| Sentimental bourreau (original) | Sentimental bourreau (translation) |
|---|---|
| C’est l’histoire d’un tueur professionnel | This is the story of a professional killer |
| Qui coupait des têtes | who cut off heads |
| Mais il se prenait la tête | But he was taking his head |
| Parce qu’il avait bien bien des sentiments | Because he had many feelings |
| Il était une fois | Once upon a time |
| Un tout petit bourreau | A tiny little executioner |
| Pas plus grand que trois noix | No bigger than three walnuts |
| Mais pas beaucoup plus gros | But not much bigger |
| Des hautes et basses Oeuvres | High and Low Works |
| Etait exécuteur | was executor |
| Et pour les basses Oeuvres | And for low works |
| Etait à la hauteur | Was up to it |
| N’avait jamais de trêve | Never had a break |
| Et jamais de repos | And never rest |
| Et en place de grève | And in place of strike |
| Il faisait son boulot | He was doing his job |
| Pourtant couper des têtes | Yet cut off heads |
| Disait-il, ça m’embête | He said, it bothers me |
| C’est un truc idiot | It's a stupid thing |
| Ça salit mon billot | It dirties my block |
| Pour nourrir ma vieille mère | To feed my old mother |
| Je saigne Paul ou Pierre | I bleed Paul or Peter |
| D’un geste un peu brutal | With a somewhat brutal gesture |
| Mais sans penser à mal | But without thinking of evil |
| Sentimental bourreau | Sentimental executioner |
| Aïe, aïe, aïe! | AIE Aie Aie! |
| Aïe, aïe, aïe! | AIE Aie Aie! |
| Un soir de sa fenêtre | One evening from his window |
| La femme du fossoyeur | The Gravedigger's Wife |
| Héla l’homme des têtes | hail the head man |
| Et lui ouvrit son cœur | And opened her heart to him |
| Depuis longtemps sevrée | long since weaned |
| De transports amoureux | Amorous transports |
| A vous veux me livrer | A you want to deliver me |
| O bourreau vigoureux! | O vigorous executioner! |
| Je vous lance une corde | I throw you a rope |
| Du haut de mon balcon | From my balcony |
| Grimpez-y c’est un ordre | Climb it it's an order |
| Allons exécution! | Let's go execution! |
| A partager sa couche | To share his diaper |
| La belle l’invita | Beauty invited him |
| En quelques coups de hache | In a few blows of the ax |
| Il la lui débita | He debited it to her |
| L'époux au bruit du bris | The husband at the noise of the breaking |
| Survint un peu inquiet | Arrived a little worried |
| Il partagea l’mari | He shared the husband |
| Pour garder sa moitié | To keep his half |
| Comme la dame inquiète | Like the worried lady |
| Suggérait: «Taillons-nous» | Suggested: "Let's prune" |
| Il lui coupa la tête | He cut off his head |
| Et se trancha le cou | And cut his neck |
| Prince prenez grand soin | Prince take great care |
| De la douce Isabeau | From Sweet Isabeau |
| Qu’elle n’ait oncques point besoin | That she doesn't need |
| D’un petit bourreau beau | Of a handsome little executioner |
