Nantes Lyrics in English by Barbara

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Nantes by Barbara from French to English.
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Il pleut sur Nantes
It's raining in Nantes
Donne moi la main
Give me your hand
Le ciel de Nantes
The sky of Nantes
Rend mon cœur chagrin
Makes my heart sad
Un matin comme celui-là
A morning like this
Il y a juste un an déjà
It's just a year ago
La ville avait ce teint blafard
The city had this pale complexion
Lorsque je sortis de la gare
When I left the station
Nantes m'était alors inconnue
Nantes was unknown to me then
Je n'y étais jamais venue
I had never been there
Il avait fallu ce message
This message was needed
Pour que je fasse le voyage
So that I make the journey
Madame soyez au rendez-vous
Madam, be there
Vingt cinq rue de la Grange aux Loups
Twenty-five rue de la Grange aux Loups
Faites vite, il y a peu d'espoir
Hurry, there is little hope
Il a demandé à vous voir
He asked to see you
À l'heure de sa dernière heure
In his final hour
Après bien des années d'errance
After many years of wandering
Il me revenait en plein cœur
It came back to my heart
Son cri déchirait le silence
His cry tore the silence
Depuis qu'il s'en était allé
Since he left
Longtemps je l'avais espéré
I had hoped for a long time
Ce vagabond, ce disparu
This wanderer, this missing person
Voilà qu'il m'était revenu
There it came back to me
Vingt cinq rue de la Grange aux Loups
Twenty-five rue de la Grange aux Loups
Je m'en souviens du rendez-vous
I remember the meeting
Mais j'ai gravé dans ma mémoire
But I have engraved in my memory
Cette chambre au fond d'un couloir
This room at the end of a corridor
Assis près d'une cheminée
Sitting by a fireplace
J'ai vu quatre hommes se lever
I saw four men get up
La lumière était froide et blanche
The light was cold and white
Ils portaient l'habit du dimanche
They wore Sunday clothes
Je n'ai pas posé de questions
I didn't ask any questions
À ces étranges compagnons
To these strange companions
J'ai rien dit, mais à leur regard
I didn't say anything, but in their eyes
J'ai compris qu'il était trop tard
I realized it was too late
Pourtant j'étais au rendez-vous
Yet I was there
Vingt cinq rue de la Grange aux Loups
Twenty-five rue de la Grange aux Loups
Mais il ne m'a jamais revue
But he never saw me again
Il avait déjà disparu
He had already disappeared
Voilà tu la connais l'histoire
Here you know the story
Il était revenu un soir
He came back one evening
Et ce fut son dernier voyage
And this was his last journey
Et ce fut son dernier rivage
And this was his last shore
Il voulait avant de mourir
He wanted before he died
Se réchauffer à mon sourire
Warm up to my smile
Mais il mourut à la nuit même
But he died that same night
Sans un adieu, sans un je t'aime
Without a goodbye, without an I love you
Au chemin qui longe la mer
On the path that runs along the sea
Couché dans le jardin de pierres
Lying in the stone garden
Je veux que tranquille il repose
I want him to rest peacefully
Je l'ai couché dessous les roses
I laid him under the roses
Mon père, mon père
My father, my father
Il pleut sur Nantes
It's raining in Nantes
Et je me souviens
And I remember
Le ciel de Nantes
The sky of Nantes
Rend mon cœur chagrin
Makes my heart sad
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