| Tu n’as que seize ans et faut voir comme
| You're only sixteen and you have to see how
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| Tu affoles déjà tous les hommes!
| You are already driving all the men crazy!
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| Est-ce ton oeil si doux
| Is your eye so sweet
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| Qui les mine?
| Who mines them?
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| Ou bien les rondeurs de ta poitrine
| Or the curves of your chest
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| Qui les rend fous?
| Who drives them crazy?
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| O Catalinetta bella! | O Catalinetta bella! |
| Tchi-tchi
| Chi-chi
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| Écoute l’amour t’appelle Tchi-tchi
| Listen love calls you Tchi-tchi
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| Pourquoi dire non maintenant? | Why say no now? |
| Ah… ah…
| Ah...ah...
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| Faut profiter quand il est temps: Ah… ah…
| Gotta enjoy when it's time: Ah...ah...
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| Plus tard quand tu seras vieille, Tchi-tchi
| Later when you're old, Chi-chi
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| Tu diras, baissant l’oreille, Tchi-tchi
| You will say, lowering your ears, Tchi-tchi
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| Si j’avais su dans ce temps-là… Ah… ah…
| If I had known in those days... Ah... ah...
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| O ma belle Catalinetta
| O my beautiful Catalinetta
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| Malgré les jolis mots, les invites
| Despite the pretty words, the prompts
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| Tu remets à demain, tu hésites…
| You procrastinate, you hesitate...
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| Ça c’est, en vérité
| That is, in truth
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| Ridicule!
| Ridiculous!
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| Dis-toi bien, au fond, que tu recules
| Tell yourself, deep down, that you're backing up
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| Pour mieux sauter!
| To jump better!
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| O Catalinetta bella! | O Catalinetta bella! |
| Tchi-tchi
| Chi-chi
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| Écoute l’amour t’appelle Tchi-tchi
| Listen love calls you Tchi-tchi
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| Pourquoi dire non maintenant? | Why say no now? |
| Ah… ah…
| Ah...ah...
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| Faut profiter quand il est temps: Ah… ah…
| Gotta enjoy when it's time: Ah...ah...
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| Plus tard quand tu seras vieille, Tchi-tchi
| Later when you're old, Chi-chi
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| Tu diras, baissant l’oreille, Tchi-tchi
| You will say, lowering your ears, Tchi-tchi
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| Si j’avais su dans ce temps-là… Ah… ah…
| If I had known in those days... Ah... ah...
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| O ma belle Catalinetta
| O my beautiful Catalinetta
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| Pourquoi donc te montrer si rebelle?
| So why be so rebellious?
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| L’amour c’est une chose éternelle!
| Love is an eternal thing!
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| Demande-le, crois-moi
| Ask it, trust me
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| A ta mère;
| To your mother;
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| Elle l’a chanté avec ton père
| She sang it with your father
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| Bien avant toi!
| Long before you!
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| O Catalinetta bella! | O Catalinetta bella! |
| Tchi-tchi
| Chi-chi
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| Écoute l’amour t’appelle Tchi-tchi
| Listen love calls you Tchi-tchi
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| Pourquoi dire non maintenant? | Why say no now? |
| Ah… ah…
| Ah...ah...
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| Faut profiter quand il est temps: Ah… ah…
| Gotta enjoy when it's time: Ah...ah...
|
| Plus tard quand tu seras vieille, Tchi-tchi
| Later when you're old, Chi-chi
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| Tu diras, baissant l’oreille, Tchi-tchi
| You will say, lowering your ears, Tchi-tchi
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| Si j’avais su dans ce temps-là… Ah… ah…
| If I had known in those days... Ah... ah...
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| O ma belle Catalinetta
| O my beautiful Catalinetta
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| (Merci à Luigi pour cettes paroles) | (Thanks to Luigi for these lyrics) |