Édith Piaf__ Non, je ne regrette rien

Today suddenly I discovered Edith Piaf. This was when I had the occasion of listening to some French songs. She was a French singer and an icon. So I called on my next door neighbour - Shri You Tube and ‘saw the song’. It is called, Non, je ne regrette rien. My eyes got misty after the end of the song. . . After translation the song came out something like this:

Édith Piaf__ Non, je ne regrette rien

Non, rien de rien [No, nothing at all]
Non, je ne regrette rien No, I don't regret anything at all
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait [Nor the good that was given to me]
ni le mal, Tout a m'est bien gal [Nor the evil. They’re all the same]

Non, rien de rien [No, nothing at all]
Non, je ne regrette rien [I don't regret anything at all]
C'est paye, balaye, oublie [It’s all paid for, wiped out, and forgotten]
Je me fous du passé [And I don't care for what’s gone by]

Avec mes souvenirs [With my memories]
J'ai allume le feu [I’ve lit a fire]
Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs [My sorrows, my pleasures]
Je n'ai plus besoin d'eux [I don’t need them anymore]

Balayes mes amours [My romances wiped out]
Avec leurs tremolos [With the trembling they brought]
Balayes pour toujours [Wiped out forever]
Je repars a zero [I set out once more from zero]

Non, rien de rien [No, nothing at all]
Non, je ne regrette rien [I don't regret anything at all]
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait [Nor the good that was given me]
ni le mal, Tout ca m'est bien egal [Nor the evil. They’re all the same]

Non, rien de rien [No, nothing at all]
Non, je ne regrette rien [I don't regret anything at all]
Car ma vie, Car mes joies [Because my life, Because my joys
Aujourd'hui, ca commence avec toi.[Today It all begins with you]


Another song written by Edith Piaf was La vie en rose. If means “Life in Pink.” This is the original. Despite the fact that I have heard the English version of this song sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Jose Carreras, Shirley Bassey, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, Connie Francis, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Liza Minneli among others, I never knew that Edith Piaf originally wrote and sang this song. It is a very famous version.