Fantine:
Dear Lord,
What did I do to You?
Why did I fall,
And You let me
Fall further?
I once dreamed of a heart so big,
Wherein mine could find a place,
To share happiness.
Dear Lord,
What did I do to you?
I dreamed a dream of another life,
When my life passed me by
Like a dream.
I was prepared
For all the follies,
For all the passions
That would arise.
Then I was young, where was the harm?
I wanted to laugh,
To love, to live.
To dance until the end of the ball,
Intoxicated with happiness to be free.
But the wolves came in the night,
And one of them found my trail
I satisfied their appetite,
And gave myself to the first thief that passed.
He grew accustomed to my life.
I grew accustomed to his presence.
And then one day he disappeared,
And stole my childhood as well.
Sometimes I still dream of him.
That he regrets and begs forgiveness.
But this dream fades away at dawn,
Like the lamps after the end of a party.
I had a dream of another life,
That would begin as mine is ending,
So different now from what it seemed.
But life has killed
The dream I dreamed.
The original french lyrics. Please translate literate.