Péché d'envie [English translation]

It's that I wish I had done

I wish I had said

It's that I wish I had been

I wish I had understood

It's that I wish I had bitten into*, burnt,

[I wish I had] Slipped

It's that I wish I had cherished

And that the devil forgives me all my good intentions

It's that I wish I had seen

And quivered

It's that I wish I had known

I wish I had conquered

It's that I wish I had dug, rowed,

Done everything, and I wish I had lost it all

But time traps me

I fail^ and he wins

So I wish I had tasted

[I wish I] had heard

I wish I had danced to the songs of Carla Bruni

[I wish I] had touched the clouds

So I wish I had prayed to have desired, devoured

I want to have sung and drunk

And that the devil forgives these unrestrained desires

But time sails away from me and taunts me

Gently but surely time takes me

So I wish I had loved

[I wish I] had adored

So I wish I had cursed

And had hated

So I wish I had wanted to have died, to have

Shouted, to have sighed and scratched

And that the good God forgives me for such soft sins (repeat x2)

And that the good God forgives me

And that the devil forgives me (repeat)

And that the good God forgives me

And that the devil forgives me