Tout le monde veut aller au ciel mais personne ne veut mourir [English translation]

I would like to be an angel

and so live in Paradise.

There everyone is happy,

the weather is beautiful there, so they say.

I would like to make the trip one day,

and that worries me a bit.

There is no return ticket

from the ever-blue Paradise.

Everyone wants to go to heaven,

yes, but no one wants to die.

No one wants to die.

No one wants to die.

Everyone wants to go to heaven,

yes, but no one wants to die.

No one, no one, no one

wants to die.

My uncle is a miser,

he is dying from deprivation.

He has a fortune in the bank,

he is worth millions.

His doctor says he's going to die,

my uncle says: "Oh no—

I refuse to go

while leaving behind millions."

Everyone wants to go to heaven,

yes, but no one wants to die.

No one wants to die.

No one wants to die.

Everyone wants to go to heaven,

yes, but no one wants to die.

No one, no one, no one

wants to die.

I had a strange dream

that I was on my way to heaven.

I found myself all alone

in the eternal desert.

I saw only St. Peter at the door

with tears in his eyes.

He explained to me why

he was so unhappy.

Everyone wants to go to heaven,

yes, but no one wants to die.

No one wants to die.

No one wants to die.

Everyone wants to go to heaven,

yes, but no one wants to die.

No one, no one, no one

wants to die.

No, no one, no one, no one

wants to die.