| Pauvre blues (original) | Pauvre blues (translation) |
|---|---|
| C'était un pauvre garçon | He was a poor boy |
| Dans une pauvre maison | In a poor house |
| Et dans sa pauvre vie | And in his poor life |
| Il n’avait qu’une pauvre chanson | He only had a poor song |
| Juste un pauvre blues | Just a poor blues |
| Juste un pauvre blues | Just a poor blues |
| Le seul ami, le seul compagnon de sa vie | The only friend, the only companion of his life |
| C'était ce pauvre blues | It was that poor blues |
| Sur sa pauvre guitare | On his poor guitar |
| Il jouait tous les soirs | He played every night |
| Les pauvres harmonies | The poor harmonies |
| Et il chantait son pauvre espoir | And he sang of his poor hope |
| Juste un pauvre blues | Just a poor blues |
| Juste un pauvre blues | Just a poor blues |
| Et toutes les nuits le pauvre garçon jouait | And every night the poor boy played |
| jouait | was playing |
| Son pauvre blues | His poor blues |
| Par une pauvre nuit | One poor night |
| Vint une pauvre fille | Came a poor girl |
| Qui voulait bien partager son pauvre blues | Who wanted to share his poor blues |
| Avec lui | With him |
| Juste un pauvre blues | Just a poor blues |
| Juste un pauvre blues | Just a poor blues |
| Mais un pauvre matin | But one poor morning |
| Elle quitta son chemin | She left her way |
| Il se retrouva tout seul | He found himself all alone |
| Avec son pauvre chagrin | With her poor sorrow |
| Et son pauvre blues | And his poor blues |
| Juste un pauvre blues | Just a poor blues |
| Et il comprit que toute sa vie | And he understood that all his life |
| Ne serait jamais qu’un pauvre blues | Would never be just poor blues |
