Non, je ne regrette rien [English translation]

No, absolutely nothing

No, I regret nothing

Neither the good that’s been done to me,

Nor the bad; it is all the same!

No, absolutely nothing,

No, I regret nothing.

It is paid for, swept up, forgotten

I don’t give a damn about the past!

With my memories

I lit up the fire.

My shame, my pleasures,

I no longer need them.

Swept up love affairs,

And all of their faltering,

Swept up forever,

I start again from scratch

No, absolutely nothing

No, I regret nothing.

Neither the good that has been done to me,

Nor the bad; it is all the same

No, absolutely nothing,

No, I regret nothing.

Because my life, because my joy,

Today, start with you.

• Artist:Édith Piaf