| Piazza Novona
| Piazza Novona
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| J'étais là très tôt ce matin
| I was there very early this morning
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| Je te cherchais
| I was looking for you
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| A vive allure, le passé nous rattrape
| Fast forward, the past catches up with us
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| Je me demande si j’ai eu raison
| I wonder if I was right
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| Et me voici à Rome
| And here I am in Rome
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| Devant chez toi
| In front of your home
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| L’escalier monte à sa chambre, et dans
| The stairs go up to his bedroom, and in
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| Ce froid de gueux
| This beggar cold
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| L’enfant du roi fou
| Mad King's Child
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| En bras de chemise légère, dans
| In light shirt arms, in
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| Son âme, tous nos mystères
| His soul, all our mysteries
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| De Berlin, de Moscou
| From Berlin, from Moscow
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| Des photos d’un ado sombre accrochées
| Pictures of a gloomy teenager hung
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| Au mur là, devant lui
| On the wall there, in front of him
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| Il se voit, est-ce lui? | He sees himself, is it him? |
| Est-ce lui?
| Is the one?
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| Je t’ai attendu dans ce rade triste
| I waited for you in this sad harbor
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| Il était trop tôt pour ma défaite
| It was too early for my defeat
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| L’escalier monte à sa chambre
| The stairs go up to his room
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| Et dans le froid de décembre
| And in the December cold
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| Son accent français le trahit
| His French accent betrays him
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| En bras de chemise légère
| In light shirt arms
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| Dans ses yeux, tous nos mystères
| In her eyes, all our mysteries
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| De Marseille à Paris
| From Marseille to Paris
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| Des photos d’un ado sombre
| Pictures of a dark teenager
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| Accrochées au mur, devant lui
| Hanging on the wall, in front of him
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| Est-ce moi? | Is it me? |
| Est-ce lui?
| Is the one?
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| Comme le héros d’un livre
| Like the hero of a book
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| Qui ne souffrirait plus du froid
| Who would no longer suffer from the cold
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| L’homme qui marche devant moi
| The man who walks in front of me
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| Est-ce moi?
| Is it me?
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| Comme le héro d’un livre
| Like the hero of a book
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| Qui n’s’ouvrirait plus qu’une fois
| Which would only open once
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| L’homme qui marche devant moi
| The man who walks in front of me
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| Est-ce toi? | Is it you? |