Translation of the song lyrics Sans exigences - Jacques Brel

Sans exigences - Jacques Brel
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Song from the album: Infiniment
In the genre:Эстрада
Release date:31.12.2002
Song language:French
Record label:Barclay

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Sans exigences (original)Sans exigences (translation)
Je n'étais plus que son amant I was just her lover
Je vivais bien de temps en temps I used to live well once in a while
Mais peu à peu de moins en moins But little by little less and less
Je blasphémais ma dernière chance I was blaspheming my last chance
Au fil de son indifférence Over his indifference
J’en voulais faire mon seul témoin I wanted to make it my only witness
Mais j’ai dû manquer d’impudence But I must have lacked impudence
Car me voyant sans exigences 'Cause seeing me without demands
Elle me croyait sans besoins She thought I had no needs
Je protégeais ses moindres pas I was protecting his every step
Je passais mais ne pesais pas I passed but didn't weigh
Je me trouvais bien de la chance I thought I was very lucky
A vivre à deux ma solitude To live together my loneliness
Puis je devins son habitude Then I became her habit
Je devins celui qui revient I became the one who returns
Lorsqu’elle revenait de partance When she was coming back from leaving
Et me voyant sans exigences And seeing me without demands
Elle me croyait sans besoins She thought I had no needs
L’eau chaude n’a jamais mordu Hot water never bit
Mais on ne peut que s’y baigner But you can only swim in it
Et elle ne peut de plus en plus And she can't anymore
Que refroidir et reprocher What to chill and blame
Qu’on ne soit pas assez au soleil That we're not in the sun enough
L’eau chaude à l’eau chaude est pareille Hot water to hot water is the same
Elle confond faiblesse et patience She confuses weakness with patience
Et me voyant sans exigences And seeing me without demands
Elle me voulait sans merveilles She wanted me without wonders
De mal à seul, j’eus mal à deux From bad to alone, I had bad to two
J’en suis venu à prier Dieu I came to pray to God
Mais on sait bien qu’il est trop vieux But we know he's too old
Et qu’il n’est plus maître de rien And he's no longer master of anything
Il eût fallu que j’arrogance I should have been arrogant
Alors que tremblant d’indulgence While trembling with indulgence
Mon coeur n’osât lever la main My heart didn't dare raise my hand
Et me voyant sans exigences And seeing me without demands
Elle me croyait sans besoins She thought I had no needs
Elle est partie comme s’en vont She left as they go
Ces oiseaux-là dont on découvre These birds of which we discover
Après avoir aimé leurs bonds After enjoying their leaps
Que le jour où leurs ailes s’ouvrent May the day their wings open
Ils s’ennuyaient entre nos mains They were bored in our hands
Elle est partie comme en vacances She left like on vacation
Depuis le ciel est un peu lourd Since the sky is a bit heavy
Et je me meurs d’indifférence And I'm dying of indifference
Et elle croit se couvrir d’amourAnd she thinks she's covered in love
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