| Nous étions jeunes et larges d'épaules,
| We were young and broad-shouldered,
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| Bandits joyeux, insolents et drôles.
| Cheerful, sassy, and funny bandits.
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| On attendait que la mort nous frôle,
| We were waiting for death to come close to us,
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| On the road again, again,
| On the road again, again,
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| On the road again, again.
| On the road again, again.
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| Au petit jour on quittait l’Irlande
| At daybreak we left Ireland
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| Et, derrière nous, s'éclairait la lande.
| And behind us lit up the moor.
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| Il fallait bien, un jour, qu’on nous pende.
| One day, we had to be hanged.
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| On the road again, again,
| On the road again, again,
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| On the road again, again.
| On the road again, again.
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| La mer revient toujours au rivage.
| The sea always returns to the shore.
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| Dans les blés mûrs, y a des fleurs sauvages.
| In the ripe wheat there are wildflowers.
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| N’y pense plus, tu es de passage.
| Don't think about it, you're passing through.
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| On the road again, again,
| On the road again, again,
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| On the road again, again.
| On the road again, again.
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| Nous étions jeunes et larges d'épaules.
| We were young and broad-shouldered.
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| On attendait que la mort nous frôle.
| We were waiting for death to come close to us.
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| Elle nous a pris, les beaux et les drôles.
| She took us, the beautiful ones and the funny ones.
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| Ami, sais-tu que les mots d’amour
| Friend, do you know that the words of love
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| Voyagent mal de nos jours.
| Travel poorly these days.
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| Tu partira encore plus lourd.
| You'll leave even heavier.
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| On the road again, again,
| On the road again, again,
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| On the road again, again. | On the road again, again. |