I was looking for the English translation of the French lyrics too. The English version is entirely different. When I found this website, I figured that I'd better brush up on my high school French and translate it myself. So, with the help of my French dictionary and quite a bit of time, I think I have it pretty well. The translation is pretty literal, and not very poetic, but at least you can sing the French lyrics and know what you are singing. Here goes.
Il Faut Qu'il Vienne Le Temps The Time Has Come
Je voudrais bien I would very much like
Ouvrir mon coeur To open my heart
Car il est plein For it is full
De nos malheurs Of our misfortunes
Non, jamais plus No, never again
Ne reviendra No returning to
Le temps perdu The lost time
De nos combats Of our fighting
Le complet monde The whole world
Est tout couvert Is all covered
Des trous des bombes With bomb holes
Et du poussiere And with dust
Il faut qu'il vienne The time has come
Le temps promis The promised time
Le temps du fait The time to make
Le grand devis The great accounting
[Repeat chorus]
Quand les coleres When the angers
Seront tombees Will be dropped
La terre entiere The whole world
Aura chantee Will be singing
Des mots nouveaux Some new words
Des mots du paix Some words of peace
Pour lex troupesux For the flocks
Et les bergers And the shepherds
[Repeat chorus]
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