Il Riait Lyrics in English Édith Piaf
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Il Riait by Édith Piaf from French to English.
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IL RIAIT
HE LAUGHED
C'était un gars que la déveine
He was a bad guy
Avait un jour pris par le bras
Had one day taken by the arm
Pour m'emmener dormir à Fresnes
To take me to sleep in Fresnes
Et c'est des trucs qu'on oublie
And these are things we forget
Tombé d'un vilain paradis
Fallen from an ugly paradise
Avec un drôle de regard étrange
With a strange strange look
Qu'avait pas l'air d'être avec lui
What didn't seem to be with him
Dans les endroits où l'on va boire
In places where we go to drink
Croyant noyer tous ses ennuis
Believing to drown all his troubles
Il trimballait ses idées noires
He carried around his dark thoughts
Mais ses ennuis nageaient mieux que lui
But his troubles swam better than him
Il couchait avec la détresse
He slept with distress
C'est pas une fille à fréquenter
She's not a girl to date
Et c'est pour ça que ses maîtresses
And that's why his mistresses
L'une après l'autre l'avait quitté
One after the other had left him
Il avait du malheur à revendre
He had bad luck to spare
Mais personne pour lui acheter
But no one to buy from him
Alors l'histoire de lui en prendre
So the story of taking it from him
Moi je me suis mise à l'aimer
I started to love him
J'allais venir à bout de sa misère
I was going to put an end to his misery
On devait s'épouser en Janvier
We were supposed to get married in January
Comme par hasard y'a eu la guerre
As luck would have it, there was war
Alors on n'a pas pu se marier
So we couldn't get married
Alors il s'est mis à m'écrire
So he started writing to me
Des mots qu'il n'avait jamais dit
Words he never said
Avant il pouvait pas le dire
Before he couldn't say it
Personne lui avait appris
No one taught him
Il disait j'apprends l'espérance
He said I am learning hope
Je sais que tout va commencer
I know it's all about to begin
Tu es mon gala de bienfaisance
You are my charity gala
Et grâce à toi tout va changer
And thanks to you everything will change
Je pensais la déveine se repose
I thought bad luck is resting
C'était pour mieux lui marcher dessus
It was to step on him better
On l'a retrouvé parmi les choses
We found it among the things
Mort avant même d'avoir vécu
Dead before he even lived
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