| Au grand cirque de pierres, sous le soleil de juin
| At the great circus of stones, under the June sun
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| Des hommes, assis par terre, ont bravé le destin
| Men, sitting on the ground, defied fate
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| C'était pourtant hier et c’est déjà si loin
| Yet it was yesterday and it's already so far
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| Je m’en souviens
| I remember
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| Un printemps comme les autres que celui de Pékin
| A spring like no other than Beijing
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| A qui est-ce la faute si on n’en dit plus rien?
| Whose fault is it if we don't say anything more?
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| C'était pourtant hier, qu’en ferons-nous demain?
| But that was yesterday, what will we do tomorrow?
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| Qu’en ferons-nous demain?
| What will we do tomorrow?
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| A force de subir les coups
| By dint of taking the beatings
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| Y a des cris que l’on n’entend plus
| There are cries that we no longer hear
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| Des voix qui n’ont plus d’autres issues
| Voices that have no other outlets
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| Que de maudire sans mot dire
| Than to curse without saying a word
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| A force de haïr les fous
| From hating fools
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| Y a des hommes qui lèvent leurs chaînes
| There are men who lift their chains
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| Mourir peut-être, mais debout
| Die maybe, but stand
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| A tien an men
| A tien an men
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| Une génération muselée, mutilée
| A muzzled, mutilated generation
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| De sa révolution qu’on n’a pas écoutée
| Of his revolution that no one listened to
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| C'était pourtant hier, c’est déjà oublié
| Yet it was yesterday, it's already forgotten
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| Mais ce n’est rien
| But it's nothing
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| Si le corps est vaincu, brûle toujours la flamme
| If the body is defeated, the flame still burns
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| Que rien n'éteindra plus à l'écueil de son âme
| That nothing will extinguish anymore at the pitfall of his soul
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| C’est encore aujourd’hui et ce sera demain
| It's still today and it will be tomorrow
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| Et ce sera demain
| And it will be tomorrow
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| A force de subir les coups
| By dint of taking the beatings
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| Y a des hommes qui brisent leurs chaînes
| There are men who break their chains
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| Mourir peut-être, mais debout
| Die maybe, but stand
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| A tien an men | A tien an men |