| Y aurait tant de choses à dire
| There would be so much to say
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| Y aurait tant de choses à faire
| There would be so many things to do
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| Que je ne sais plus quoi te dire
| That I don't know what to say to you anymore
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| Que je ne sais plus quoi te faire
| That I don't know what to do with you anymore
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| Le délit dans le délire
| The crime in delirium
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| C’est d’attenter à sa vie
| It's to take his own life
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| C’est de quitter le navire
| Is to jump ship
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| En pleine intempérie
| In bad weather
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| Pire, je m’attends au pire
| Worse, I expect the worst
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| Peu ou prou
| More or less
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| Nos sorts se nouent
| Our spells are tied
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| Lyre, maudite lyre
| Lyre, cursed lyre
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| Les cordes s'étirent
| The strings stretch
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| Jeu se joue
| Game is played
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| Bonne table nous accueille
| Good table welcomes us
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| À satiété
| To satiety
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| Soirée leste, soirée fruste
| Nimble evening, rough evening
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| De volupté
| Pleasure
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| Mon désir dévie vers toi, seul
| My desire deviates towards you, alone
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| Toi seul me va
| Only you suit me
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| Je m’arrange de ton linceul
| I manage your shroud
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| De ton barda
| Of your gear
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| Pire, je m’attends au pire
| Worse, I expect the worst
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| Peu ou prou
| More or less
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| Nos sorts se nouent
| Our spells are tied
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| Lyre, maudite lyre
| Lyre, cursed lyre
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| Les cordes s'étirent
| The strings stretch
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| Jeu se joue
| Game is played
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| Qui aurait pu me le prédire
| Who could have predicted this to me
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| Cette lente catastrophe
| This slow disaster
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| On ne devrait jamais dire
| We should never say
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| Sans faire de strophes
| Without making stanzas
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| Quand s'étiole le poème
| When the poem withers
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| Quand on en arrive aux mains
| When it comes to hands
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| Qu’on s’y donne, s’y abandonne
| That we give ourselves to it, abandon ourselves to it
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| Jusqu'à demain
| Until tomorrow
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| Pire, je m’attends au pire
| Worse, I expect the worst
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| Peu ou prou
| More or less
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| Nos sorts se nouent
| Our spells are tied
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| Lyre, maudite lyre
| Lyre, cursed lyre
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| Les cordes s'étirent
| The strings stretch
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| Jeu se joue | Game is played |