| Voyez cet homme qui court, qui court
| See this man running, running
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| Parmi la ville et les avenues.
| Among the city and the avenues.
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| Voyez cet homme qui court, qui court
| See this man running, running
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| Parmi la ville, à cœur perdu.
| Among the city, heartbroken.
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| Mais qu’a-t-il fait?
| But what did he do?
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| A-t-il volé?
| Did he steal?
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| A-t-il tué?
| Did he kill?
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| Nul ne sait, nul ne sait, nul ne sait…
| No one knows, no one knows, no one knows...
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| Est-il traqué
| Is he stalked
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| Par son passé
| By his past
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| Qui court après?
| Who is after?
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| Moi je sais, moi je sais, moi je sais…
| Me I know, me I know, me I know...
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| Il court, il court en bousculant
| He runs, he runs hustling
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| Sur son passage même les enfants
| On its way even the children
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| Et toute la ville et tous les gens
| And all the town and all the people
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| Lui montrent le poing en passant.
| Wave their fists at him as they pass.
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| Voyez cet homme qui court, qui court
| See this man running, running
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| Parmi les rues et les avenues.
| Among the streets and avenues.
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| Voyez cet homme qui court, qui court
| See this man running, running
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| Parmi la ville, à cœur perdu.
| Among the city, heartbroken.
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| Ce qu’il a fait:
| What he did:
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| Il a tué…
| He killed…
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| Pour qui? | For who? |
| Pourquoi?
| Why?
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| Moi je sais, moi je sais, moi je sais…
| Me I know, me I know, me I know...
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| Il est traqué
| He's being hunted
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| Et c’est chez moi
| And this is my home
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| Qu’on est venu le chercher, le chercher, le chercher…
| That we came looking for it, looking for it, looking for it...
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| Sa seule chance est de partir
| His only chance is to leave
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| Et, comme un fou, il va s’enfuir.
| And, like a madman, he will run away.
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| Jusqu'à la fin,
| Until the end,
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| Il va courir.
| He will run.
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| Peut-être bien
| Maybe
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| Jusqu'à mourir…
| Until I die...
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| Jusqu’au grand fleuve
| To the great river
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| Qui coule là-bas,
| that flows there,
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| Jouant sa vie à pile ou face,
| Playing a coin toss his life,
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| Et puis, mon Dieu, que le temps passe
| And then, my God, how time flies
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| Mais cette histoire… ne regarde que moi…
| But this story... only concern me...
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| Que moi…
| Than me…
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| Que moi…
| Than me…
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| Que moi…
| Than me…
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| Que moi… | Than me… |