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Learn French with music: Je ne regrette rien - Edith Piaf
If you are wondering who sang Non, je ne regrette rien, then obviously you are looking for Edith Piaf, this famous French singer who has marked the entire world with her voice.
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The song " Je ne regrette rien" has been written by Charles Dumont and sang for the first time by Edith Piaf in October 1960. This was her last successful song as she died 3 years later in 1963.
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Due to the success of this legendary song, a lot of well-renowned singers like Johnny Halliday, Tina Arena, Patricia Kaas, made other versions of it.
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Edith Piaf inspired the French army and "Non, je ne regrette rien" became the hymn of the French Foreign Legion as they totally agreed with the message her song was conveying. They didn't regret anything about the battles of the war.
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This is one of my favorite classic songs. It is romantic, nice to listen to, and conveys a positive message. It is about starting over a new relationship, with a bunch of positivity and without any regret.
Below, you will find the video, lyrics in French with their English translation as well as an exercise for practising your vocabulary.
French Lyrics of the song "Non, je ne regrette rien " with their English translation
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 égal
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
C'est payé, balayé, oublié
Je me fous du passé
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Translation
No, absolutely nothing
No, I don't regret anything
Neither the good things that have been done to me
Nor the bad,
It's all the same to me
No, absolutely nothing
No, I don't regret anything
It is paid off, wiped away, forgotten
I don't care about the past
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Avec mes souvenirs
J'ai allumé le feu
Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs
Je n'ai plus besoin d'eux
Balayé les amours
Avec leurs trémolos
Balayé pour toujours
Je repars à zéro
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Translation
With my memories
I lighted up the fire
My sorrows, my pleasures
I don't need them anymore
Swept away the lovers
With their tumultuousness
Swept away forever
I am starting over
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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 égal
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Car ma vie
Car mes joies
Aujourd'hui
Ça commence avec toi
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Translation
No, absolutely nothing
Neither the good things that have been done to me
Nor the bad,
It's all the same to me
No, absolutely nothing
No, I don't regret anything
Because my life,
Because my joys
Today,
They start with you
Practise your vocabulary with this quiz
Here is the quiz to test your vocabulary. After taking it, you should be able to know all the common expressions of the song Je ne regrette rien.