In what language was "Seasons in the Sun" originally sung?

Admittedly, I have to wonder how much a song can be changed before it becomes something else entirely. Jacques Brel reportedly wrote "Le Moribond" in a whorehouse in Tangiers, and the original features a dying man forgiving his wife for sleeping with his friend. Poet Rod McKuen translated it from French in 1963. Terry Jacks brought it to The Beach Boys in 1970, but Mike Love (boo) thought it was too wimpy and passed on it. Jacks decided to record it himself after his close friend was diagnosed with leukemia. By the time it hit American radio, all that was left was the dying part. Jacks cut the adultery, and the new sappy lyrics helped it reach number one in over 15 countries from Austria to Zimbabwe.