| Tu t’appelles marguerite
| your name is daisy
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| J’t’appelle encore la voisine d’en face
| I still call you the neighbor opposite
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| Quand on etait petites
| When we were little
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| Tu etais la plus jolie de la classe
| You were the prettiest in the class
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| On revenais d’l’ecole? | We were coming home from school? |
| Bicyclette
| Bicycle
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| On s’planquait dans l’sous-sol pour s’faire en cachette
| We were hiding in the basement to do it on the sly
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| Nos petites confidences de fillettes
| Our little girl secrets
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| Tu t’appelles marguerite
| your name is daisy
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| J’ai nos 23 juin au fond du coeur
| I have our June 23 at the bottom of my heart
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| On vidait nos pupitres
| We emptied our desks
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| On faussait un «adieu m’sieur l’professeur»
| We faked a "goodbye Mr. Professor"
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| Puis on courait se mettre en maillots d’bain
| Then we ran to get into bathing suits
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| On plantais l’arrosoir au bord du jardin
| We planted the watering can at the edge of the garden
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| Pour rire sous les gouttelettes
| To laugh under the droplets
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| Puis enfin
| And finally
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| On regardait de loin
| We watched from afar
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| Le soleil se coucher
| The sun go down
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| On riait un peu moins
| We laughed a little less
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| On etait fatigu? | Were we tired? |
| Es On disait: «regarde bien
| Es We said, "Look good
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| Le ciel est tout ros?
| The sky is all pink?
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| Il fera beau demain
| It will be sunny tomorrow
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| Faudra en profiter»
| Will have to take advantage of it"
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| On a la jeunesse et la chance
| We have youth and luck
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| D’avoir une bonne amie d’enfance
| To have a good childhood friend
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| L’enfance a pris la fuite
| Childhood ran away
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| La revolte t’a frap? | Revolt hit you? |
| E de plein fouet
| E full force
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| Aurais-tu eu trop vite
| Would you have had too quickly
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| Onze ans et plus de courbes qu’il n’en fallait
| Eleven years and more curves than needed
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| Tes parents dormaient sur leurs deux oeilleres
| Your parents slept on their blinders
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| Are? | Are? |
| Vant d’une honorable belle carri? | Vant of an honorable beautiful carri? |
| Re Pour toi la tendre chair de leur chair
| Re For you the tender flesh of their flesh
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| Tes are? | Your are? |
| Ves etaient precis
| You were precise
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| T’avais ta libert?? | Did you have your freedom?? |
| Conquerir
| To conquer
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| Tu avais tant flauri
| You had bloomed so much
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| Tu sentais le bon coeur pret a cueillir
| You felt the good heart ready to pick
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| Les gar? | Guys? |
| Ons se ruaient sur tes rondeurs
| We were rushing on your curves
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| Et j’en ai vu plus d’un de tirer des pleurs
| And I've seen more than one draw tears
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| Mais on riait sous tes gouttelettes puis enfin
| But we laughed under your droplets then finally
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| Puis un beau soir t’as fait ta valise
| Then one fine evening you packed your bags
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| T’as dit: «je suis pr? | You said, "I'm pr? |
| te»
| you"
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| On s’est promis toutes sortes de b? | We promised each other all kinds of b? |
| Tises
| Teas
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| En riant sous des tonnes de gouttelettes
| Laughing under tons of droplets
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| On a r’gard? | Are we looking? |
| De loin
| From afar
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| Le soleil se coucher
| The sun go down
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| On riait un peu moin
| We laughed a little less
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| On etait fatigu? | Were we tired? |
| Es On a dit: «regarde bien
| We said, "Look good
|
| Le ciel est tout ros?
| The sky is all pink?
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| Il fera beau demain
| It will be sunny tomorrow
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| Faudra en profiter»
| Will have to take advantage of it"
|
| Et tu es partie dans l’silence
| And you left in silence
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| Ma bonne et seule amie d’enfance
| My good and only childhood friend
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| Tu t’appelle marguerite
| your name is daisy
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| J’t’appelle encore la voisine d’en face
| I still call you the neighbor opposite
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| T’as la chambre 108
| You got room 108
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| T’es toujours la plus jolie de la place
| You're still the prettiest in the place
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| T’as eu quelques maries et trois enfants
| You had a few brides and three children
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| Sui viendront p’t-? | Sui will come p’t-? |
| Tre a paques ou au jour de l’an
| Every Easter or New Year's Day
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| Mais t’as moins de visite
| But you have fewer visitors
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| Depuis qu’ta memoire a foutu le camp
| Since your memory ran out
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| Quand le hasard a j’t? | When chance has I? |
| Nos vieux corps
| our old bodies
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| Dans l’m? | In the m? |
| Me corridor
| My corridor
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| J’ai senti monter sous mas lunettes
| I felt rising under my glasses
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| Comme une petite mar? | Like a little mar? |
| E de gouttelettes
| E of droplets
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| On regardera encore
| We will watch again
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| Le soleil se coucher
| The sun go down
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| Et si jamais tu t’endors
| And if you ever fall asleep
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| Si t’es trop fatigu? | If you're too tired? |
| E
| E
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| J’te dirai: «regarde bien
| I will say to you: “look closely
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| Le ciel est tout ros?
| The sky is all pink?
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| Il fera beau demain
| It will be sunny tomorrow
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| Faudra en profiter»
| Will have to take advantage of it"
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| Mais tant qu’tu pars pas dans l’silence
| But as long as you don't leave in silence
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| J’vais t’rem? | Am I going to remind you? |
| Morer ton enfance
| Lose your childhood
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| Tu t’appelles marguerite
| your name is daisy
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| J’t’appelle encore la voisine d’en face
| I still call you the neighbor opposite
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| Quand on etait petites tu etais la plus jolie de la classe | When we were little you were the prettiest in the class |