| C'est la vie (original) | C'est la vie (translation) |
|---|---|
| On peut dire que j’ai souffert | You could say that I suffered |
| Assise au bord d’un précipice | Sitting on the edge of a precipice |
| Mais j’aime assez l’idée qu’au fond | But I quite like the idea that deep down |
| En fin de compte tu ne trouves pas mieux | In the end you can't find better |
| On peut difficilement penser que tout puisse passer sans heurt | It's hard to think that everything can go smoothly |
| Mes larmes | My tears |
| C’est dans pour dent | It's in for tooth |
| (Dent pour dent) | (Tooth for tooth) |
| Oeil pour oeil | An eye for an eye |
| (Dent pour dent) | (Tooth for tooth) |
| Qui croyait prendre | who thought to take |
| (Qui croyait prendre) | (Who thought to take) |
| Tel est pris | Such is taken |
| (Qui croyait prendre) | (Who thought to take) |
| Mais qui veut ça? | But who wants that? |
| (Qui vut ça) | (Who saw this) |
| C’est la vie | It's life |
| (Qui veut ça) | (Who wants that) |
| C’st la vie | That's life |
| Je me souviens qu’on dansait | I remember we were dancing |
| Dansons encore une heure avant ça | Let's dance another hour before that |
| Mais s’il s’agit de s’injurier au point de terminer en pleurs là | But if it's about insulting each other to the point of ending in tears there |
| C’est dans pour dent | It's in for tooth |
| (Dent pour dent) | (Tooth for tooth) |
| Oeil pour oeil | An eye for an eye |
| (Dent pour dent) | (Tooth for tooth) |
| Qui croyait prendre | who thought to take |
| (Qui croyait prendre) | (Who thought to take) |
| Tel est pris | Such is taken |
| (Qui croyait prendre) | (Who thought to take) |
| Mais qui veut ça? | But who wants that? |
| (Qui veut ça) | (Who wants that) |
| C’est la vie | It's life |
| (Qui veut ça) | (Who wants that) |
| C’est la vie | It's life |
