Translation of the song Il viendra artist Maurice Carême

« Vous verrez, dit-il, il viendra,

You shall see, says he, he will come,

Celui qui est meilleur que moi. »

The one who is better than me.

Et le jour même de sa mort,

And on the very day of his death,

L'homme arriva plus simple encor

There arrrived the man, who was more simple than the first one,

Et plus enclin à pardonner

And more given1 to forgiving,

Qu'on eût osé l'imaginer.

Than what we would have thought.

Mais à son tour, il répéta,

But he, too, repeated the words:

« Vous verrez, dit-il, il viendra,

You shall see, says he, he will come,

Celui qui est meilleur que moi. »

The one who is better than me.

Voici deux mille ans

And so now it's been two thousand years

Qu'en ce monde en feu, on l'attend.

That this world is on fire, we are waiting for him.