| Tiens? | Take? |
| Ah? | Oh? |
| Qu’est-ce que c’est que ça?
| What is that?
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| C’est un drôle de calendrier
| It's a funny calendar
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| Ou les bons jours sont moins bons
| Where the good days are less good
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| Et les mauvais moins mauvais
| And the bad less bad
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| Les uns empiètent sur les autres
| One encroaches on the other
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| Pas contrariants
| Not annoying
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| Un jour, je déciderai que vraiment
| One day I will decide that truly
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| Ça va comme ça
| It goes like this
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| Quelqu’un peut obéir a toutes les règles
| Someone can obey all the rules
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| Et puis un jour
| And then one day
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| Il s’en fiche
| He does not care
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| Il s’en fiche
| He does not care
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| Tutti va bene, ne crois tu pas? | Tutti va bene, don't you think? |
| l’heure est si tranquille
| the hour is so quiet
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| L’heure est tranquille, elle nous tire de tout mauvais pas
| The hour is quiet, it gets us out of all bad shape
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| Près de la rivière, au bord, as-tu vu ce que je vois?
| By the river, at the edge, have you seen what I see?
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| C'était une bête ou une vieille souche, je ne sais pas
| It was a beast or an old stump, I don't know
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| Tutti va bene, ne crois tu pas? | Tutti va bene, don't you think? |
| l’heure est si tranquille
| the hour is so quiet
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| On nous attend mais personne ne nous en voudra
| We are expected but no one will blame us
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| Dans l’air lourd on danse a nos cotes en parlant de quoi?
| In the heavy air we dance by our side talking about what?
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| Je n'écoute plus, je n’entends que cette chanson la
| I don't listen anymore, I only hear this song
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| I was waiting for you at the Kabuyi (?) Club
| I was waiting for you at the Kabuyi (?) Club
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| I was really trying to feel sad
| I was really trying to feel sad
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| But then you came
| But then you came
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| And I really felt so sad
| And I really felt so sad
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| And I really felt so sad
| And I really felt so sad
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| La la la la la…
| La la la la la…
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| Tutti va bene, ne crois tu pas? | Tutti va bene, don't you think? |
| l’heure est si tranquille
| the hour is so quiet
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| L’heure est tranquille, elle nous tire de tout mauvais pas
| The hour is quiet, it gets us out of all bad shape
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| Ou m’as tu mène? | Where did you lead me? |
| Ou que ce soit, je ne regrette pas
| Or whatever, I don't regret
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| Ce n’est pas pour moi ces regrets la, pas pour moi | These regrets are not for me, not for me |