| Quand la mort est venue me chercher
| When death came for me
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| J’ai su lui parler
| I knew how to talk to him
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| Je lui ai dit: «ma jeune amie
| I said to her, "my young friend
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| Va donc voir là-haut si j’y suis !»
| Go see if I'm up there!"
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| J’ai eu beau faire, j’ai eu beau dire
| No matter how much I did, no matter how much I said
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| Elle m’a simplement souri
| She just smiled at me
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| A cet instant j’ai compris
| At that moment I understood
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| Que pour moi c'était fini
| That for me it was over
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| Pour gagner ma place dans le Paradis
| To earn my place in Heaven
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| J’ai tout fait, j’ai tout promis
| I did everything, I promised everything
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| Dieu m’a reçu comme un vieil ami
| God received me like an old friend
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| Mais ça fait au moins vingt fois
| But it's been at least twenty times
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| Que j’lui raconte ma vie
| That I tell him my life
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| Au moins vingt fois
| At least twenty times
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| Que j’lui raconte ma vie
| That I tell him my life
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| Mais à force de discuter
| But by dint of discussing
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| J’ai fini par m’ennuyer
| I ended up getting bored
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| Avec Saint Pierre j’ai sympathisé
| With Saint Peter I sympathized
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| Au poker nous avons joué
| In poker we played
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| Comm' d’habitude j’ai triché
| As usual I cheated
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| Il a perdu ses clefs
| He lost his keys
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| J’ai eu tôt fait de quitter
| I was quick to leave
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| Cette éternité
| This eternity
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| Pour gagner ma place dans l’Enfer maudit
| To earn my place in the cursed hell
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| J’ai vendu mon âme à moitié prix
| I sold my soul for half price
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| Satan m 'a reçu comme un vieil ami
| Satan received me like an old friend
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| Mais ça fait au moins vingt fois
| But it's been at least twenty times
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| Que j’lui raconte ma vie
| That I tell him my life
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| Au moins vingt fois
| At least twenty times
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| Que j’lui raconte ma vie
| That I tell him my life
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| J’ai fini par ressusciter
| I ended up being resurrected
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| C’n'était pas une mauvaise idée
| It wasn't a bad idea
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| Mes voisins en furent étonnés
| My neighbors were amazed
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| Ils doivent encor’en parler
| They still have to talk about it
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| Mais la mort ma vieille amie
| But death my old friend
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| N’a pas très bien compris
| Didn't quite understand
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| Elle est revenue et m’a promis
| She came back and promised me
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| De voir du pays
| To see the country
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| Depuis nous sommes une paire d’amis
| Since we are a pair of friends
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| Je porte sa lampe et sa faucille
| I carry his lamp and his sickle
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| Plus de problèmes, plus de soucis
| No more problems, no more worries
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| Mais ça fait au moins vingt fois
| But it's been at least twenty times
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| Que j’lui raconte ma vie
| That I tell him my life
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| Oui ça fait au moins vingt fois
| Yes it's been at least twenty times
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| Que j’lui raconte ma vie | That I tell him my life |