| Aux Bahamas elles m’enlacent
| In the Bahamas they embrace me
|
| Mais h? | But hey? |
| las, me laissent le m? | las, leave me the m? |
| lo A Ha? | lo A Ha? |
| ti, je me dis
| you, i say to myself
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| L? | L? |
| aussi, je les aime trop
| also i love them too much
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| L? | L? |
| au soleil, sous le ciel de Kingston
| in the sun, under the Kingston sky
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| Ou Puerto-Rico
| Or Puerto Rico
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| C’est tout pareil, l’amour veille dans la zone
| It's all the same, love is watching in the zone
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| Ou le c? | Or the c? |
| ur prend l’eau
| ur takes on water
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| Si jolies et gentilles sont les filles des Antilles
| So pretty and kind are the girls of the West Indies
|
| Le c? | The heart |
| ur en laisse, elles vous laissent, les Antillaises
| ur on a leash, they leave you, West Indians
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| Quand elles dansent et s’avancent vers vous
| When they dance and come towards you
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| Ce n’est pas une avance mais c’est fou
| It's not an advance but it's crazy
|
| Elles se penchent, se d? | They bend down, |
| hanchent et c’est l?
| hip and that's it
|
| Que sans peur le c? | That without fear the c? |
| ur se noie
| ur is drowning
|
| A Santiago de Cuba
| In Santiago de Cuba
|
| Les coups bas de l’amour c’est trop
| The low blows of love are too much
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| Dans les eaux d’Aguadilla
| In the waters of Aguadilla
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| Pourquoi, dis, j’ai l’c?ur? | Why, say, I have the heart? |
| Z? | Z? |
| ro?
| ro?
|
| Elles me d? | They tell me |
| fient, se m? | fient, se m? |
| fient, dans les flots
| lie, in the waves
|
| O? | Where? |
| nos corps bataillent
| our bodies fight
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| L? | L? |
| aux Antilles, les gentilles au sang chaud
| in the West Indies, the warm-blooded good guys
|
| Ont le c? | Have the c? |
| ur corail
| ur coral
|
| Si jolies et gentilles sont les filles des Antilles
| So pretty and kind are the girls of the West Indies
|
| Le c? | The heart |
| ur en laisse, elles vous laissent, les Antillaises
| ur on a leash, they leave you, West Indians
|
| Quand elles dansent et s’avancent vers vous
| When they dance and come towards you
|
| Ce n’est pas une avance mais c’est fou
| It's not an advance but it's crazy
|
| Elles se penchent, se d? | They bend down, |
| hanchent et c’est l?
| hip and that's it
|
| Que sans peur le c? | That without fear the c? |
| ur se noie | ur is drowning |