| Paroles: Jacques Plante
| Lyrics: Jacques Plante
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| Musique: Hedy West
| Music: Hedy West
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| J’ai pensé qu’il valait mieux
| I thought it was better
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| Nous quitter sans un adieu,
| Leave us without a farewell,
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| Je n’aurais pas eu le coeur de te revoir…
| I wouldn't have had the heart to see you again...
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| Mais j’entends siffler le train,
| But I hear the train whistle,
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| Mais j’entends siffler le train,
| But I hear the train whistle,
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| Que c’est
| What is
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| triste un train qui siffle dans le soir…
| sad a train whistling in the evening...
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| Je pouvais t’imaginer, toute seule, abandonnée
| I could imagine you, all alone, abandoned
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| Sur le quai, dans la cohue des «au revoir».
| On the platform, in the crowd of "goodbyes".
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| Et j’entends siffler le train, (bis)
| And I hear the train whistle, (twice)
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| Que c’est triste un train qui siffle dans le soir…
| How sad is a train whistling in the evening...
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| J’ai failli courir ver
| I almost ran
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| s toi, j’ai failli crier vers toi,
| s you, I almost shouted at you,
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| C’est à peine si j’ai pu me retenir !
| I could barely hold myself back!
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| Que c’est loin où tu t’en vas, (bis)
| That it's far where you're going, (twice)
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| Auras-tu jamais le temps de revenir?
| Will you ever have time to come back?
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| J’ai pensé qu’il valait mieux
| I thought it was better
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| Nous quitter sans un adieu,
| Leave us without a farewell,
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| Mais je sens que maintenant tout est fini
| But I feel now it's all over
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| Et j’entends siffler ce train, (bis)
| And I hear that train whistle, (twice)
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| J’entendrai siffler ce train toute ma vie… | I will hear this train whistle all my life... |