| Il y avait un garçon qui vivait simplement
| There was a boy who lived simply
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| Travaillant dans le faubourg
| Working in the suburb
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| Il y avait une fille qui rêvait sagement
| There was a girl who dreamed wisely
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| En attendant l’amour
| Waiting for love
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| Il y avait le printemps
| There was spring
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| Le printemps des romans
| The spring of novels
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| Qui passait en chantant
| Who passed singing
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| Et cherchait deux cœurs tout blanc
| And was looking for two hearts all white
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| Pour prêter ses serments
| To take his oaths
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| Et en faire des amants
| And make them lovers
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| Il y a eu un moment merveilleux
| There was a wonderful moment
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| Lorsque leurs regards se sont unis
| When their eyes met
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| Il y a eu ces instants délicieux
| There were those delicious moments
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| Où sans rien dire ils se sont compris
| Where without saying anything they understood each other
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| Il y a eu le destin
| There was fate
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| Qui a poussé le gamin
| Who pushed the kid
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| À lui prendre la main
| To take her hand
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| Il y a eu la chaleur
| There was heat
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| La chaleur du bonheur
| The warmth of happiness
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| Qui leur montait au cœur
| which went to their hearts
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| Il y avait cette chambre meublée
| There was this bedroom furnished
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| Aux fenêtres donnant sur la cour
| At the windows facing the courtyard
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| Il y avait ce couple qui s’aimait
| There was this couple who loved each other
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| Et leurs phrases parlaient de toujours
| And their sentences spoke of forever
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| Il y avait le gamin
| There was the kid
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| Qui promenait sa main
| Who was waving his hand
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| Dans les cheveux de lin
| In linen hair
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| De la fille aux yeux rêveurs
| From the dreamy-eyed girl
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| Tandis que dans leur cœur
| While in their hearts
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| S’installait le bonheur
| Happiness set in
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| Il y a eu ces deux corps éperdus
| There were those two lost bodies
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| De bonheur et de joies sans pareils
| Unparalleled happiness and joys
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| Il y a eu tous ces rêves perdus
| There's been all those lost dreams
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| Qui remplaçaient leurs nuits sans sommeil
| Who replaced their sleepless nights
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| Il y a eu le moment
| There was the time
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| Où soudain le printemps
| where suddenly the spring
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| A repris ses serments
| Has resumed his oaths
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| Il y a eu le bonheur
| There was happiness
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| Qui s’est enfui en pleurs
| Who ran away crying
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| D’avoir brisé deux cœurs
| To have broken two hearts
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| Il y avait un garçon qui vivait simplement
| There was a boy who lived simply
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| Travaillant dans le faubourg
| Working in the suburb
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| Il y avait une fille qui pleurait en songeant
| There was a girl who cried thinking
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| À son premier amour
| To his first love
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| Il y avait le destin
| There was fate
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| Qui marchait son chemin
| who walked his way
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| Sans s’occuper de rien
| Without worrying about anything
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| Tant qu’il y aura des amants
| As long as there are lovers
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| Il y aura des serments qui ne dureront qu’un printemps | There will be oaths that will only last a spring |