C'est Donc Ça Nos Vies Lyrics in English I Am , White & Spirit
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song C'est Donc Ça Nos Vies by I Am from French to English.
Quand on a que l'amour
When We have only love
À s'offrir en partage
To offer ourselves as a share
Au jour du grand voyage
On the day of the great journey
Qu'est notre grand amour
What is our great love?
Quand on a que l'amour
When We have only love
Mon amour toi et moi
My love, you and I
Pour qu'éclate de joie
So that joy bursts forth
Chaque heure et chaque jour
Every hour and every day
Quand on a que l'amour
When We have only love
Pour vivre nos promesses
To live our promises
Sans nulle autre richesse
Without any other wealth
Que d'y croire toujours
Than always believing in them
Quand on a que l'amour
When We have only love
Pour meubler de merveilles
To furnish with wonders
Et couvrir de soleil
And cover with sun
La laideur des faubourgs
The ugliness of the suburbs
Quand on a que l'amour
When We have only love
Pour unique raison
For only reason
Pour unique chanson
For only song
Et unique secours
And only help
Quand on a que l'amour
When We have only love
Pour habiller matin
To dress in the morning
Pauvres et malandrins
The poor and the rogue
De manteaux de velours
In velvet coats
Quand on a que l'amour
When We have only love
À offrir en prière
To offer in prayer
Pour les maux de la terre
For the ills of the earth
En simple troubadour
As a simple troubadour
Quand on a que l'amour
When We have only love
À offrir à ceux là
To offer to those
Dont l'unique combat
Whose only fight
Est de chercher le jour
Is to seek the day
Quand on a que l'amour
When We have only love
Pour tracer un chemin
To trace a path
Et forcer le destin
And force destiny
À chaque carrefour
At every crossroads
Quand on a que l'amour
When We have only love
Pour parler aux canons
To speak to the cannons
Et rien qu'une chanson
And nothing but a song
Pour convaincre un tambour
To convince a drummer
Alors sans avoir rien
So without having anything
Que la force d'aimer
Only the strength to love
Nous aurons dans nos mains
We will have in our hands
Amis, le monde entier
Friends, the whole world
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Jacques Brel
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