Raté Lyrics in English Benjamin Biolay

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Raté by Benjamin Biolay from French to English.
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Raté de peu, d'un détail, d'un cheveu, d'un mot
Missed by a little, a detail, a hair, a word
D'une syllabe ou deux
A syllable or two
Raté de rien, d'un sourire, d'un soupir de trop
Missed by nothing, a smile, a sigh too
D'un coup de tête hideux
With a hideous head knock
Raté de peu, ni la faute à pas de chance ni à dieu
Narrowly missed, neither the fault of no luck nor god
Vide et peu scrupuleux
Empty and unscrupulous
Raté de rien, mais minable et sublime et radieux
Missed by nothing, but shabby and sublime and radiant
Un pas d'avance, un pas d'avance aux cieux
One step ahead, one step ahead to the skies
Qu'elle est courte, hélas cette vie dégueulasse
How short, alas this disgusting life
Quelle impasse, là-haut, je vais et viens
What a dead end up there, I'm going back and forth
Jamais personne ne me rejoint, personne, ni rien
No one ever joins me, no one, no anything
Raté de peu, d'un serment, d'un sermon de trop
Narrowly missed, an oath, one sermon too many
Et finir par sonner creux
And end up sounding hollow
Raté de rien, d'un litige, d'un vertige, d'un saut
Missed by nothing, a dispute, a vertigo, a jump
Dans le vide envieux
In the envious void
Raté de peu, ni la faute à pas de chance ni à dieu
Narrowly missed, neither the fault of no luck nor god
Vide et peu scrupuleux
Empty and unscrupulous
Raté de rien, mais minable et sublime et radieux
Missed by nothing, but shabby and sublime and radiant
Un pas d'avance, un pas d'avance aux cieux
One step ahead, one step ahead to the skies
Qu'elle est courte, hélas cette vie dégueulasse
How short, alas this disgusting life
Quelle impasse, presque magicien d'oz
What a dead end, almost wizard of oz
Raté de pas grand-chose, qu'elle est courte et rance
Missed not much, that it is short and rancid
Cette vie d'errance quand j'y pense
This life of wandering when I think about it
Là-haut, je vais et viens, jamais personne ne me rejoint
Up there, I come and go, no one ever joins me
Personne, ni rien, ni rien
No one, nothing, nothing
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Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
Benjamin Biolay
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