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My Way (by Elvis Presley)
(YouTube, 2015)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP8HO9TGkbw&feature=em-share_video_user
Elvis: “I’d like to do a song that’s one of my favourites called “My Way.”
And now, the end is near
So I face the final curtain
-je suis devant le rideau final
(= la mort)
My friend, I'll say it clear
-je le dirai clairement
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
-je défendrai mon cas
I've lived a life that's full
-j’ai mené une vie remplie
I’ve traveled each and ev'ry byway
-chemin détourné
Oh, and more, much more than this, I did it my way
-je l’ai fait à ma façon
Regrets, I've had a few
-quelques uns
But then again, too few to mention
-trop peu pour en parler
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption
-j’ai fait ce que j’avais à faire / je l’ai accompli
I planned each charted course,
- j’ai prévu chaque chemin que j’ai pris
each careful step along the byway
-chaque pas prudent
Oh, and more, much more than this, I did it my way
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
-il y avait des moments
When I bit off more than I could chew
-lorsque j’ai mordu plus que j’ai pu mâché
(expression: être trop ambitieux)
But through it all, when there was doubt
-à travers tout / durant tout ça
I ate it up and spit it out
-je l’ai avalé et je l’ai craché
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way
-j’ai gardé la tête haute
I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
-j’ai connu la plenitude et ma part d’échecs
And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing
-au fur et à mesure que les larmes sèchent
To think I did all that
-quand on pense que j’ai fait tout cela
And may I say, not in a shy way,
-permettez-moi de le dire, sans timitidé
Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way
For what is a man, what has he got?
-car
If not himself, then he has naught
-alors il n’a rien
To say the words he truly feels
and not the words of one who kneels
-qui se met à genoux
And the record shows I took the blows and did it my way!
-mon passé (dans le contexte)
- J’ai accusé les coups