| On s’est aime à cause, à cause de l'été
| We fell in love because, because of the summer
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| Qui peignait tout en rose, l’amour et la cité
| Who painted everything in pink, love and the city
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| A cause des grands rêves que nous avions bâtis
| Because of the big dreams we had built
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| Autour d’Adam et d’Eve et de leur Paradis
| About Adam and Eve and their Paradise
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| A cause de l’ambiance, du lieu et du moment
| Because of the mood, the place and the time
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| Et des lambeaux d’enfance, collés à nos vingt ans
| And shreds of childhood, stuck to our twenties
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| On s’est aimé à cause, à cause, à cause
| We loved each other because, because, because
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| Mais maintenant, vois-tu, on ne peut ignorer
| But now you see we can't ignore
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| Qu’il nous faut voir un peu differemment les choses
| That we need to see things a little differently
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| On s’est aime a cause, il faut s’aimer malgre
| We loved each other because, we must love each other despite
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| Malgre, malgre la pluie, tombant sur nos etes
| Despite, despite the rain, falling on our summers
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| Malgre le ciel de suie et les jours sans clarte
| Despite the sooty skies and the dim days
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| Malgre tous les grands reves dont on est revenus
| Despite all the big dreams we came back from
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| Comme Adam et comme Eve du Paradis perdu
| Like Adam and like Eve from Paradise lost
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| Malgre les clairvoyances de nos coeurs indulgeants
| Despite the insights of our indulgent hearts
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| Malgre l’accoutumance tissee au fil des ans
| Despite the habit formed over the years
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| On s’est aime a cause, a cause, a cause, a cause
| We loved each other because, because, because, because
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| Mais maintenant vois-tu, on ne peut ignorer
| But now you see, we can't ignore
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| Qu’il nous faut voir un peu differemment les choses
| That we need to see things a little differently
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| On s’est aime a cause
| We fell in love because
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| A cause de l’ambiance, du lieu et du moment
| Because of the mood, the place and the time
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| Et des lambeaux d’enfance, colles a nos vingt ans
| And shreds of childhood, glued to our twenties
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| On s’est aime a cause, a cause, a cause, a cause
| We loved each other because, because, because, because
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| Mais maintenant vois-tu, on ne peut ignorer
| But now you see, we can't ignore
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| Qu’il nous faut voir un peu differemment les choses
| That we need to see things a little differently
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| On s’est aime a cause, oh! | We loved each other because, oh! |
| il faut s’aimer malgre
| you have to love each other despite
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| Malgre beaucoup de choses
| Despite many things
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| Mais maintenant vois-tu, on ne peut ignorer
| But now you see, we can't ignore
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| Que l’amour se transforme et son apotheose
| May love be transformed and its apotheosis
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| C’est quand on aime a cause, a cause des malgres | It's when you love because, because of despite |