| Elle a les yeux couleur d’ardoise
| She has slate colored eyes
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| Le teint clair obscur du lilas
| The chiaroscuro complexion of lilac
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| Mon trange Carthaginoise
| My strange Carthaginian
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| Plus belle que la Reine de Saba
| More beautiful than the Queen of Sheba
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| Et si contrairement
| What if contrary
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| A tout ce que l’on croit
| To all we believe
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| Tous nos chemins ne menaient pas
| All our paths did not lead
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| A Rome
| In Rome
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| Moi je tomberais dans ses bras
| I would fall into his arms
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| Moi je tomberais dans ses bras, dans ses bras, dans ses bras
| I would fall into his arms, into his arms, into his arms
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| Et tous les faubourgs de Carthage
| And all the suburbs of Carthage
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| Rsonnent du son de ma voix
| Ring out the sound of my voice
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| Je l’ai connu comme un orage
| I knew it like a storm
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| Don’t la pluie
| Don't rain
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| Ne viendrait pas…
| Wouldn't come...
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| Toutes les capitales de l’Europe
| All the capitals of Europe
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| Se rendraient bientt sans combat
| Would soon surrender without a fight
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| Devant sa beaut triomphante
| Before her triumphant beauty
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| Si seulement elle tati l Et si contrairement
| If only she tati l And if unlike
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| A tout ce que l’on croit
| To all we believe
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| Tous nos chemins ne menaient pas
| All our paths did not lead
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| A Rome
| In Rome
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| Moi je tomberais dans ses bras
| I would fall into his arms
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| Moi je tomberais dans ses bras, dans ses bras, dans ses bras
| I would fall into his arms, into his arms, into his arms
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| Et tous les faubourgs de Carthage
| And all the suburbs of Carthage
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| Rsonnent du son de ma voix
| Ring out the sound of my voice
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| Je l’ai connu comme un orage
| I knew it like a storm
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| Don’t la pluie ne viendrait pas…
| Don't the rain would come...
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| Et si contrairement
| What if contrary
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| A tout ce que l’on croit
| To all we believe
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| Tous nos chemins ne menaient pas
| All our paths did not lead
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| A Rome
| In Rome
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| Moi je tomberais dans tes bras
| I would fall into your arms
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| Moi je tomberais dans tes bras. | I would fall into your arms. |