| Il est de ces gens qui laissent des traces
| He's one of those people who leave their mark
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| Au-delà du temps
| Beyond Time
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| Au-delà du vent qui passe
| Beyond the passing wind
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| Il est de ces hommes qui de leurs mains
| He is one of those men who with their hands
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| Ont enfoui dans la terre
| Buried in the ground
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| Un roseau qui fleurira
| A reed that will bloom
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| Même après qu’il partira
| Even after he leaves
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| Car plus fort que l’hiver
| Because stronger than winter
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| Il survivra
| He will survive
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| Son c ur a souvent pansé ses chagrins
| His heart has often healed his sorrows
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| Quand des jours plus gris
| When grayer days
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| Menaçaient ses lendemains
| Threatened his tomorrows
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| Mais il a connu pour comble d’amour
| But he knew for the height of love
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| Un appui lorsque les drames
| Support when the dramas
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| Viendraient les saccager au détour
| Would come and ransack them around the bend
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| Le semeur a ses rêves
| The sower has his dreams
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| Qu’il emporte avec lui
| That he takes with him
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| Une veine, une sève
| A vein, a sap
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| Où l’on s’abreuve aussi
| Where we also drink
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| Pour autant qu’il demeure
| As long as it remains
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| On vivra à travers lui
| We'll live through it
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| Contre tout attente il ne voudra croire
| Against all odds he won't believe
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| Que d’un grain qu’on plante
| That of a grain that we plant
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| Ne naîtra que peu d’espoir
| There will be little hope
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| Il n'écoutera pas ce que diront
| He won't listen to what they say
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| Sa foi, sa raison
| His faith, his reason
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| Les saisons ne pourront pas
| The seasons cannot
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| Contre l’ombre de ses voies
| Against the shadow of his ways
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| Pas plus le sillage de ses pas
| No more the wake of his footsteps
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| De s’qu’il a laissé de c’qu’il a semé$D
| Of what he left of what he sowed$D
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| Il le sait déjà
| He already knows
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| Pour d’autres on moissonnera
| For others we will reap
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| Mais de son passage il aura goûté
| But in his passing he will have tasted
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| De son héritage
| Of his legacy
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| Pour ses enfants, il vivra
| For his children he will live
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| Dans son jardin, il sera
| In his garden he will be
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| La chanson du semeur restera
| The sower's song will remain
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| Pour ses enfants, il sera
| For his children he will be
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| Dans son jardin, il vivra
| In his garden he will live
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| La chanson du semeur restera | The sower's song will remain |