Bref Lyrics in English by Barbara

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La fille, pour son plaisir
The girl, for her pleasure
Choisit le matelot
Chooses the sailor
L'eau voulut des navires
The water wanted ships
Pour voguer à son eau
To sail in its water
L'homme choisit la guerre
Man chooses war
Pour jouer au soldat
To play soldier
Et partit pour la faire
And left to do it
Sur l'air de 'Ça ira'
To the tune of 'It'll be okay'
Bref, chacun possédait
In short, everyone had
Ce qu'il avait souhaité
What he had wished for
Moi, je voulais un homme
Me, I wanted a man
Ni trop laid, ni trop beau
Neither too ugly nor too beautiful
Qui promènerait l'amour
Who would carry love
Sur les coins de ma peau
On the corners of my skin
Un homme qui, au petit matin
A man who, in the early morning
Me prendrait par la main
Would take me by the hand
Pour m'emmener croquer
To take me to eat
Un rayon de soleil
A ray of sunshine
Moi, je voulais un homme
Me, I wanted a man
À chacun sa merveille
To each his own wonder
Et la vie, en passant
And life, by the way
Un jour, me l'amena
One day he brought it to me
Puis, la fille prit des coups
Then the girl was beaten
Par son beau matelot
By his handsome sailor
La guerre, en plein mois d'août
The war, in the middle of August
Nous faucha le soldat
We mowed down the soldier
Le navire qui passait
The passing ship
Juste à ce moment-là
Just then
Le navire qui passait
The passing ship
Prit l'eau et puis coula
Took the water and then sank
Bref, on ne sait pourquoi
In short, we don't know why
Mais tout se renversa
But everything turned upside down
Moi, je pris en plein cœur
I took it to the heart
Un éclat de son rire
A burst of his laughter
Quand il jeta mon bonheur
When he threw away my happiness
Dans la fosse aux souvenirs
In the pit of memories
Je le vis s'en aller
I saw him go
Emportent mon soleil
Take away my sun
Emportant mes étés
Taking away my summers
J'avais voulu un homme
I had wanted a man
J'aurais dû me méfier
I should have been wary
Cette garce de vie
This bitch of life
Un jour, me le reprit
One day he took it back to me
Qu'importe si la vie
What does it matter if life
Nous donne et nous reprend
Gives us and takes us away
Puis-qu'ici-bas, tout n'est
Since down here, everything is
Que recommencement
Let's start again
La fille, pour son plaisir
The girl, for her pleasure
Reprendra des matelots
Will take back sailors
On refera des navires
We will remake ships
Pour le ventre de l'eau
For the water belly
Y aura toujours des guerres
There will always be wars
Pour jouer aux soldats
To play soldiers
Qui s'en iront les faire
Who will go and do them
Sur l'air de 'Ça ira'
To the tune of 'It'll be okay'
Ben moi, je reprendrai un homme
Well, I'll take a man back
Pas de mal à ça
No harm in that
Un homme
A man
Les hommes, j'aime ça
Men, I like that
Un homme, un homme, un homme
A man, a man, a man
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