| Jamais une statue ne sera assez grande
| A statue will never be big enough
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| pour dpasser la cime du moindre peuplier
| to rise above the top of the smallest poplar
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| et les arbres ont le coeur infiniment plus tendre
| and the trees are infinitely tender-hearted
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| que celui des hommes qui les ont plants
| than that of the men who planted them
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| Pour toucher la sagesse qui ne viendra jamais
| To touch the wisdom that will never come
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| j’changerais la sve du premier olivier
| I would change the sap of the first olive tree
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| contre mon sang impur d’tre civilis
| against my impure blood to be civilized
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| responsable anonyme de tout le sang vers
| anonymous responsible for all blood to
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| Fatigu, fatigu
| Tired, tired
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| fatigu du mensonge et de la vrit
| tired of lies and truth
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| que je croyais si belle, que je voulais aimer
| that I thought was so beautiful, that I wanted to love
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| et qui est si cruelle que je m’y suis brl
| and which is so cruel that I burned myself in it
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| Fatigu, fatigu
| Tired, tired
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| Fatigu d’habiter sur la plante terre
| Tired of dwelling on the plant earth
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| sur ce grain de poussire, sur ce caillou minable
| on this speck of dust, on this shabby pebble
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| sur cette fausse toile perdue dans l’univers
| on this fake canvas lost in the universe
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| berceau de la btise et royaume du mal
| cradle of stupidity and kingdom of evil
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| o la plus volue parmi les cratures
| o most evolved among creatures
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| a invent la haine, le racisme et la guerre
| invented hatred, racism and war
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| et le pouvoir maudit qui corrompt les plus purs
| and the cursed power that corrupts the purest
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| et amne le sage cracher sur son frre
| and bring the wise man to spit on his brother
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| Fatigu, fatigu
| Tired, tired
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| fatigu de parler, fatigu de me taire
| tired of speaking, tired of being silent
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| quand on blesse un enfant, quand on viole sa mre
| when you hurt a child, when you rape his mother
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| quand la moiti du monde en assassine un tiers
| when half the world murders a third
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| Fatigu, fatigu
| Tired, tired
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| Fatigu de ces hommes qui ont tu les indiens,
| Tired of these men who killed the Indians,
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| massacr les baleines et billonn la vie,
| slaughtered whales and blotted life,
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| extermin les loups, mis des colliers aux chiens
| exterminate the wolves, put collars on the dogs
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| qui ont mme russi pourrir la pluie
| who even managed to rot in the rain
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| La liste est bien trop longue de tout ce qui m’coeure
| The list is far too long of everything that interests me
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| depuis l’horreur banale du moindre fait divers
| from the banal horror of the smallest news item
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| il n’y a plus assez de place dans mon coeur
| there's not enough room in my heart
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| pour loger la rvolte, le dgot, la colre
| to house revolt, disgust, anger
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| Fatigu, fatigu
| Tired, tired
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| fatigu d’esprer et fatigu de croire
| tired of hoping and tired of believing
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| ces ides brandies comme des tendards
| these ideas held up like banners
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| et pour lesquelles tant d’hommes ont connu l’abattoir
| and for which so many men have known the slaughterhouse
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| Fatigu, fatigu
| Tired, tired
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| Je voudrais tre un arbre, boire l’eau des orages
| I would like to be a tree, drink storm water
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| me nourrir de la terre, tre ami des oiseaux,
| feed me from the earth, be a friend of the birds,
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| et puis avoir la tte si haut dans les nuages
| and then have your head so high in the clouds
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| qu’aucun homme ne puisse y planter un drapeau
| that no man can plant a flag there
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| Je voudrais tre un arbre et plonger mes racines
| I would like to be a tree and sink my roots
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| au coeur de cette terre que j’aime tellement
| in the heart of this land that I love so much
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| et que ce putain d’homme chaque jour assassine
| and that this fucking man murders every day
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| je voudrais le silence enfin, et puis le vent…
| I would like silence at last, and then the wind...
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| Fatigu, fatigu
| Tired, tired
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| Fatigu de har et fatigu d’aimer
| Tired of har and tired of loving
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| surtout ne plus rien dire, ne plus jamais crier
| above all don't say anything anymore, never shout again
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| fatigu des discours, des paroles sacres
| tired of speeches, sacred words
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| Fatigu, fatigu
| Tired, tired
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| Fatigu, fatigu fatigu de sourire, fatigu de pleurer
| Tired, tired, tired of smiling, tired of crying
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| fatigu de chercher quelques traces d’amour
| tired of looking for some traces of love
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| dans l’ocan de boue o sombre la pense
| in the ocean of mud where thought darkens
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| Fatigu, fatigu | Tired, tired |