| Dchir par le vent, us par le temps
| Torn by the wind, worn by time
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| tu es dj pass devant, un vieux merle vit dedans
| you've already passed, an old blackbird lives in it
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| Abm par les enfants, dlaiss par les parents
| Abm by children, neglected by parents
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| Encercl de btiments, arros de temps en temps
| Surrounded by buildings, occasionally watered
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| Il meurt n’esprime pas sa douleur
| He dies don't express his pain
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| Entre le froid et la chaleur, l’chap’ment des moteurs
| Between the cold and the heat, the engine exhaust
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| Il crve, puise dans sa sve, pour que ses branches s’lvent
| He bursts, draws in his sap, so that his branches rise
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| Avant que le temps ne les achve
| Before time finishes them
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| Taill par les couteaux, dpouill de sa peau
| Hewn by the knives, stripped of his skin
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| Mi-arbre, mi-copeau de vingt mtres de haut
| Half tree, half chip twenty meters tall
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| Nourri de pluies acides, lav l’insecticide
| Fed on acid rain, washed off the insecticide
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| Au milieu du grand vide, sa vie on la dcide
| In the middle of the great void, his life is decided
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| Abrit sous les feuilles, voisin d’un cureuil
| Shelter under the leaves, next to a squirrel
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| Le vieux merle se recueille sur sa maison et son deuil
| The old blackbird meditates on his home and his mourning
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| Comment vont vivre ses enfants?
| How will her children live?
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| Qui les abritera du vent?
| Who will shelter them from the wind?
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| Que peut-il faire maintenant pour celui qui en ce moment
| What can he do now for one who at this moment
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| Meurt, n’exprime pas sa douleur
| Die, don't express pain
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| Entre le froid et la chaleur, l’chap’ment des moteurs
| Between the cold and the heat, the engine exhaust
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| il crve, puise dans sa sve, pour que ses branches s’lvent
| he bursts, draws in his sap, so that his branches rise
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| Avant que le temps ne les achve | Before time finishes them |