Rosa Lyrics in English Jacques Brel

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Rosa by Jacques Brel from French to English.
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Rosa rosa rosam
Rosa rosa rosam
Rosae rosae rosa
Rosae rosae rosa
Rosae rosae rosas
Rosae rosae rosas
Rosarum rosis rosis
Rosarum rosis rosis
C'est le plus vieux tango du monde
It's the oldest tango in the world
Celui que les têtes blondes
The one that blonde heads
Ânonnent comme une ronde
Denounce like a round
En apprenant leur latin
Learning their Latin
C'est le tango du collège
It's the college tango
Qui prend les rêves au piège
Who's trapping dreams
Et dont il est sacrilège
And of which he is sacrilegious
De ne pas sortir malin
Not to come out smart
C'est le tango des bons pères
It's the tango of good fathers
Qui surveillent l'œil sévère
Who watch the severe eye
Les jules et les prosper
The jules and the prosper
Qui s'ront la france de demain
Who will be the France of tomorrow
C'est le tango des forts en thème
It's the tango of the strong in theme
Boutonneux jusqu'à l'extrême
Buttons to the extreme
Et qui recouvrent de laine
And that cover with wool
Leur cœur qui est déjà froid
Their heart is already cold
C'est l'tango des forts en rien
It's the tango of the strong in nothing
Qui déclinent de chagrin
Who decline from grief
Et qui seront pharmaciens
And who will be pharmacists
Parce que papa ne l'était pas
Because Dad wasn't
C'est l'temps où j'étais dernier
That's when I was last
Car ce tango rosa rosae
For this tango rosa rosae
J'inclinais à lui préférer
I was inclined to prefer him
Déjà ma cousine rosa
Already my cousin rosa
C'est le tango des promenades
It's the tango of walks
Deux par seul sous les arcades
Two by alone under the arcades
Cerclés de corbeaux et d'alcades
Surrounded by crows and alcades
Qui nous protégeaient des pourquoi
Who protected us from why
C'est l'tango de la pluie sur la cour
It's the tango of rain on the court
Le miroir d'une flaque sans amour
The mirror of a loveless puddle
Qui m'a fait comprendre un beau jour
That made me understand one day
Qu'je n's'rai pas vasco de gama
That I will not vasco de gama
Mais c'est l'tango du temps béni
But it's the tango of blessed time
Où pour un baiser trop petit
Where for a kiss too small
Dans la clairière d'un jeudi
In the clearing of a Thursday
A rosi cousine rosa
A rosi cousin rosa
C'est l'tango du temps des zéros
This is the tango of the time of zeroes
J'en avais tant des minces, des gros
I had so many thin, big ones
J'en faisais des tunnels pour charlot
I used to make tunnels for charlot
Des auréoles pour saint françois
Haloes for Saint Francois
C'est l'tango des récompenses
It's the tango of rewards
Qui allaient à ceux qui ont a chance
Who went to those who have a chance
D'apprendre dès leur enfance
To learn from childhood
Tout ce qui n'leur servira pas
Anything that won't help them
Mais c'est l'tango que l'on regrette
But it is the tango that we regret
Une fois que le temps s'achète
Once time is bought
Et que l'on s'aperçoit tout bête
And that we see all stupid
Qu'il y a des épines aux rosa
That there are thorns in rosa
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