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@clairedelune49 I don't rely on opinions when doing translations, even my own, to some extent, but choices have to be made sometimes in relation to the lyric as a whole. I use several dictionaries that I consider to be authoritative (from which the quoted portion of my last comment a few days ago...

Je me demande si Brel savait que la guitare dans cette orchestration joue les quatre premières notes du «Dies irae» (jour de la colère) thème de la messe de requiem. Comment approprié! Brel - incroyable et incomparable!