| City (original) | City (translation) |
|---|---|
| Le pays pardonné | The Forgiven Land |
| Explose de fleurs blanches | Explodes of white flowers |
| Les gratte-ciel dorés | golden skyscrapers |
| S’inclinent vers les branches | Bow to the branches |
| La vapeur azurée crachée par les moteurs fait rire et rêver | The azure steam spewed by the engines makes laugh and dream |
| Près des parcs en chaleur | Close to hot parks |
| Cité c’est cité | Quoted is quoted |
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| Des barbus impudiques | Immodest bearded men |
| Au fourreau lamé vert | In green lamé scabbard |
| Jouent les statues antiques | Play the ancient statues |
| Montés sur des rollers | Mounted on rollerblades |
| Des assassins candides | candid killers |
| Aux tee-shirts maculés | To stained t-shirts |
| Aux braguettes splendides | With splendid flies |
| Font craquer les pédés | Make the fags crack |
| Cité c’est cité | Quoted is quoted |
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| La poudre vanillée | vanilla powder |
| Au fort piment qui grise | With hot pepper that intoxicates |
| Effleure les mosquées | Touch the mosques |
| Et les coupoles grises | And the gray cupolas |
| Un grand jardin d’enfants | A large kindergarten |
| Qui font ce qui leur plait | Who do what pleases them |
| Côtoie des bâtiments | Next to buildings |
| Où roule la monnaie | Where the currency rolls |
| Four roses dans le nez | Four roses in the nose |
| Un Black sur le trottoir | A Black on the sidewalk |
| Songe au milieu des pieds | Think in the middle of the feet |
| Blancs jaunes rouges noirs | white yellow red black |
| Cité c’est cité | Quoted is quoted |
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| Le printemps frais saoulant | Drunk Fresh Spring |
| Tout grouillant d'écureuils | All swarming with squirrels |
| Comme des chiens gourmands | Like greedy dogs |
| Marque la fin du deuil | Marks the end of mourning |
| Orientale écaillée | Scaled Oriental |
| L'énorme messe en Si | The Huge Mass in B |
| Est reine de beauté | Is a beauty queen |
| Du continent maudit | From the cursed continent |
| Cité c’est cité | Quoted is quoted |
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