| C’est un beau roman, c’est une belle histoire
| It's a beautiful novel, it's a beautiful story
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| C’est une romance d’aujourd’hui
| It's a romance today
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| Il rentrait chez lui, l-haut vers le brouillard
| He was going home, up there in the fog
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| Elle descendait dans le midi, le midi
| She was coming down in the noon, noon
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| Ils se sont trouvs au bord du chemin
| They found themselves by the wayside
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| Sur l’autoroute des vacances
| On the holiday highway
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| C’tait sans doute un jour de chance
| It was probably a lucky day
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| Ils avaient le ciel porte de main
| They had heaven at their fingertips
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| Un cadeau de la providence
| A Gift of Providence
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| Alors pourquoi penser au lendemain
| So why think about tomorrow
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| Ils se sont cachs dans un grand champ de bl Se laissant porter par les courants
| They hid in a big field of wheat Drifting on the currents
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| Se sont raconts leur vies qui commenaient
| Told each other their lives that were beginning
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| Ils n’taient encore que des enfants, des enfants
| They were still just children, children
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| Qui s’taient trouvs au bord du chemin
| Who had been by the wayside
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| Sur l’autoroute des vacances
| On the holiday highway
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| C’tait sans doute un jour de chance
| It was probably a lucky day
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| Qui cueillirent le ciel au creux de leurs mains
| Who plucked the sky in the palm of their hands
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| Comme on cueille la providence
| As one gathers providence
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| Refusant de penser au lendemain
| Refusing to think about tomorrow
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| Il rentrait chez lui, l-haut vers le brouillard
| He was going home, up there in the fog
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| Elle descendait dans le midi, le midi
| She was coming down in the noon, noon
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| Ils se sont quitts au bord du matin
| They parted at the edge of the morning
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| Sur l’autoroute des vacances
| On the holiday highway
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| C’tait fini le jour de chance
| It was over on the lucky day
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| Ils reprirent alors chacun leur chemin
| They then each went their own way.
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| Salurent la providence
| hail providence
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| En se faisant un signe de la main
| Waving to each other
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| Il rentra chez lui, l-haut vers le brouillard
| He went home, up to the fog
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| Elle est descendue l-bas dans le midi
| She went down there in the afternoon
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| C’est un beau roman, c’est une belle histoire
| It's a beautiful novel, it's a beautiful story
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| C’est une romance d’aujourd’hui | It's a romance today |