Il aurait mieux valu
Si j'avais sû
Rester de glace
Se fondre dans le décor

J'aurais voulu
Si j'avais pu
Effacer sa trace
Et enterrer le corps

Mais dehors, il faisait si bon
Tu t'en souviens encore
Comme les jours étaient longs
Et dehors, il fait si froid
Depuis, ça fait des mois
Que je fais le mort

Et c'est bien connu
Les uns, déçus, les autres, se lassent
Se gonflent de remords
Moi j'aurais voulu
Si j'avais pu
Changer de place
Déjouer le mauvais sort

Mais dehors, il faisait si bon
Tu t'en souviens encore
Comme les jours étaient longs
Et dehors, il fait si froid
Depuis, ça fait des mois
Que je fais le mort
Il aurait mieux valu
Si j'avais eu l'audace
De battre tous les records
Moi j'aurais voulu
L'hiver venu
Que les ardeurs se tassent
S'effacent sans efforts

Mais dehors, il faisait si bon
Tu t'en souviens encore
Comme les jours étaient longs
Et dehors, il fait si froid
Depuis, ça fait des mois

Et dehors, il faisait si bon
Tu t'en souviens encore
Comme les jours étaient longs
Et dehors, il fait si froid
Depuis, ça fait des mois
Que je fais le mort

~Translation in English~

It would have been better
If I had known
To stay as motionless as ice
To blend into the surroundings
I would have liked
If I could
To weep of his spoor
And to bury his corpse

But outside, it was so good (weather)
You still remember it
How the days were long
And outside, it is so cold
Since then, it's been months
That I'm acting like a dead one

And it is well-known that
Some are disappointed, and others are wearied
They swell with remorses
Me, I would have liked
If I could
To switch place
Out the bad luck

But outside, it was so good (weather)
You still remember it
How the days were long
And outside, it is so cold
Since then, it's been months
That I'm acting like a dead one
It would have been better
If I had dared
To beat all the records
Me, I would have liked
When winter would have come
I would like the ardor to fall
To disappear without any efforts

But outside, it was so good (weather)
You still remember it
How the days were long
And outside, it is so cold
Since then, it's been months

And outside, it was so good
You still remember it
How the days were long
And outside, it is so cold
Since then, it's been months
That I'm acting like a dead one