La Ca Ira - Edith Piaf translation in English

La Ca Ira

Ah! Ça ira! Ça ira! Ça ira!
Les aristocrates à la lanterne
Ah! Ça ira! Ça ira! Ça ira!
Les aristocrates, on les pendra!
Trois cents ans qu'ils nous promettent
Qu'on va nous accorder du pain.
Voilà trois cents ans qu'ils donnent des fêtes
Et qu'ils entretiennent dans catins!
Voilà trois cents ans qu'on nous écrase
Assez de mensonges et de phrases!
On ne veut plus mourir de faim!!!
Ah! Ça ira! Ça ira! Ça ira!
Les aristocrates à la lanterne
Ah! Ça ira! Ça ira! Ça ira!
Les aristocrates, on les pendra!
Voilà trois cents ans qu'ils font la guerre
Au son des fifres et des tambours
En nous laissant crever de misère.
Ça ne pouvait pas durer toujours...
Voilà trois cent ans qu'ils prennent nos hommes
Qu'ils nous traitent comme des bêtes de somme.
Ça ne pouvait pas durer toujours!
Ah! Ça ira! Ça ira! Ça ira!
Les aristocrates à la lanterne
Ah! Ça ira! Ça ira! Ça ira!
Les aristocrates, on les pendra!
Le châtiment pour vous s'apprête
Car le peuple reprend ses droits.
Vous vous êtes bien payé nos têtes,
C'en est fini, messieurs les rois!
Il faut plus compter sur les nôtres:
On va s'offrir maintenant les vôtres,
Car c'est nous qui faisons la loi!...
Ah! Ça ira! Ça ira! Ça ira!
Les aristocrates à la lanterne
Ah! Ça ira! Ça ira! Ça ira!
Les aristocrates, on les pendra!

It Will Come to That

Oh! It will come to that! It will come to that! It will come to that!
The aristocrats to the lamppost
Oh! It will come to that! It will come to that! It will come to that!
The aristocrats, we will hang them!
Three hundred years that they have promised us
That we will be given bread.
There are three hundred years that they entertain themselves at parties
And they entertain themselves with whores!
There are three hundred years that we have been crushed
Enough of lies and verbose speeches!
We don't want to die from hunger any more!!!
Oh! It will come to that! It will come to that! It will come to that!
The aristocrats to the lamppost
Oh! It will come to that! It will come to that! It will come to that!
The aristocrats, we will hang them!
There are three hundred years that they have made war
To the sound of fifes and drums
In letting us die of poverty.
That could not last forever...
There are three hundred years that they have taken our men
That they treat us like beasts of burden.
That could not last forever!
Oh! It will come to that! It will come to that! It will come to that!
The aristocrats to the lamppost
Oh! It will come to that! It will come to that! It will come to that!
The aristocrats, we will hang them!
The punishment for you is being prepared
Because the people are taking back their rights.
You have paid yourself well with our heads,
It is finished, gentlemen kings!
It is no longer necessary to count on ours:
We shall offer you yours forthwith,
For it is we who make the law!...
Oh! It will come to that! It will come to that! It will come to that!
The aristocrats to the lamppost
Oh! It will come to that! It will come to that! It will come to that!
The aristocrats, we will hang them!