| Encore une fois de son marteau
| Again from his hammer
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| Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
| He was hitting the iron which was hot oh...
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| Encore une fois de son marteau
| Again from his hammer
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| Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
| He was hitting the iron which was hot oh...
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| Quand le soleil secouait enfin la nuit
| When the sun finally shook off the night
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| Il allumait un tres grand feu
| He was lighting a very big fire
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| D’ou il faisait jaillir son pain, sa vie
| From which he poured out his bread, his life
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| De fond de ses dix doigts noueux…
| From the bottom of his ten gnarled fingers...
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| Et d’une montagne d’efforts
| And a mountain of effort
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| Il faisait ruisseler de l’or
| He was streaming gold
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| Et a ca metal en fusion
| And that's molten metal
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| Il imposait sa raison
| He imposed his reason
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| Encore une fois de son marteau
| Again from his hammer
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| Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
| He was hitting the iron which was hot oh...
|
| Encore une fois de son marteau
| Again from his hammer
|
| Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
| He was hitting the iron which was hot oh...
|
| Quand le grillon saluait enfin la nuit
| When the cricket finally greeted the night
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| Quand s’eteignait le tres frand feu
| When the very open fire died out
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| Il regagnait en paix son vieux logis
| He returned in peace to his old home
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| Et son tres tres grand lit de buis
| And its very very large boxwood bed
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| Comme un vieux fleuve détourné
| Like an old river diverted
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| Ce qu’il forgeait lui échappait
| What he forged eluded him
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| Ce qui jaillissait de ses bras
| What sprang from his arms
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| Faisait la fortune des rois, mais…
| Made the fortune of kings, but...
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| Encore une fois de son marteau
| Again from his hammer
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| Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
| He was hitting the iron which was hot oh...
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| Encore une fois de son marteau
| Again from his hammer
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| Il frappait le fer quit etait chaud oh…
| He was hitting the iron which was hot oh...
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| Et pourtant dans cette vie
| And yet in this life
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| Tout ce qu’il forge est a lui
| Everything he forges is his
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| Les joies, les jours et les nuits… | Joys, days and nights... |