La Quête Lyrics in English Jacques Brel
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Quête by Jacques Brel from French to English.
Rêver un impossible rêve
Dream an impossible dream
Porter le chagrin des départs
Carry the sorrow of goodbyes
Brûler d'une possible fièvre
Burn with a possible fever
Partir où personne ne part
Go where nobody goes
Aimer jusqu'à la déchirure
Love till it tears
Aimer, même trop, même mal
Love, even too much, even wrong
Tenter, sans force et sans armure
Try, without strength and without armor
D'atteindre l'inaccessible étoile
To reach the unreachable star
Telle est ma quête
Such is my quest
Suivre l'étoile
Follow the star
Peu m'importent mes chances
I don't care about my odds
Peu m'importe le temps
I don't care about time
Ou ma désespérance
Or my despair
Et puis lutter toujours
And then keep fighting
Sans questions ni repos
With no questions or rest
Se damner
Damn myself
Pour l'or d'un mot d'amour
For the gold of a word of love
Je ne sais si je serai ce héros
I don't know if I'll be that hero
Mais mon cœur serait tranquille
But my heart would be still
Et les villes s'éclabousseraient de bleu
And the cities would splash with blue
Parce qu'un malheureux
Because some unlucky soul
Brûle encore, bien qu'ayant tout brûlé
Still burns, though he's burned it all
Brûle encore, même trop, même mal
Still burns, even too much, even wrong
Pour atteindre à s'en écarteler
To reach it, ripping himself apart
Pour atteindre l'inaccessible étoile
To reach the unreachable star
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