Ça me regarde [English translation]

May I close my eyes

during my whole life, up to the graveyard

May I open my door,

only to get out?

May I count on myself without taking into account

the ones who bear their sorrows ?

Look at them without even seeing them

and bear to look at my face in a mirror?

(chorus)

that's my business1, that's my business

that's my own business, that's my own business

that's your business, that's my business

that's my own business, that's your own business

that's a business of all of us, that tarnishes us all,

the smart ones, the lowly ones

the upright ones and the mighty ones,

the yellow and white and black and red skinned

and everyone who breathes.

Yeah, yeah...

May I pretend to believe

that it never rains on my sidewalk?

Will I be able to pretend I forgot about it

in my final hour?

Is happiness so whole

if only my loved ones can enjoy it?

Isn't the song of secourable men

the most beautiful love song ever?

(chorus)

that's my business, that's my own business!

that's our business...

that's a business of all of us, that tarnishes us all,

the smart ones, the lowly ones

the upright ones and the mighty ones,

the yellow and white and black and red skinned

and everyone who breathes.

Yeah, yeah...

1. the French expression for "that's my business" means literally "It looks at me"