Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Dessus Ma Porte by Alain Barriere from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Veut-on que j'écrive dessus ma porte
Do they want me to write on my door
Fermé à l'amour, à l'amitié
Closed to love, to friendship
Mes amis déchus, voici que mes amours sont mortes
My fallen friends, behold my loves are dead
Ici git un cœur qui à jamais s'est refermé
Here lies a heart that has forever closed
Veut-on que j'écrive dessus ma porte
Do they want me to write on my door
Pour les illusions, voir à côté
For illusions, see next
Pour quelques deniers, bien trop de gens sur cette Terre
For a few dollars, far too many people on this Earth
Se feraient marauds et leur âme feraient damner
They would become marauders and their souls would be damned
Veut-on que j'écrive dessus ma porte
Do they want me to write on my door
Tout n'est que faiblesse et vanité
All is weakness and vanity
Faut-il que revienne l'envie de claquer la porte
Should the urge to slam the door come back?
Faut-il que renaisse le goût de désespérer
Should the taste of despair be reborn?
Veut-on que j'écrive dessus ma porte
Do they want me to write on my door
Fermé à l'amour, à l'amitié
Closed to love, to friendship
Rutebeuf est loin mais les amis, vent les emporte
Rutebeuf is far away but friends, the wind carries them away
Pour le petit jour, le rossignol aura chanté
For the dawn, the nightingale will have sung
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