Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song La visite, artist - Georges Brassens.
Date of issue: 02.09.2021
Song language: French
La visite(original) |
On n'était pas des Barbe-Bleue |
Ni des pelés, ni des galeux |
Porteurs de parasites |
On n'était pas des spadassins |
On venait du pays voisin |
On venait en visite |
On n’avait aucune intention |
De razzia, de déprédation |
Aucun but illicite |
On venait pas piller chez eux |
On venait pas gober leurs oeufs |
On venait en visite |
On poussait pas des cris d’Indiens |
On avançait avec maintien |
Et d’un pas qui hésite |
On braquait pas des revolvers |
On arrivait les bras ouverts |
On venait en visite |
Mais ils sont rentrés dans leurs trous |
Mais ils ont poussé les verrous |
Dans un accord tacite |
Ils ont fermé les contrevents |
Caché les femmes, les enfants |
Refusé la visite |
On venait pas leur imposer |
Notre manière de penser |
Pas leur prendre leur site |
On venait leur dire en passant |
Un petit bonjour innocent |
On venait en visite |
On venait pour se présenter |
On venait pour les fréquenter |
Pour qu’ils nous plébiscitent |
Dans l’espérance d'être admis |
Et naturalisés amis |
On venait en visite |
Par malchance, ils n’ont pas voulu |
De notre amitié superflue |
Que rien ne nécessite |
Et l’on a refermé nos mains |
Et l’on a rebroussé chemin |
Suspendu la visite |
(translation) |
We weren't Bluebeards |
Neither skinned nor scabby |
Parasite carriers |
We were not swashbucklers |
We came from the neighboring country |
We were coming to visit |
We had no intention |
Of raid, of depredation |
No Illegal Purpose |
We didn't come to loot their house |
We didn't come to gobble their eggs |
We were coming to visit |
We weren't screaming Indians |
We moved forward steadily |
And with a step that hesitates |
We weren't pointing guns |
We came with open arms |
We were coming to visit |
But they got back in their holes |
But they pushed the locks |
In tacit agreement |
They closed the shutters |
Hidden women, children |
Denied visit |
We weren't coming to impose on them |
Our way of thinking |
Not take them their site |
We came to tell them in passing |
An innocent little hello |
We were coming to visit |
We came to introduce ourselves |
We came to hang out |
So that they acclaim us |
Hoping to be admitted |
And naturalized friends |
We were coming to visit |
Unfortunately, they didn't want |
Of our superfluous friendship |
That nothing requires |
And we closed our hands |
And we turned back |
Suspended visit |