| On n'était pas des Barbe-Bleue
| We weren't Bluebeards
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| Ni des pelés, ni des galeux
| Neither skinned nor scabby
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| Porteurs de parasites
| Parasite carriers
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| On n'était pas des spadassins
| We were not swashbucklers
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| On venait du pays voisin
| We came from the neighboring country
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| On venait en visite
| We were coming to visit
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| On n’avait aucune intention
| We had no intention
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| De razzia, de déprédation
| Of raid, of depredation
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| Aucun but illicite
| No Illegal Purpose
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| On venait pas piller chez eux
| We didn't come to loot their house
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| On venait pas gober leurs oeufs
| We didn't come to gobble their eggs
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| On venait en visite
| We were coming to visit
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| On poussait pas des cris d’Indiens
| We weren't screaming Indians
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| On avançait avec maintien
| We moved forward steadily
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| Et d’un pas qui hésite
| And with a step that hesitates
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| On braquait pas des revolvers
| We weren't pointing guns
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| On arrivait les bras ouverts
| We came with open arms
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| On venait en visite
| We were coming to visit
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| Mais ils sont rentrés dans leurs trous
| But they got back in their holes
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| Mais ils ont poussé les verrous
| But they pushed the locks
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| Dans un accord tacite
| In tacit agreement
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| Ils ont fermé les contrevents
| They closed the shutters
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| Caché les femmes, les enfants
| Hidden women, children
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| Refusé la visite
| Denied visit
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| On venait pas leur imposer
| We weren't coming to impose on them
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| Notre manière de penser
| Our way of thinking
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| Pas leur prendre leur site
| Not take them their site
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| On venait leur dire en passant
| We came to tell them in passing
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| Un petit bonjour innocent
| An innocent little hello
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| On venait en visite
| We were coming to visit
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| On venait pour se présenter
| We came to introduce ourselves
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| On venait pour les fréquenter
| We came to hang out
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| Pour qu’ils nous plébiscitent
| So that they acclaim us
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| Dans l’espérance d'être admis
| Hoping to be admitted
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| Et naturalisés amis
| And naturalized friends
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| On venait en visite
| We were coming to visit
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| Par malchance, ils n’ont pas voulu
| Unfortunately, they didn't want
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| De notre amitié superflue
| Of our superfluous friendship
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| Que rien ne nécessite
| That nothing requires
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| Et l’on a refermé nos mains
| And we closed our hands
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| Et l’on a rebroussé chemin
| And we turned back
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| Suspendu la visite | Suspended visit |