L'Homme des bars [English translation]

In a bar,

At the counter,

One can notice

A boy with soot-grey eyes.

He drinks without stopping.

He drinks to forget

A bad trick that life made him endure.

When I approached him,

He sadly smiled

And softly said :

" We've been loving each other for a year , so badly

And then we broke , just like that , it's so bad . "

Sorrow,

Mist,

Are now at the counter too

To give him company.

And when dawn comes

He's taking out his sorrow with him.

Sorrow became the only friend of his daily life.

And when twilight comes,

One can see him at the counter

Telling his story again :

" We've been loving each other for a year , so badly

And then we broke , just like that , it's so bad . "

At the counter,

One evening,

One had saw

A girl with the eyes full of life.

She just approached him

She just talked to him

She has such a soft voice , she is cute

And she is another lover,

That comes back for ever.

They're going away into the day

They will love each other , so badly .

So badly ...

• Artist:Édith Piaf