| Tiens V'là Un Marin (original) | Tiens V'là Un Marin (translation) |
|---|---|
| Tiens, v’l un marin | Here, there's a sailor |
| Il est encore loin | He's still a long way off |
| Mais on voit de loin | But we see from afar |
| Que c’est un marin | That he's a sailor |
| Tiens, v’l un marin | Here, there's a sailor |
| Ce n’est pas le mien | This is not mine |
| Mais c’est un marin | But he's a sailor |
| C’est presque le mme | It's almost the same |
| Le mme que celui | The same as that |
| Qui m’a dit 'je t’aime' | Who told me 'I love you' |
| Je t’aime pour la vie… | I love you for life… |
| Tiens, v’l un marin | Here, there's a sailor |
| Sacr nom d’un chien | Sacred name of a dog |
| C’est chouette un marin | It's a nice sailor |
| Quand a vous revient | When does it come back to you |
| Tiens, v’l un marin | Here, there's a sailor |
| Moi j’aime les marins | I like sailors |
| De voir ce marin | To see this sailor |
| A me rapelle le mien | Reminds me of mine |
| A me rapelle que j’aime un homme | Reminds me that I love a man |
| Un homme, mon homme… | A man, my man... |
| Qui porte le mme uniforme | Who wears the same uniform |
| Que porte l’homme qui vient | What is the coming man wearing? |
| Tiens, v’l un marin | Here, there's a sailor |
| Valise la main | Suitcase in hand |
| Il a sur les reins | He's on his back |
| Un sac de marin | A duffel bag |
| Tiens, v’l un marin | Here, there's a sailor |
| Il siffle un refrain | He whistles a chorus |
| Qui dans le matin | who in the morning |
| L’escorte en chemin | The escort on the way |
| C’est presque le mme | It's almost the same |
| Le mme que celui | The same as that |
| Qui m’a dit 'je t’aime' | Who told me 'I love you' |
| Je t’aime pour la vie… | I love you for life… |
| Tiens, v’l un marin | Here, there's a sailor |
| Comme rien ne ressemble | Like nothing is like |
| Plus un marin | No more a sailor |
| Qu’un autre marin | Than another sailor |
| Tiens, v’l un marin | Here, there's a sailor |
| Quand il sera moins loin | When it's closer |
| Je lirai sur son front | I will read his forehead |
| De quel corps il vient | What body does he come from |
| Si seulement c’etait mon homme | If only he was my man |
| Qui / Go Home / mon homme | Who / Go Home / my man |
| Beau comme un dieu en uniforme | Handsome as a god in uniform |
| Rien… J’ai trembl pour rien | Nothing... I trembled for nothing |
| Pour tre un marin | To be a sailor |
| C’est bien un marin | He's a sailor |
| Mais ce n’est pas le mien | But it's not mine |
| Le mien… Pourvu que le mien | Mine... Provided that mine |
| N’ait pas pris le chemin | Didn't take the path |
| D’un de ces pays lointains | From one of those distant lands |
| D’o jamais un marin | From where ever a sailor |
| Ne revient… | Don't come back... |
| Ne revient… | Don't come back... |
