| Quelque part dans la ville
| Somewhere in town
|
| Il y a un endroit
| There is a place
|
| Qui ressemble? | Who looks like? |
| une? | a? |
| le
| the
|
| O? | Where? |
| la nuit fait sa loi
| the night rules
|
| On y tra? | Shall we go? |
| ne son spleen
| don't sound sad
|
| ? | ? |
| l’envers des d? | the reverse of the d? |
| cors
| corns
|
| Dans la folie divine
| In divine madness
|
| Des chants de Maldoror
| Songs of Maldoror
|
| C’est l? | It's? |
| que je pose ma croix
| that I lay down my cross
|
| Et le noir que je broie
| And the black that I grind
|
| Accoud? | Accout? |
| au comptoir
| at the counter
|
| Du bar le Zanzibar
| From Zanzibar Bar
|
| Et comme un escargot
| And like a snail
|
| Mon pass? | My pass? |
| sur le dos
| on the back
|
| Je largue les amarres
| I'm casting off
|
| Je pars… pour Zanzibar
| I'm leaving... for Zanzibar
|
| Je pars… pour Zanzibar
| I'm leaving... for Zanzibar
|
| Je pars… pour Zanzibar
| I'm leaving... for Zanzibar
|
| On se retrouve entre amis
| We meet up with friends
|
| Entre paum? | Between palm? |
| s de la vie
| s of life
|
| Complicit? | complicit? |
| d’un soir
| one evening
|
| Chacun trouve son miroir
| Everyone finds their mirror
|
| Au bar le Zanzibar
| At the Zanzibar bar
|
| Entre l’ombre et la proie
| Between shadow and prey
|
| Les chasseurs restent cois
| The hunters remain silent
|
| Chacun attend que Godot
| Everyone is waiting for Godot
|
| Lui ram? | Him ram? |
| ne le gros lot
| don't hit the jackpot
|
| Zanzibar, Zanzibar
| Zanzibar, Zanzibar
|
| Je sais pas m? | I don't know m? |
| me pas o? | me not o? |
| ?a se trouve moi Zanzibar
| This is me Zanzibar
|
| Au fond je m’en fous comme du tiers et du quart
| Deep down I don't care like a third and a quarter
|
| Au bar le Zanzibar,
| At the Zanzibar bar,
|
| Y a quelques cendrillons
| There are some Cinderellas
|
| Qui recousent leurs haillons
| Who sew up their rags
|
| Qui attendent leur carrosse
| Who are waiting for their carriage
|
| Loin de leurs cauchemars de gosse
| Far from their childhood nightmares
|
| Des artistes de toute sorte
| Artists of all kinds
|
| Le regard sur la porte
| The look at the door
|
| Qui attendent le talent
| Who are waiting for talent
|
| Ou l’improbable agent
| Or the unlikely agent
|
| Des peintres? | Painters? |
| court d’id?es
| short of ideas
|
| Qui ont tout invent?
| Who invented it all?
|
| Des leaders sans la lutte
| Leaders Without the Struggle
|
| Des t? | Tees |
| nors sans le contre-ut
| nors without high C
|
| Des Rimbaud sans Verlaine
| Rimbauds without Verlaine
|
| Des Stone sans leur Charden
| Stones without their Charden
|
| Et des metteurs en sc? | And directors? |
| ne Qui refont la b? | do Who redo the b? |
| te humaine
| you human
|
| Au bar le Zanzibar
| At the Zanzibar bar
|
| Des nobles encanaill? | Noble slums? |
| s Qui redorent leur pedigree
| s Who restore their pedigree
|
| Et des rois sans couronne
| And uncrowned kings
|
| Qui veulent fausser, la donne
| Who want to distort, the deal
|
| Au bar le Zanzibar
| At the Zanzibar bar
|
| Des loosers magnifiques
| Magnificent losers
|
| Qui r? | Who r? |
| galent toute la clique
| gallant the whole clique
|
| Des Cr? | Cr? |
| sus en goguette
| on a spree
|
| Qui pleurent pour une soubrette
| Who cry for a maid
|
| Zanzibar, Zanzibar
| Zanzibar, Zanzibar
|
| Je sais pas m? | I don't know m? |
| me pas o? | me not o? |
| ?a se trouve moi Zanzibar
| This is me Zanzibar
|
| Au fond je m’en fous comme du tiers et du quart
| Deep down I don't care like a third and a quarter
|
| Au bar le Zanzibar
| At the Zanzibar bar
|
| Des menteurs r? | Liars r? |
| sign?s
| signed
|
| Retrouvent leur v? | Find their v? |
| rit?
| laugh?
|
| Des magiciens ringards
| Nerdy magicians
|
| Se perdent dans leur foulard
| Get lost in their scarf
|
| On tra? | Shall we go? |
| ne sa solitude
| don't his loneliness
|
| Comme un chien fatigu?
| Like a tired dog?
|
| Et quand elle se d? | And when she leaves |
| nude
| naked
|
| On lui file un coup de pied
| We kick him
|
| Y a m? | Is there m? |
| me des musiciens
| like musicians
|
| Qui viennent mine de rien
| Who come casually
|
| Jouer des airs fantasques
| Play whimsical tunes
|
| Qui font tomber les masques
| Who drop the masks
|
| Jusqu’au bout du voyage
| To the end of the journey
|
| Ils bercent les naufrages
| They cradle shipwrecks
|
| Il n’est jamais trop tard
| It's never too late
|
| Au bar le Zanzibar
| At the Zanzibar bar
|
| Zanzibar, Zanzibar
| Zanzibar, Zanzibar
|
| Je sais pas m? | I don't know m? |
| me pas o? | me not o? |
| ?a se trouve moi Zanzibar
| This is me Zanzibar
|
| Au fond je m’en fous comme du tiers et du quart
| Deep down I don't care like a third and a quarter
|
| Mais noir pour noir
| But black for black
|
| C’est plus facile de l'?tre? | It's easier to be? |
| Zanzibar
| Zanzibar
|
| Au bar le Zanzibar
| At the Zanzibar bar
|
| Au bar le Zanzibar
| At the Zanzibar bar
|
| Au bar le Zanzibar
| At the Zanzibar bar
|
| (Merci? Jose pour cettes paroles) | (Thank you? Jose for these lyrics) |