Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Paie Tes Dettes (Chanson Frankreich France), artist - Charles Trenet. Album song Coin De Rue, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 02.11.2014
Record label: FOM
Song language: French
Paie Tes Dettes (Chanson Frankreich France)(original) |
Il était couvert de dettes |
De la tête aux pieds. |
Chez lui, venaient faire la quête |
Tous ses créanciers |
Et pour fuir ces personnages |
Qui le torturaient, |
Un jour, sans faire de tapage |
Il partit pour la forêt. |
Au pied d’un arbre, il s’endormit |
Et, pendant qu’il rêvait, |
Un oiseau tout en haut de lui, |
Sur une branche, lui chantait: |
«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes, une, deux. |
Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes, mon vieux. |
Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes. |
C’est mieux |
Ou sans ça |
Ça n’ira pas.» |
Il se dit dans son sommeil: |
«C'est la voix de ma conscience |
Qui me poursuit, qui me surveille. |
Je vais àmon réveil |
Rembourser tous ces amis |
Qui m’ont fait confiance. |
Non plus jamais, je me le dis, |
Je ne veux de crédit.» |
«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes!"disait |
«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes!"l'oiseau. |
«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes.» |
Allez! |
Il y fût, fût tout de go. |
Quel souvenir, quelle belle journée |
Quand il régla tout (Tout!) |
Ce qu’il devait depuis des années |
Jusqu’au dernier sou. |
Il se défit même de sa chemise. |
On peut se passer de ça… |
Dans les bois, soufflait la brise. |
Tout joyeux, il y retourna. |
Sous le même arbre, il s'étendit. |
Alors, le même oiseau |
Vint se poser là, tout près de lui, |
En répétant d’un air idiot: |
«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes, une, deux. |
Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes, mon vieux. |
Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes. |
C’est mieux |
Ou sans ça |
Ça n’ira pas.» |
Dans l’instant même, il comprit |
Que la voix de sa conscience |
N'était autre qu’un volatile |
Absurde et obstiné |
Qui répétait le même cri |
Depuis sa naissance, |
Sans savoir ce qu’il disait. |
Quelle destinée! |
«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes!"disait |
«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes!"l'oiseau. |
«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes.» |
Assez, |
Ou je vais te fracasser! |
Et c’est ce qu’il fit, |
A l’oiseau, le cou il tordit |
Et le lendemain, dans tous les magasins |
Et auprès de tous ses copains… |
Il fit des dettes, fit des dettes, une, deux. |
Il fit des dettes. |
Ah! |
Puis un soir, devenu vieux, |
Très vieux, |
Il mourut |
Couvert de dettes. |
(translation) |
He was in debt |
From head to toes. |
At his house, came to collect |
All his creditors |
And to run away from these characters |
who tortured him, |
One day without making a fuss |
He left for the forest. |
At the foot of a tree he fell asleep |
And, while he was dreaming, |
A bird on top of him, |
On a branch sang to him: |
“Pay your debts, pay your debts, one, two. |
Pay your debts, pay your debts, old man. |
Pay your debts, pay your debts. |
It's better |
Or without it |
It won't work." |
He said to himself in his sleep: |
"It's the voice of my conscience |
Who pursues me, who watches me. |
I go when I wake up |
Pay back all those friends |
who trusted me. |
Not ever again, I tell myself, |
I don't want credit." |
"Pay your debts, pay your debts!" said |
“Pay your debts, pay your debts!” the bird. |
“Pay your debts, pay your debts.” |
Go on! |
He was there, was all right. |
What a memory, what a beautiful day |
When he settled everything (Everything!) |
What he owed for years |
Down to the last penny. |
He even takes off his shirt. |
We can skip that... |
In the woods, the breeze blew. |
Joyfully, he returned. |
Under the same tree he lay down. |
So the same bird |
Came to rest there, very close to him, |
By repeating with an idiotic air: |
“Pay your debts, pay your debts, one, two. |
Pay your debts, pay your debts, old man. |
Pay your debts, pay your debts. |
It's better |
Or without it |
It won't work." |
In that very moment he understood |
That the voice of his conscience |
Was none other than a volatile |
Absurd and obstinate |
Who repeated the same cry |
Since his birth, |
Not knowing what he was saying. |
What destiny! |
"Pay your debts, pay your debts!" said |
“Pay your debts, pay your debts!” the bird. |
“Pay your debts, pay your debts.” |
Enough, |
Or I'll smash you! |
And that is what he did, |
To the bird, the neck he twisted |
And the next day, in all the stores |
And to all his friends... |
He ran into debt, ran into debt, one, two. |
He made debts. |
Ah! |
Then one evening, when I grew old, |
Very old, |
He died |
Covered in debt. |