Pardonnez-moi [English translation]

Forgiveness begins where resentment ends,

It takes on its full meaning when it blends with bitterness

It requires courage,

It hurts and yet it relieves

It destroys the affronts,

It lights up the faces

[Chorus]

Forgive me1

My weaknesses, my false steps

But mistakes,

Who doesn't make them?

My silences, my absences

My violence, my arrogance

As for resentment, it gnaws at,

It troubles even the daydreams

It demands a sentence,

It suggests revenge

Resentment flirts with injustice,

It attempts to assassinate

The few bounds that withstand it

A prisoner of the past,

It comes to haunt the present

[Chorus]

Why are our hearts hardened

As if we had put love in abeyance,

As if we didn't know that time chases after us,

Often overtakes us?

But what is left for us

When those who have hurt us,

Those we believe we hate

Without ever ceasing to love them,

Someday disappear?

Our regrets, our remorse, our pains and our tears

Will never be able to bring them back to life

[Chorus]

Forgive me...

1. Speaking to many people.