Translation of the song lyrics Le vin (From "Porte des Lilas") - Georges Brassens

Le vin (From "Porte des Lilas") - Georges Brassens
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Le vin (From "Porte des Lilas") , by -Georges Brassens
Song from the album: BD Music & Martin Pénet Present Georges Brassens
In the genre:Поп
Release date:24.06.2008
Song language:French
Record label:bdMusic, Difymusic

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Le vin (From "Porte des Lilas") (original)Le vin (From "Porte des Lilas") (translation)
Avant de chanter Before singing
Ma vie, de fair' des My life of doing
Harangues harangues
Dans ma gueul' de bois In my hangover
J’ai tourné sept fois I turned seven times
Ma langue My tongue
J’suis issu de gens I came from people
Qui étaient pas du gen- Who weren't gen-
Re sobre Re sober
On conte que j’eus It is said that I had
La tétée au jus Breastfeeding juice
Mes parents on dû My parents had to
M’trouver au pied d’u- Find me at the foot of a-
Ne souche Don't strain
Et non dans un chou And not in a cabbage
Comm' ces gens plus ou Like these people more or
Moins louches less shady
En guise de sang As Blood
(O noblesse sans (O nobility without
Pareille!) Same!)
Il coule en mon c?It flows into my heart
ur ur
La chaude liqueur The hot liquor
D’la treille… From the trellis...
Quand on est un sa- When you're a sa-
Ge, et qu’on a du sa- Ge, and that we have sa-
Voir-boire see-drink
On se garde à vue We keep in sight
En cas de soif, u- In case of thirst, u-
Ne poire don't pear
Une poire ou deux A pear or two
Mais en forme de But in the shape of
Bonbonne carboy
Au ventre replet Bellied
Rempli du bon lait Filled with good milk
Jadis, aux Enfers Formerly, in the Underworld
Cert’s, il a souffert Certainly he suffered
Tantale Tantalum
Quand l’eau refusa When the water refused
D’arroser ses a- To water his a-
Mygdales Mygdala
Etre assoiffé d’eau To be thirsty for water
C’est triste, mais faut It's sad, but you have to
Bien dire say well
Que, l'être de vin That, being of wine
C’est encore vingt It's still twenty
Fois pire… Times worse...
Hélas !Alas!
il ne pleut it's not raining
Jamais du gros bleu Never big blue
Qui tache Who stains
Qu’ell’s donnent du vin Let them give wine
J’irai traire enfin I will finally milk
Les vaches The cows
Que vienne le temps Come the time
Du vin coulant dans Wine flowing in
La Seine ! The Seine!
Les gens, par milliers People, by the thousands
Courront y noyer Will run to drown there
Leur peine…Their pain...
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