| Dis-moi comment, après s'être aimés
| Tell me how, after loving each other
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| Comme on s’est aimés, tu as pu me quitter
| Since we loved each other, you were able to leave me
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| Je croyais tant t’avoir tout donné
| I thought so much that I gave you everything
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| Sans même un regret, tu as pu me quitter
| Without even a regret, you were able to leave me
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| Autour de nos cœurs, la vie avait semé tant de joie
| Around our hearts, life had sown so much joy
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| Un jour, tu as pris le même, le même nom que moi
| One day you took the same, same name as me
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| Et puis, tu vois, un autre est passé
| And then, you see, another passed
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| Tout s’est écroulé, tu as pu me quitter
| Everything fell apart, you were able to leave me
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| Je crois mourir en pensant parfois
| I think I die thinking sometimes
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| Qu'à présent tes joies sont d’un autre que moi
| That now your joys belong to someone other than me
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| Toi qui ne sais pas mentir, en restant à mes côtés
| You who can't lie, staying by my side
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| Tu as dû souffrir pour taire, pour taire ton secret
| You had to suffer to shut up, to keep your secret quiet
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| Jusqu’au matin où j’ai deviné
| Until the morning when I guessed
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| Alors, sans pitié, tu as pu me quitter
| So without mercy you could leave me
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| Je n’ai plus rien dans mon cœur brisé
| I have nothing left in my broken heart
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| Que des mots blessés, tu as pu me quitter
| Only hurt words, you could leave me
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| Tu as pu me quitter, tu as pu me quitter | You could leave me, you could leave me |