Translation of the song lyrics Androgyne - Elsa Esnoult

Androgyne (original)

Androgyne, andorgyne
Tu m'étonnes, tu me fascines
Avec ton allure féline
Moulée dans ton petit jean’s
Androgyne, andorgyne
Masculin ou masculine
Féminin ou féminine
Selon ce qu’on imagine
Es-tu il ou es-tu elle
Es-tu beau ou es-tu belle
Après tout ce n’sont qu’des mots
Tu es belle et tu es beau
Androgyne, andorgyne
Ton regard est assassin
Et tes lèvres sont assassines
Après tout ça me plait bien
Androgyn, andorgyne
Bien souvent j t’imagine
Soit câlin ou soit câline
Soit copain ou soit copine
Es-tu elle ou es-tu lui
Es-tu celle ou bien celui
Qui fera battre mon cœur
Qu’importe si tu fais mon bonheur

Androgyne (translation)

Androgyne, androgynous shade,
You astonish me—pull me into your labyrinthine spell,
With a panther's grace flickering at dusk,
Poured into jeans as if the night itself had tailored them,
Androgyne, andorgyne—
Masculine, or a masculinity distilled beyond the world’s lexicon,
Feminine, or feminine—each syllable a mirage,
As the mind’s eye paints in shadows and flame,
Are you he, or are you she—do you slip the bonds of either?
Are you beauty’s blade or its mirror—
After all, these are but words—skins the soul sloughs off,
You are beautiful and you are handsome: both faces turned to the dawn,
Androgyne, andorgyne—
Your gaze, a dagger of light through the stillness,
And your lips, sweet poisoners—ripe with secret fire,
After all, I am beguiled, the snare pleases me,
Androgyne, andorgyne—
So often I summon your phantom form in my mind’s theater,
Whether tender as moonlit velvet, or tenderness itself,
Whether companion or shade, hand or shadow,
Are you her, or are you him,
Are you the one, or the other,
Who shall set my heart to its thunder—
What matters the shape, if you are the architect of my joy?