| Je suis le tigre de la montagne,
| I am the mountain tiger,
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| Écoute-moi !
| Listen to me !
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| Je serai fort dans la bataille,
| I will be strong in battle,
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| Je ne pleurerai pas.
| I will not cry.
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| Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
| Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
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| In the forests of the night.
| In the forests of the night.
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| Je suis le tigre de la montagne,
| I am the mountain tiger,
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| Le prince des bois.
| The Prince of the Woods.
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| Je sens mon âme qui s'éloigne,
| I feel my soul drifting away
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| Qui tremble de froid.
| Who shivers with cold.
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| Toi la Blafarde, la Visage Pâle,
| You the pale, the pale-faced,
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| Colore-moi
| color me
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| De peinture rouge, de brou de noix
| Red paint, walnut husk
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| Pour ce combat.
| For this fight.
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| Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
| Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
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| In the forests of the night. | In the forests of the night. |
| (X2)
| (X2)
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| Je suis le tigre de la montagne,
| I am the mountain tiger,
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| Je danse pour toi.
| I dance for you.
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| Je hurle au vent, je quitte le bagne.
| I howl in the wind, I leave the prison.
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| Regarde-moi !
| Look at me !
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| Je prends la route vers la plaine,
| I take the road to the plain,
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| J’avance droit.
| I walk straight.
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| Au loin l’ouragan se déchaîne,
| In the distance the hurricane is unleashed,
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| L’automne est là.
| Autumn is here.
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| (Merci à Loufie pour cettes paroles) | (Thanks to Loufie for these lyrics) |