| Un soir une femme a versé mille larmes
| One evening a woman shed a thousand tears
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| Sur le corps sans vie d’une âme brave
| On the lifeless body of a brave soul
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| Dans un sanglot elle rangea ses armes
| With a sob she put away her weapons
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| Elle ne pensait pas pouvoir faire tant de mal
| She didn't think she could do so much harm
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| Écoutez
| Listen
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| Écoutez-la maintenant pleurer
| Hear her now cry
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| Comme l’enfant sur le moineau
| Like the child on the sparrow
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| Qu’il vient de tuer
| That he just killed
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| Elle savait qu’il l’aimait et ça
| She knew he loved her and that
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| La faisait rigoler, elle a tant joué
| Made her laugh, she played so much
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| Avec lui qu’il en est mort aujourd’hui
| With him that he died today
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| Pauvre homm ta vie ne fut qu’un ennui
| Poor man your life was just a bore
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| Rgardez
| Watch
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| Regardez-la maintenant lui mendier
| Watch her now beg him
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| Un instant un souffle de vie
| A moment a breath of life
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| Pour se faire pardonner
| To be forgiven
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| Il s’est gelé les mains pour elle
| He froze his hands for her
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| En lui décrochant cent fois la lune
| By taking down the moon a hundred times
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| Il a versé cent fois sa fortune
| He poured out a hundred times his fortune
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| Pour lui offrir une fois le soleil
| To give her once the sun
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| Admirez
| Admire
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| Admirez-le tout chancelant
| Admire it all tottering
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| D’avoir creusé la terre pour trouver ce diamant
| For digging the earth to find that diamond
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| Qu’elle voulait tant
| That she wanted so much
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| Les heures tournent, le héros est mort
| The hours are ticking, the hero is dead
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| La femme pleure sur son triste sort
| The woman cries over her sad fate
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| Un frisson glacé mêlé de remords
| An icy chill mixed with remorse
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| Lui traverse le corps, mais qui a eu tort?
| It goes through the body, but who was wrong?
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| Les heures tournent, le héros est mort
| The hours are ticking, the hero is dead
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| La femme pleure sur son triste sort
| The woman cries over her sad fate
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| Un frisson glacé mêlé de remords
| An icy chill mixed with remorse
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| Lui traverse le corps, mais qui a eu tort? | It goes through the body, but who was wrong? |