| Quand j’n’aurai plus le temps de trouver tout l’temps du courage
| When I won't have time to find courage all the time
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| Quand j’aurai mis vingt ans voir que tout tait mirage
| When it took me twenty years to see that everything was a mirage
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| Je tire ma rvrence, ma rvrence
| I take my bow, my bow
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| Quand mon fils sera grand, qu’il n’aura plus besoin de moi
| When my son grows up, he won't need me anymore
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| Quand les gens qui m’aimaient seront emports loin de moi
| When the people who loved me are taken away from me
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| Je leur tire ma rvrence, ma rvrence
| I take them my bow, my bow
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| Et ma vie, endormie, doucement, et mon coeur sera froid
| And my life, asleep, gently, and my heart will be cold
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| Il ne saura mme plus s’affoler, il ne deviendra
| He won't even be able to panic anymore, he won't become
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| Qu’une pauvre horloge rparer, il n’aura plus de flamme
| That a poor clock to repair, it will have no more flame
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| Il n’aura plus de flamme, il n’y aura plus de femmes
| There will be no more flame, there will be no more women
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| Et mes amis fidles auront disparu un un Trouvant que j’tais belle que j’aurais bien fait mon chemin
| And my faithful friends will have disappeared one by one Finding that I was beautiful that I would have made my way
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| Alors j’aurai honte de mes mains, j’aurai honte de mes mains
| Then I'll be ashamed of my hands, I'll be ashamed of my hands
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| Quand j’n’aurai plus le temps de trouver tout l’temps du courage
| When I won't have time to find courage all the time
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| Quand j’aurai mis vingt ans voir que tout tait mirage
| When it took me twenty years to see that everything was a mirage
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| Alors j’entends au fond de moi une petite voix qui sourd et gronde
| Then I hear deep inside me a little voice that growls and growls
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| Que je suis seule au monde. | That I am alone in the world. |