| Si j’ai du caractre
| If I have character
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| Un sacr© temp (c)rament
| A sacred temp (c)rament
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| Qui ont valu ma mre
| That earned my mother
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| Du souci et des tourments
| Of worry and torment
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| C’est que j’ai dans les artres
| It's what I have in my arteries
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| Le tanin et les pigments
| Tannin and Pigments
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| Qui font le sang de la terre
| Who make the blood of the earth
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| Comme la lave d’un volcan
| Like lava from a volcano
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| Je suis la fille du vent
| I am the daughter of the wind
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| Qui traverse les montagnes
| Who crosses the mountains
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| Je tourmente les passants
| I torment passers-by
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| En faisant voler les pagnes
| By making the loincloths fly
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| Je d (c)fie tous les courants
| I d (c)fie all the currents
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| Toutes les stars de cocagne
| All the stars of cocagne
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| Qui passent en rЄvant
| Who pass dreaming
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| De platine et de champagne
| Of platinum and champagne
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| Si j’ai du caractre
| If I have character
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| Un sacr© temp (c)rament
| A sacred temp (c)rament
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| Qui ont valu ma mre
| That earned my mother
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| Du souci et des tourments
| Of worry and torment
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| C’est que je tiens de mon pre
| It's what I got from my father
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| La passion et l’engouement
| Passion and Infatuation
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| Qui font guincher les chaumires
| Who make the cottages groan
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| Et s’enlacer les amants
| And embrace the lovers
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| Je suis la fille du vent
| I am the daughter of the wind
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| Qui traverse les montagnes
| Who crosses the mountains
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| Pour violenter les passants
| To violate passers-by
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| Les villes et les campagnes
| Towns and countryside
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| Je me m (c)fie des couvents
| I (c)trust convents
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| Et des dieux portant le pagne
| And gods wearing the loincloth
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| Car je porte en mon sang
| For I carry in my blood
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| Toutes les plaies de l’Espagne
| All the wounds of Spain
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| Si je suis entire
| If I'm whole
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| Et que je vais de l’avant
| And I'm moving on
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| Sans (c)couter de mon pre
| Without (c)listening to my father
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| Les avertissements
| Warnings
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| C’est que' comme ma mre
| It's just like my mother
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| J’ai re§ u en naissant
| I received at birth
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| La lueur de l'(c)clair
| The glow of the (c)clear
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| La force du vent
| The force of the wind
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| Moi qui suis sa fille
| I who am his daughter
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| Je porte la folie
| I carry madness
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| Des belles de Castille
| Beauties of Castile
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| Ou bien d’Andalousie
| Or Andalucia
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| Je tiens de ma famille
| I take after my family
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| Ce qu’aujourd’hui je suis
| What I am today
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| Je pointe mes banderilles
| I point my banderillas
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| Face aux dangers de la vie
| Facing the dangers of life
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| Car j’ai du temp (c)rament
| Because I have time (c)rament
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| Ce foutu caractre
| That damn character
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| Qui font dire mon pre
| Who make my father say
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| Que je suis son cheveu blanc
| That I am his white hair
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| Que je suis son cheveu blanc | That I am his white hair |