Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Regrets by Alain Souchon from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Rêvant des révolutions
Dreaming of revolutions
Sur le bord de la rivière
On the edge of the river
Il y avait des illusions
There were illusions
Dans ma main que tu laissais
In my hand that you left
Sous ton pull-over
Under your sweater
De mal penser la faiblesse
To think badly about weakness
De n'avoir pas fait d'études
For not having studied
Les chansons de ma jeunesse
Songs of my youth
Et de Robert Zimmermann, l'altitude
And from Robert Zimmermann, the altitude
des regrets, des regrets, des regrets
regrets, regrets, regrets
des regrets, des regrets, des regrets
regrets, regrets, regrets
J'ai perdu mon allégresse
I lost my joy
Sur des bateaux de conquêtes
On ships of conquest
J'ai perdu par leur vitesse
I lost by their speed
Quelque chose que dans mon cœur
Something in my heart
des regrets, des regrets, des regrets
regrets, regrets, regrets
des regrets, des regrets, des regrets
regrets, regrets, regrets
Deux chevaux Citroën
Two Citroën horses
Où sont les gens dedans
Where are the people in it?
De mon baptême
Of my baptism
La timbale d'argent
The silver kettledrum
Je voudrais que tout revienne
I wish it would all come back
Alors que tout est passé
While everything has passed
Et je chante à perdre haleine
And I sing breathlessly
Que je n'ai que des regrets
That I only have regrets
des regrets, des regrets, des regrets
regrets, regrets, regrets
des regrets, des regrets, des regrets
regrets, regrets, regrets
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