Like A Rolling Stone

Comme une pierre qui roule

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

Il était un temps où tu étais si bien habillée,
Tu jetais tes frusques aux mendiants, n'est ce pas ?
Les gens prévenaient "Gaffe poupée, tu vas tomber"
Tu pensais qu'ils te faisaient tous marcher
Tu avais l'habitude de te moquer
De tous ceux qui traînaient alentour
Maintenant tu ne parles plus si fort
Maintenant tu ne sembles plus si fière
D'avoir à chaparder pour ton prochain repas.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Comment se sent-on ?
Comment se sent-on ?
Quand on est tout seul
Quand on est sans maison
Comme une parfaite inconnue
Comme une pierre qui roule ?

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.

Jamais tu ne tournais la tête sur les jongleurs et les clowns désapprouvés
Car ils venaient tous faire leurs tours rien que pour toi
Tu ne voulais pas voir ce qui n'allait pas bien
Tu n'aurais pas dû laisser d'autres gens prendre leur pied pour toi
Tu passais ton temps à monter ce cheval d'acier avec ton diplomate
Qui portait sur son épaule un chat siamois
Ce fut très dur, non, lorsque tu découvris
Qu'il n'était pas réellement ce qu'il disait
Une fois qu'il t'eut pris tout ce qu'il pouvait voler.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Comment se sent-on ?
Comment se sent-on ?
Quand on est tout seul
Quand on est sans maison
Comme une parfaite inconnue
Comme une pierre qui roule ?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?