J'ai rêvé de tant de choses
Que demain soit meilleur qu'hier
Moins pire qu'aujourd'hui
À la hauteur de mes prières
(i.e. as much as I prayed it would be)
I was full of dreams
With so many doubts
But little (i.e. not much) hatred
But everything has shifted
When I got to know that I was condamned
I am one of the few people
That know their time of death (lit.: their date of ending)
From now on I am like a prisoner (she uses a female form of the word prisoner)
In Death Row (i.e. the part of prison where convicted criminals await their execution)
Refrain:
I want to have one last chance
That God revises his judgment
But I have no choice
Obliged to live with that
But why?
I don't deserve it
But, nobody in the world choses his life
I confess that, at night, tears inundate (i.e. wet) my cheeks
When I think of your illness again
But across this alliance
Me, I have promised my presence
And this, for better and for worse (he is refering to his wedding vows here)
My happiness is an empire of which you are the queen
Where your smile has imposed its reign
But since then, my golden crown turns grey
I loose my throne when you tell me to redo my life
You know, one allways says that the best leave first (i.e. they die young)
Me, I abhorr (detest) this phrase
When I look at you, I say to myself that it is only too true
(There are) so many things that we haven't done together
Scarcely the time to puff them, and allready our plans/projects have turned to ashes ('crapoter' means smoking without inhaling, so it is the very first stage of learning to smoke, at least, this is how I understand it. I think the image is clear enough, but hard to translate accurately)
These dreams of seeing you pregnant are stillborn (as when a baby comes into the world when it has allready died)
I am a father with you, or not at all. You know me, I am a limited person
So stop saying sorry to me
As long as there seconds left for us to live, we will live them fully
But baby, I don't want to see you suffer
No, no, don't worry about me
Only with you do I feel good
In any case, I will take care of you
Until the day that Gabriel
De ses ailes, viendra te recouvrir
But I am scared of going far away from you
Nevertheless, one day you will have to go anyway