| Il était venu de son pays de neige
| He had come from his land of snow
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| Tout droit vers le Sud, sans presque s’arrêter.
| Straight south, hardly stopping.
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| Mon Dieu que c’est loin, que c’est loin de la Norvège, la Méditerranée
| My God it's far, it's far from Norway, the Mediterranean
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| C'était'ses yeux verts, et c'était'sa guitare
| It was his green eyes, and it was his guitar
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| Qui avaient payé ce voyage de fou.
| Who had paid for this crazy trip.
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| Quand il en jouait, en lui offrait à boire, on lui donnait des sous.
| When he played it, offered him a drink, he was given pennies.
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| Christiansen, il savait quelques mots de mauvais français.
| Christiansen, he knew a few words of bad French.
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| Christiansen, il savait quelques mots de mauvais anglais.
| Christiansen, he knew a few words of bad English.
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| Et pourtant, je comprenais bien
| And yet I understood
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| Même quand il ne disait rien, Christiansen
| Even when he said nothing, Christiansen
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| Le jour où j’irai le rejoindre en Norvège
| The day I will join him in Norway
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| Je reconnaîtrai cette maison d’Oslo
| I will recognize this house in Oslo
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| Et ce vieux traîneau qu’il lançait'sur la neige
| And this old sled he was throwing on the snow
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| Comme on lance un bateau.
| Like launching a boat.
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| Je reconnaîtrai la fameuse Christine
| I will recognize the famous Christine
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| Dont il me parlait pour me faire enrager.
| Which he was telling me to make me angry.
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| Je ne l’aime pas, cette jolie cousine, elle l’a trop aimé.
| I don't love her, that pretty cousin, she loved her too much.
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| Christiansen, il dormait’sur la plage entre deux rochers.
| Christiansen, he slept on the beach between two rocks.
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| Christiansen, s’il mangeait quelquefois, c’est que j’y pensais.
| Christiansen, if he ate sometimes, it was because I thought about it.
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| Et pourtant, il était heureux
| And yet he was happy
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| Oui, vraiment, il était heureux, Christiansen.
| Yes, really, he was happy, Christiansen.
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| Il est repartis vers son pays de neige
| He went back to his land of snow
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| Et la plage d’or où l’on s’est tant baignés
| And the golden beach where we bathed so much
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| A le sable gris des plages de Norvège, il a tout emporté
| To the gray sands of Norwegian beaches, he took it all away
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| Pour me le redonner quand je le reverrai. | To give it back to me when I see it again. |