I Dreamed a Dream (English)
Fantine
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in times gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we'll live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So much different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.
Ruthie Henshall
Mon histoire
(français)*Not a direct translation!*
Fantine:
Doux Seigneur, que vous ai-je fait,
Pour que plus je tombe,
Et plus vous me laissiez tomber?
J'avais rêvé d'un coeur si grand,
Que le mien y trouve place
Pour un bonheur à partager.
Doux Seigneur, que vous ai-je fait?
J'avais rêvé d'une autre vie
Quand ma vie passait comme un rêve.
J'étais prête à toutes les folies,
À toutes les passions qui se lèvent. J'étais si jeune, où est le mal?
Je voulais rire, aimer et vivre,
Danser jusqu'à la fin du bal,
Ivre du bonheur d'être libre.
Mais les loups rôdent dans la nuit;
Et l'un deux flairait ma trace.
Moi, j'ai comblé l'appétit
Du premier voleur qui passe.
Il a accoutumé ma vie
À la chaleur de sa présence. Et puis un jour il est parti
En m'ayant volé mon enfance.
Parfois je rêve de lui encore:
Il me supplie et il regrette.
Mais le rêve s'éteint à l'aurore,
Comme les lampions
D'un soir de fête.
J'avais rêvé d'une autre vie.
À peine commencée elle s'achève. J'avais rêvé d'une autre vie,
Mais la vie a tué mes rêves.