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Edith Piaf - Non, Je ne regrette rien (Original Post)
Goonch
Jan 2021
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lapucelle
(21,061 posts)1. With the lyrics in French and English...
Goonch
(5,055 posts)2. Bec Hill translates "Non Je Ne Regrette Rien" (Edith Piaf)
lapucelle
(21,061 posts)3. You win the internet today...
Too funny
Kitchari
(2,951 posts)6. Thanks for posting
The English lyrics. I had the gist of it before, but it's nice to Ser the complete lyrics
lapucelle
(21,061 posts)7. "Broomed away" should read "swept", ...
... and Je me fous du passé is somewhere between don't give a damn and don't give a fuck. It's a lot stronger (and more "street" ) than the translation I don't care suggests.
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/se-foutre-de-qch.755234/
Kitchari
(2,951 posts)9. I figured "swept" but thx for the clarification
I didn't know "je me fous du"
Kitchari
(2,951 posts)5. Love Edith Piaf
Love this song
lapucelle
(21,061 posts)8. Les Trois Cloches ...
... the three times the village church bells ring to commemorate events in the life of Jean-François Nicot ... when he is born, when he marries, and when he dies.