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Non, No Regrets At All—Édith Piaf’s “Je ne regrette rien”! is a post from: French Language Blog

À la demande populaire (at popular demand), here she is back again for you:
“Non, je ne regrette rien” (“No, I don’t regret anything”)!
Il n’y a pas l’ombre d’un doute lĂ -dessus (there is not a shadow of a doubt about it), this is definitely among the French classic de tous les temps (of all times.)
It was sung times and times again, by de nombreux artistes (numerous artists), and was throughout history mixed up with personalities de toutes les sauces politiques (of all political flavors): From the pro-colonialist right-wing LĂ©gionaires who hazarded a putsch against the GĂ©nĂ©ral de Gaule in 1961, (among other attemps on the life of the FrenchGeneral), and to whom the singer allegedly had dedictad initially, to the anti-colonialist and anti-Nazi Dutch, hero of the Indonesian war of liberation, “Poncke Princen“…
You take your pick, bien entendu!
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This song was also featured in many movies, American and otherwise: In Intolerable Cruelty (starring George Clooney); in La Haine (remember Vincent Cassel,TTC‘s buddy—See “Une “Casse Ă -la-Cassel” ! (Grand “ThĂ©ft” Ă -la-Menthe)“, or “YELLE (Ă tue-tĂŞte) if you like “le FRI€” the TTC way“); in Inception, starring Marion Cotillard, the actrice who performed the incarnation of Édith Piaf in her film biographique called La Vie en Rose; and finally, its lyrics made a “cameo” in the intro of a song by the German metalband Rammstein, in their album titled “FrĂĽhling in Paris“, meaning “Printemps à  Paris“ (Springtime in Paris)!
* Non, je ne regrette rien ! (Édith Piaf):
| Non, rien de rien Non, je ne regrette rien Ni le bien qu’on m’a fait Ni le mal, tout ça m’est bien Ă©gal Non, rien de rien Non, je ne regrette rien C’est payĂ©, balayĂ©, oubliĂ© Je me fous du passé Avec mes souvenirs, j’ai allumĂ© le feu Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs, je n’ai plus besoin d’eux BalayĂ©es les amours, avec leurs trĂ©molos BalayĂ©es pour toujours, je repars Ă zĂ©ro Non, rien de rien Non, je ne regrette rien Ni le bien qu’on m’a fait Non, rien de rien Non, je ne regrette rien Car ma vie, car mes joies Aujourd’hui, ça commence avec toi ! |
No, nothing at all I regret nothingNeither the good that was done to me Nor the bad, all that doesn’t matter to me No, nothing at all, I regret nothing It’s been paid, swept away, forgotten I don’t care about the past Onto my memories, I set fire My griefs, my pleasures, I don’t need them anymore Swept away my loves, and their quavers Swept them forever, I restart from zero No, nothing at all I have no regrets Neither the good that was done to me No, nothing at all No, I don’t regret anything Because my life, because my joys Today, it starts with you! |
Non, No Regrets At All—Édith Piaf’s “Je ne regrette rien”! is a post from: French Language Blog



