Jacques Brel — Sans Exigences song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Sans Exigences" by Jacques Brel.
Lyrics
Je n’tais plus que son amant, je vivais bien de temps en temps
Mais peu peu, de moins en moins, je blasphmais ma dernire chance
Au fil de son indiffrence, j’en voulais faire mon seul tmoin
Mais j’ai d manquer d’impudence, car, me voyant sans exigences
Elle me croyait sans besoins
Je protgeais ses moindres pas, je passais mais ne pesais pas
Je me trouvais bien de la chance vivre deux ma solitude
Puis, je devins son habitude, je devins celui qui revient
Lorsqu’elle revenait de partance, et me voyant sans exigences
Elle me croyait sans besoins
L’eau chaude n’a jamais mordu, mais on ne peut que s’y baigner
Et elle ne peut de plus en plus que refroidir et reprocher
Qu’on ne soit pas assez soleil, l’eau chaude l’eau chaude est pareille
Elle confond faiblesse et patience, et me voyant sans exigences
Elle me voulait sans merveilles
De mal seul, j’eus mal deux, j’en suis venu prier Dieu
Mais on sait bien qu’Il est trop vieux et qu’Il n’est plus matre de rien
Il et fallu que j’arrogance, alors que, tremblant d’indulgence
Mon cњur n’ost lever la main, et me voyant sans exigences
Elle me croyait sans besoins
Elle est partie comme s’en vont, ces oiseaux-l don’t on dcouvre
Aprs avoir aim leurs bonds que le jour o leurs ailes s’ouvrent
Ils s’ennuyaient entre nos mains, elle est partie comme en vacances
Depuis, le ciel est un peu lourd et je me meurs d’indiffrence
Et elle croit s’couvrir d’amour.
Lyrics translation
I kept quiet only her lover, I lived well from time to time
But little by little, less and less, I blasphemed my last chance
Over his indifference, I wanted to make it my only tmoin
But I d lack impudence, because, seeing me without requirements
She believed me without need
I protected his least steps, I passed but did not weigh
I found myself lucky to live two my loneliness
Then I became his habit, I became the one who returns
When she came back from leaving, and seeing me without demands
She believed me without need
Hot water has never bitten, but one can only bathe in it
And she can only grow cold and reproach
That we are not enough sun, hot water hot water is the same
She confuses weakness and patience, and seeing me without demands
She wanted me without wonders
From evil alone, I had Evil two, I came to pray to God
But we know that he is too old and that he is no longer stale
It was necessary that I arrogance, while, trembling with indulgence
My heart did not raise my hand, and seeing me without requirements
She believed me without need
She's gone as they go, these birds-l don't on dcover
After having aim their leaps that the day their wings open
They were bored in our hands, she left Like on vacation
Since then, the sky is a little heavy and I'm dying of indifference
And she thinks she's covering herself with love.