| Je t'(c)cris des trottoirs de nos villes habill (c)es en No"l,
| I (c)shout to you from the sidewalks of our cities dressed in Christmas,
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| de quelques nuits d’hiver aux saveurs douces-amres
| of a few winter nights with bittersweet flavors
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| Je t'(c)cris de ces soirs de lumires,
| I (c)crie to you from these evenings of light,
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| des yeux (c)merveill (c)s de cette petite fille
| (c)wonderful (c)s eyes of this little girl
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| au pied d’un grand sapin sur la cinquime avenue
| under a big tree on fifth avenue
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| Je t'(c)cris d’un d (c)part, d’une valise oubli (c)e
| I am (c)crying to you from a (c)part, from a forgotten suitcase (c)e
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| Je t'(c)cris d’un lac blanc o№ ce couple patine
| I'm (c)crying to you from a white lake where this couple is skating
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| Je t'(c)cris d’un d (c)sert o№ l'(c)pave d’un bateau se souvient de la mer,
| I (c)crie to you from a d (c)sert where the (c)pave of a boat remembers the sea,
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| je t'(c)cris d’une terre o№ des maisons s'(c)croulent
| I am (c)crying to you from a land where houses are collapsing
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| Je t'(c)cris de Venise, o№ les amants s'(c)veillent au son de vieux clochers
| I (c)call you from Venice, where lovers watch to the sound of old steeples
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| Il y neigera peut-Єtre encore cette ann (c)e
| It may snow there again this year
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| Je t'(c)cris de la mer, au large de Gibraltar le regard vers Tanger
| I (c)call you from the sea, off Gibraltar looking towards Tangier
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| Je t'(c)cris de l’Afrique o№ l’on meurt par milliers
| I (c)crie to you from Africa where we die by the thousands
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| Des quatre coins de la terre, je t'(c)cris des tranch (c)es de guerres abandonn (c)es
| From the four corners of the earth, I (c)sell you slices of wars abandoned (c)es
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| Je t'(c)cris d’un baiser, de ce banc de Paris
| I (c)crie you with a kiss, from this bench in Paris
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| o№ deux amants s’enlacent dans leur (c)ternit© et que rien ni personne ne pourrait d (c)ranger
| where two lovers embrace in their (c)ternity and that nothing and no one could disturb
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| Je t'(c)cris d’un caf©, de l’aile d’un avion
| I'm (c)crying to you from a café, from the wing of an airplane
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| o№ nos m (c)moires s’enlacent dans ton (c)ternit© et que rien ni personne ne pourrait m’enlever
| o№ our m (c)moirs entwine in your (c)ternity and that nothing and no one could take away from me
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| Je t'(c)cris de ces ciels de quart monde
| I (c)shout to you from these fourth world skies
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| o№ les corps si l (c)gers d’enfants trop peu nourris s'(c)lvent sans faire de bruit
| o№ the so light bodies of undernourished children rise quietly
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| Je t'(c)cris de la rue o№ l’on danse et l’on chante
| I (c)shout to you from the street where we dance and sing
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| Je t'(c)cris du plumier d’un vieillard solitaire la chambre oubli (c)e
| I (c)crie to you from the pencil case of a lonely old man the bedroom oblivion (c)e
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| Je t'(c)cris de la part de ces dieux impuissants aux noms desquels on tue
| I (c)crie to you from those helpless gods in whose names we kill
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| Je t'(c)cris de la main de ces hommes de paix qui n’ont pas renonc© Je t'(c)cris de la Seine, la tour Eiffel y brille dans des reflets pass (c)s
| I (c)crie to you from the hands of those men of peace who have not given up© I (c)cri to you from the Seine, the Eiffel Tower shines there in past (c)s reflections
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| Je t'(c)cris du souvenir d’un baiser par milliers
| I (c)crie to you from the memory of a kiss by the thousands
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| Des quatre coins de la terre, je ferai le tour du monde, d’un jour trs ordinaire
| From the four corners of the earth, I will go around the world, on a very ordinary day
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| Je t'(c)cris de ce rЄve de t’avoir tant aim© Je t'(c)cris (c)bloui par tant d’humanit© | I (c)shout to you from this dream of having loved you so much I (c)shout to you (c)dazzled by so much humanity |