Translation of the song lyrics Opinion Publique - Édith Piaf, Robert Chauvigny

Opinion Publique (original)

Son histoire a commenc?
Par marcher derri?
Re son dos
Et rentrer dans les caf?
S
En parlant?
Demi-mots
Et, pendant qu’il buvait
Son histoire s’en allait
En laissant comme pourboire
Des «on dit» sur les comptoirs…
On dit qu’il a…
On dit qu’il est…
On dit qu’il a fait…
A fait ceci, a fait cela…
Et qu’il a dit?
A…
Les maisons de sa ville
Ont les yeux de rideaux
Blancs regards qui le filent
Et se clouent dans son dos
C’est la ronde assassine
Qui l'?
Touffe et l’efface
Met son c?
Ur en vitrine
Et son nom sur la glace
On dit qu’il a…
On dit qu’il est…
On dit qu’il a fait…
A fait ceci, a fait cel…
Et qu’il a dit?
A…
Non!
Il a dit?
A?
Oui, il a dit?
A!
Et le monde l’a couch?
Dans le lit des malfaisants
L’a bord?
D’un d?
Bauch?
D’un tricheur, d’un impuissant
Son histoire continue
A parler dans les rues
Lui fabrique une vie
Qu’on affiche?
La mairie…
On dit qu’il a…
On dit qu’il est…
On dit qu’il a fait…
A fait ceci, a fait cela…
Et qu’il a dit?
A…
Un couteau de m?
Fiance
Est plant?
Parce que
On l’ach?
Ve en silence
Avec des «parce que»
En quatre, on d?
Coupe
On le pend sur la place
On le br?
Le, on le coupe
En morceaux de grimaces…
On dit qu’il a…
On dit qu’il est…
On dit qu’il a fait…
A fait ceci, a fait cela
Et qu’il a dit?
A…
Non!
Il a dit?
A?
Oui, il a dit?
A!
Mais c’est dur?
Supporter
Un salaud pr?
Fabriqu?
Qu’on habille de votre peau
Et qui porte vos chapeaux
Un beau jour, il s’est mis
Au milieu des «on dit»
Sur la place du march?
De sa ville endimanch?
E
On dit qu’il a…
On dit qu’il est…
On dit qu’il a fait…
Il a cri?: «Mais c’est pas vrai !»
C’est pas vrai!
C’est pas vrai!
Ils ont fait la pirouette
Et, la main dans la main
Leur esprit de girouette
A chang?
De refrain
Ils avaient un coupable
Ils en font un m?
C?
Ne
Le voil?
Formidable
Mais les mots sont les m?
Mes:
On dit qu’il a…
On dit qu’il est…
On dit qu’il a fait…
A fait ceci, a fait cela…
Et qu’il a dit?
A…
Non!
Il a dit?
A?
Oui, il a dit?
A!
Il a dit?
A, il a dit?
A, il a dit?
A
Il a dit?
A, il a dit?
A, il a dit?
A
Il a dit?
A… Oui, il a dit?
A!
Non!!!
Oui!..

(translation)

His story began?
By walking behind?
Re his back
And go into the cafes?
S
While speaking?
Half-words
And while he drank
His story was going
By leaving as a tip
"We say" on the counters...
They say he has...
They say he is...
It is said that he did...
Did this, did that...
And what did he say?
HAS…
The houses of his city
Have curtain eyes
White eyes that spin him
And nail themselves to his back
It's the killer round
Who the?
Smother and erase it
Put his heart
Ur in showcase
And his name on the ice
They say he has...
They say he is...
It is said that he did...
Did this, did that...
And what did he say?
HAS…
Nope!
He said?
HAS?
Yes, he said?
HAS!
And the world put him down?
In the bed of the wicked
On board?
On the one hand
Bauch?
Of a cheat, of a helpless
His story continues
Talking in the streets
Make him a life
What do we display?
The town hall…
They say he has...
They say he is...
It is said that he did...
Did this, did that...
And what did he say?
HAS…
A knife of m?
Fiance
Is planted?
Because
Do we buy it?
Come in silence
With "because"
In four, we d?
Chopped off
They hang him in the square
We br it?
The, we cut it
In pieces of grimaces...
They say he has...
They say he is...
It is said that he did...
Did this, did that
And what did he say?
HAS…
Nope!
He said?
HAS?
Yes, he said?
HAS!
But it's hard?
Support
A bastard pr?
Manufactured
Dressed in your skin
And who wears your hats
One fine day he sat down
In the midst of "they say"
In the marketplace?
From his Sunday town?
E
They say he has...
They say he is...
It is said that he did...
He shouted: "But that's not true!"
It's not true!
It's not true!
They pirouetted
And, hand in hand
Their spirit of weathervane
Has changed?
Chorus
They had a culprit
They make a m?
VS?
not
Flight?
Tremendous
But the words are the m?
My:
They say he has...
They say he is...
It is said that he did...
Did this, did that...
And what did he say?
HAS…
Nope!
He said?
HAS?
Yes, he said?
HAS!
He said?
A, he said?
A, he said?
HAS
He said?
A, he said?
A, he said?
HAS
He said?
A… Yes, he said?
HAS!
Nope!!!
Yes!..