La Nuit d'octobre [English translation]

Shame on you who first taught me betrayal

And with horror and anger made me lose my mind

And with horror and anger made me lose my mind

Shame on you dark-eyed woman, whose fatal love

Buried in the shadow my springtime and my beautiful days

Buried in the shadow my springtime and my beautiful days

It's your voice, it's your smile, it's your corrupting look

That taught me to curse until seeming happy

That taught me to curse until seeming happy

It's your youth, it's your charms, that made me despair

And if I'm doubtful of the tears, it's because I've seen you cry

And if I'm doubtful of the tears, it's because I've seen you cry

Shame on you, I was still, as simple as a child

Like a flower at dawn my heart opened loving you

Like a flower at dawn my heart opened loving you

Certainly this defenceless heart, could easily be abused

But to leave it its innocence was even easier

But to leave it its innocence was even easier

Shame on you, who was the mother of my first pain 1

And you made spring from my eyelids a stream of tears

And you made spring from my eyelids a stream of tears

It flows, be sure of it and nothing will dry it up

It springs from a wound that will never heal

It springs from a wound that will never heal

But in this bitter stream, at least I'll wash myself 2

And I will leave there I hope your abhorrent memory

And I will leave there I hope your abhorrent memory

And I will leave there I hope your abhorrent memory

1. error in the french here, mère not mer 2. tense is wrong in the french here - laverai/laisserai - future