| C’est l’histoire d’un type moyen
| This is the story of an average guy
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| Qui n’avait jamais pu pleurer
| Who could never cry
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| Il en avait pas les moyens
| He couldn't afford it
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| Pourtant, il aurait bien aim?
| Still, he would have liked?
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| Car de pleurer,? | Because to cry,? |
| A vous soulage
| To relieve you
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| Et? | And? |
| A vous met du baume dans l’c? | A puts balm in your heart? |
| Ur
| Ur
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| Mais lui, il avait pass? | But he had passed? |
| L'? | L'? |
| Ge
| Ge
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| D’apprendre le chagrin par c? | To learn grief by c? |
| Ur
| Ur
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| Il essayait de se concentrer
| He was trying to concentrate
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| Pour s'? | For if? |
| Mouvoir? | Move? |
| L’improviste
| The improvisation
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| Mais non: il savait pas pleurer
| But no: he didn't know how to cry
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| Et c’est? | And it's? |
| A qui le rendait triste
| Who made him sad
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| Pour se payer ce petit instant
| To pay for this little moment
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| O? | Where? |
| L’on est vraiment malheureux
| We are really unhappy
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| Y s’fabriquait des emb? | Were emb made? |
| Tements
| ments
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| Inventait des ennuis s? | Made up trouble s? |
| Rieux
| Rieux
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| Et pour? | And for? |
| A, il savait s’y prendre
| A, he knew how to do it
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| A en juger par son pass?
| Judging by his background?
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| Il avait m? | He had m? |
| Me tent? | Tempt me? |
| De se pendre
| To hang himself
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| Preuve qu’il aimait pas rigoler
| Proof that he did not like to laugh
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| Quand s’pr? | When is it? |
| Sentait un beau malheur
| Felt a beautiful misfortune
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| Tout de suite il lui faisait du charme
| Right away he charmed her
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| Mais il avait beau s’crever l’c? | But no matter how much he died |
| Ur
| Ur
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| Il pouvait pas trouver une larme
| He couldn't find a tear
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| ? | ? |
| A lui a pass? | What happened to him? |
| Subitement
| Suddenly
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| Rencontrant pr? | Meeting pr? |
| S d’une fontaine
| S of a fountain
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| O? | Where? |
| Se d? | Se d? |
| Barbouillait l’printemps
| Smeared the spring
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| Une gosse qui avait de la peine
| A kid who was in pain
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| Dans son petit tablier de toile
| In her little canvas apron
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| Elle pleurait comme une enfant
| She was crying like a child
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| Il a vu ses yeux pleins d'? | He saw her eyes full of? |
| Toiles
| canvases
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| Alors il en a fait autant
| So he did the same
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| Un type comme? | A guy like? |
| A, c’est pas commun
| A, it's not common
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| Car il? | Because he? |
| Tait pas comme nous autres
| Don't be like us
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| Puisque, pour qu’il ait du chagrin
| Since, for him to have sorrow
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| Il lui fallait l’chagrin des autres
| He needed the grief of others
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| La gosse? | The kid? |
| Tait toute seule au monde
| Was all alone in the world
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| Tout' seule le jour, tout' seule la nuit
| All alone by day, all alone at night
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| Et puis surtout, elle? | And above all, her? |
| Tait blonde
| was blonde
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| Alors il l’a prise avec lui
| So he took her with him
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| Il est content puisque c’est elle
| He's happy since it's her
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| Qui lui a appris? | Who taught him? |
| Pleurer
| Weep
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| Mais la le? | But the the? |
| On? | We? |
| Tait trop belle
| You were too beautiful
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| La fille aussi… Tout a rat?
| The girl too... All a rat?
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| Il est devenu bien malheureux
| He became very unhappy
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| Tromp? | Cheat? |
| Plus qu’il ne le m? | More than he m? |
| Rite
| Rite
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| Et tous les jours, il pleure un peu
| And every day he cries a little
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| Maintenant qu’il sait, il en profite | Now that he knows, he enjoys it |