C'est la vie! [English translation]

As I will chat up young lass on a corner,

And sing her of my feelings bold,

She will answer me: O, singer,

I wish you were not so very old!

I say c'est la vie, c'est la vie,

My fear ends, it don't worry me,

Play even further, go on, my last treat!

La-la-la, la-la-la,

la-la-la, la-la-la.

And when I get to the end of my singing,

When silence reigns in the room,

In your face I shall be taunting ,

As in there I quietly loom!

I say c'est la vie, c'est la vie,

My fear ends, it don't worry me,

Play even further, go on, my last treat!

La-la-la, la-la-la,

la-la-la, la-la-la.

And at nighttime, sometimes in day light,

The heart starts slowing the beat:

The curtain falls and opens to the sight

They play the blues, - the last treat!

I say c'est la vie, c'est la vie,

My fear ends, and it don't worry me,

Play even further, go on, my last treat!

La-la-la, la-la-la,

la-la-la, la-la-la.

C'est la vie, c'est la vie

la-la-la-la-la,

and it don't worry me,

Play, go on, last time!

La-la-la, la-la-la,

la-la-la, la-la-la,

la-la-la, la-la-la,

la-la-la, la-la-la.