Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La ligne de vie by Joe Dassin from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
On reste seul sur un quai vide
We're alone on an empty dock
Comme si l'on attendait quelqu'un
It's like waiting for someone
À se redire qu'elle s'en va, que tout chavire
To complain that she's leaving, that everything capsizes
Et que l'on n'y comprend rien
And don't understand it
Et que l'on n'y comprend rien
And don't understand it
Oû que le train t'emmène
Where the train takes you
D'aussi loin que tu reviennes
From as far back as you come back
Tu me reviendras
You'll come back to me
Il le faudra bien
It's going to have to be
Ne vois-tu pas des signes
Don't you see signs
Que la chance nous dessine?
That luck will draw us?
J'ai ta ligne de vie
I've got your lifeline
Tracée dans ma main
Drawn in my hand
Tu ne vivais que par tes rêves
You lived only by your dreams
Je ne voyais que par des miens
I could only see through my people
Le conte de fée battait de l'aile
The fairy tale was on the wane
On s'aimait tant mal que bien
We loved each other as much as we did well
On s'aimait tant mal que bien
We loved each other as much as we did well
Oû que le train t'emmène
Where the train takes you
D'aussi loin que tu reviennes
From as far back as you come back
Tu me reviendras
You'll come back to me
Il le faudra bien
It's going to have to be
Ne vois-tu pas des signes
Don't you see signs
Que la chance nous dessine?
That luck will draw us?
J'ai ta ligne de vie
I've got your lifeline
Tracée dans ma main
Drawn in my hand
Vivons ensemble nos colères
Let's live our wrath together
Et nos tendresses et nos chagrins
And our tenderness and sorrows
À faire l'amour, à faire la guerre
To make love, to make war
Qui sont écrits dans ta main
Which are written in your hand
Qui sont écrits dans ma main
Which are written in my hand
Oû que le train t'emmène
Where the train takes you
D'aussi loin que tu reviennes
From as far back as you come back
Tu me reviendras
You'll come back to me
Il le faudra bien
It's going to have to be
Ne vois-tu pas des signes
Don't you see signs
Que la chance nous dessine?
That luck will draw us?
J'ai ta ligne de vie
I've got your lifeline
Tracée dans ma main
Drawn in my hand
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Joe DASSIN, Richelle DASSIN, Claude LEMESLE