| Quand on revient de là,
| When we come back from there,
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| Qu’on a poussé les cris
| That we cried out
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| Qui vous laissent des rides,
| that leave you with wrinkles,
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| Qu’on a bluffé l’ennui
| That we bluffed boredom
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| Par deux ou trois suicides,
| By two or three suicides,
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| Quand on revient de là
| When we come back from there
|
| Quand on revient de là,
| When we come back from there,
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| De ces jours qu’on détruit
| Of these days that we destroy
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| Dans des nuits qui s’oxydent,
| In nights that oxidize,
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| Au gré d’Hara Kiri
| At the mercy of Hara Kiri
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| Que le hasard décide,
| Let chance decide,
|
| Quand on revient de là
| When we come back from there
|
| Quand on revient de là,
| When we come back from there,
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| De tous ces mauvais lits,
| Of all those bad beds,
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| Ces larmes, ces liquides,
| These tears, these liquids,
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| On se sent si petit,
| We feel so small,
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| On se méfie des guides
| We distrust guides
|
| Quand on revient de là
| When we come back from there
|
| Quand on revient de là,
| When we come back from there,
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| De ces jeux, de ces gens
| Of these games, of these people
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| Qui pensent avec leur bide,
| Who think with their belly,
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| Juchés sur leur argent,
| Perched on their money,
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| Ces gens qui nous décident,
| These people who decide us,
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| Quand on revient de là
| When we come back from there
|
| Quand on revient de là,
| When we come back from there,
|
| On voudrait qu’nos enfants
| We would like our children
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| Echappent à leurs acides,
| Escape their acids,
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| A leurs noces d’argent,
| At their silver wedding,
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| A leurs bonheurs arides,
| To their arid bliss,
|
| Quand on revient de là,
| When we come back from there,
|
| Quand on revient de là
| When we come back from there
|
| Quand on revient de là,
| When we come back from there,
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| On porte son aura
| We carry his aura
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| Comme les cariatides
| like caryatids
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| Portaient les anciens toits,
| Carried the ancient roofs,
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| On se sent tellement veule,
| We feel so spineless,
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| On vient de tellement bas
| We come from so low
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| Alors comme un aïeul,
| So like an ancestor,
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| On s’en va faire un trou
| We're going to make a hole
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| Au pied du vieux tilleul,
| At the foot of the old lime tree,
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| Là où les enfants jouent,
| where children play,
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| Un jour de «pas très chaud»,
| A "not very hot" day,
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| Un jour d' «un peu trop froid»,
| A day of "a little too cold",
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| On retourne là-haut,
| We go back up there,
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| Puisque l’on vient de là. | Because we come from there. |