| Il m’appelait darling
| He called me darling
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| En buvant son long drink
| While drinking his long drink
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| Tout de lin blanc vêtu
| All in white linen
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| Pochette mauve et pieds nus
| Purple pouch and bare feet
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| Il m’appelait darling
| He called me darling
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| Comme un grand frère unique
| Like an only big brother
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| Un oncle d’Amérique
| An uncle from America
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| Tout seul dans le living
| All alone in the living
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| Il me disait darling
| He was telling me darling
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| L'époque est bien cruelle
| The times are very cruel
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| Mais pour toi elle est belle
| But for you she is beautiful
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| Tu es faite pour le ring
| You are made for the ring
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| Et il me disait darling
| And he was telling me darling
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| Quand on à l'étincelle
| When we have the spark
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| Et des rêves à la pelle
| And dreams in spades
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| On doit piquer son sprint
| We gotta sprint
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| Il m’appelait darling
| He called me darling
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| Comme un vieux Lord anglais
| Like an old English Lord
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| Un cousin égaré
| A Lost Cousin
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| Entre Proust et Kipling
| Between Proust and Kipling
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| Il m’appelait darling
| He called me darling
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| Tout en me souriant
| While smiling at me
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| Et je le revois si grand
| And I see him so big
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| Nostalgique et charming
| Nostalgic and charming
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| Il me disait darling
| He was telling me darling
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| Prends garde à l’existence
| Beware of the existence
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| Tout est dans l'élégance
| It's all about elegance
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| Même au creux d’un looping
| Even at the bottom of a loop
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| Il me disait darling
| He was telling me darling
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| Rien ne vous l'éphémère
| Nothing is fleeting to you
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| Rien ne vaut le mystère
| Nothing beats mystery
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| Dans une larme de gin
| In a tear of gin
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| Il m’appelait darling
| He called me darling
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| Mais plus rien ne lui était cher
| But nothing was dear to him anymore
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| Et sa solitude amère
| And its bitter loneliness
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| Lui allait comme un smoking
| Fit him like a tuxedo
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| Il m’appelait darling
| He called me darling
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| Mais quand tombait le soir
| But when evening fell
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| A l’heure du désespoir
| In the hour of despair
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| Il plongeait dans son spleen
| He was sinking in his spleen
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| Il me disait darling
| He was telling me darling
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| Certains sont trop fragiles
| Some are too fragile
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| Certains sont mal habiles
| Some are poorly skilled
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| Tout le monde n’a pas ton swing
| Not everyone has your swing
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| Il me disait darling
| He was telling me darling
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| Je n’ai plus de saveur
| I'm out of flavor
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| Je n’ai plus rien à cœur
| I have nothing more in my heart
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| Plus l’ombre d’un feeling
| No longer the shadow of a feeling
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| Il m’appelait darling
| He called me darling
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| Maintenant j’ai ton silence
| Now I have your silence
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| Le trou de son absence
| The Hole of His Absence
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| Et sa montre Breitling
| And his Breitling watch
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| Il m’a écrit darling
| He wrote me darling
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| À toi mon dernier mot
| To you my last word
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| Ne m’en veux pas darling
| don't blame me darling
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| Je quitte le bateau
| I leave the boat
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| Et il m’appelait darling
| And he called me darling
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| Dis à ceux que j’aimais
| Tell those I loved
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| Que mon corps de bastringue
| Than my bastard body
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| A fini par lâcher | Eventually let go |