| Retour Au Quartier Lointain (original) | Retour Au Quartier Lointain (translation) |
|---|---|
| La rue monte en lacets | The street winds up |
| Chaque virage se mérite | Every bend is worth it |
| Et tu te sens perdu | And you feel lost |
| Comme tu reconnais tout | How you recognize everything |
| Tu ne sais que leur dire | You don't know what to tell them |
| Pas même «ça passe trop vite «» Nous ne t’en voulons pas «Dit la main sur ta joue: | Not even "it goes by too fast" "We don't blame you" Said the hand on your cheek: |
| Quartier lointain | Distant neighborhood |
| En te levant ce jour | When you wake up this day |
| Tu ne soupçonnais pas | You didn't suspect |
| L’intention de tes pas | The intention of your steps |
| Et tu t’es réveillé | And you woke up |
| Dans ce lieu où le temps | In this place where time |
| Avait à te causer | Had to talk to you |
| D’une jeunesse distraite | Of a distracted youth |
| Du sable plein les doigts | Fingers full of sand |
| Oh mon amour perdu | Oh my lost love |
| Que reste-t‘il de quoi? | What's left of what? |
| La rue monte en lacets | The street winds up |
| Concentré dans l’effort | Concentrated in the effort |
| Tu n’as hier pas vu | You didn't see yesterday |
| Tout ce qui s’y tramait | Everything that was going on |
| Ni entendu les voix | Nor heard the voices |
| De ceux qui t’attendraient | Of those who would wait for you |
| Ceux qui te revoyant | Those who see you again |
| Semblent t’attendre encore: | Still seem to be waiting for you: |
| Quartier lointain | Distant neighborhood |
