Non, je ne regrette rien! (Édith Piaf)
Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by Hichem in Uncategorized
À la demande populaire (at popular demand), here it is for you!
Il n’y a pas l’ombre d’un doute là-dessus (there is not a shadow of a doubt about it), this is definitely among the French classiques de tous les temps (of all times.)
It has been sung times and times again by de nombreux artistes (numerous artists), and has historically been mixed up with personalities de toutes les sauces politiques (of all political flavors): From the pro-colonialist right-wing Légionaires who attempted a putsch against the Général de Gaule in 1961, and to whom the singer allegedly dedictaed it initially, to the anti-colonialist and anti-Nazi Dutch, hero of the Indonesian war of liberation, “Poncke Princen“…You make your pick, bien entendu !
The song has also been famously featured in many movies, American and otherwise: In Intolerable Cruelty (with George Clooney); in La Haine (with Vincent Cassel, TTC’s buddy. See “Une “Casse à-la-Cassel” ! (Grand “Théft” à-la-Menthe)“, or “YELLE (à tue-tête) if you like “le FRI€” the TTC way“); in the recent Inception, starring Marion Cotillard, the actrice who played the incarnation of Édith Piaf in her film biographique called La Vie en Rose; and finally, the lyrics were used in the intro of a song by the German metalband Rammstein in their album “Frühling in Paris“, meaning “Printemps à Paris” (Springtime in Paris)!
Non, je ne regrette rien! (Édith Piaf)
| Non, rien de rien Non, je ne regrette rien Ni le bien qu’on m’a fait Ni le mal, tout ça m’est bien égal Non, rien de rien Non, je ne regrette rien C’est payé, balayé, oublié Je me fous du passé Avec mes souvenirs, j’ai allumé le feu Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs, je n’ai plus besoin d’eux Balayées les amours, avec leurs trémolos Balayées pour toujours, je repars à zéro Non, rien de rien Non, je ne regrette rien Ni le bien qu’on m’a fait Non, rien de rien Non, je ne regrette rien Car ma vie, car mes joies Aujourd’hui, ça commence avec toi ! |
No, nothing at allI regret nothing
Neither the good that was done to me Nor the bad, all that doesn’t matter to me No, nothing at all, I regret nothing It’s been paid, swept away, forgotten I don’t care about the past Onto my memories, I set fire My griefs, my pleasures, I don’t need them anymore Swept away my loves, and their quavers Swept them forever, I restart from zero No, nothing at all I have no regrets Neither the good that was done to me No, nothing at all No, I don’t regret anything Because my life, because my joys Today, it starts with you! |
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