| I think I find her
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| Dès que le printemps est là
| As soon as spring is here
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| Je cesse d’y rêver
| I stop dreaming about it
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| Dès que le printemps s’en va
| As soon as spring goes
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| Après bien des hivers
| After many winters
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| Pourtant mon cœur se souvient
| Yet my heart remembers
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| Comme si c'était hier
| Like it was yesterday
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| Dès que le printemps revient
| As soon as spring returns
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| Parfois je veux mourir
| Sometimes I want to die
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| Dès que le printemps est là
| As soon as spring is here
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| Je crois toujours guérir
| I still believe in healing
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| Dès que le printemps s’en va
| As soon as spring goes
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| Mais je sens la brûlure
| But I feel the burn
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| D’une douleur qui m'étreint
| Of a pain that grips me
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| Comme une ancienne blessure
| Like an old wound
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| Dès que le printemps revient | As soon as spring returns |