Translation of the song lyrics Sale petit bonhomme - Georges Brassens

Sale petit bonhomme - Georges Brassens
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Song from the album: Intégrale des albums originaux
In the genre:Поп
Release date:31.12.2009
Song language:French
Record label:Mercury

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Sale petit bonhomme (original)Sale petit bonhomme (translation)
Sale petit bonhomme, il ne portait plus d’ailes, Dirty little guy, he didn't wear wings anymore,
Plus de bandeau sur l'œil et d’un huissier modèle, No more blindfolds and model ushers,
Arborait les sombres habits Wore the dark clothes
Dès qu’il avait connu le krach, la banqueroute As soon as he had known the crash, the bankruptcy
De nos affaires de cœur, il s'était mis en route Of our affairs of the heart he had set out
Pour recouvrer tout son fourbi. To recover all his stuff.
Pas plus tôt descendu de sa noire calèche, No sooner alighted from his black carriage,
Il nous a dit: «je viens récupérer mes flèches He told us, "I'm coming to get my arrows
Maintenant pour vous superflu’s.Now for you superfluous's.
«Sans une ombre de peine ou de mélancolie, "Without a shadow of sorrow or melancholy,
On l’a vu remballer la vaine panoplie We saw him pack up the vain panoply
Des amoureux qui ne jouent plus. Lovers who no longer play.
Avisant, oublié', la pauvre marguerite Notifying, forgotten', the poor daisy
Qu’on avait effeuillé', jadis, selon le rite, That had been stripped, formerly, according to the rite,
Quand on s’aimait un peu, beaucoup, When we loved each other a little, a lot,
L’un après l’autre, en place, il remit les pétales; One by one, in place, he replaced the petals;
La veille encore, on aurait crié au scandale, The day before, we would have cried foul,
On lui aurait tordu le cou. His neck would have been wrung.
Il brûla nos trophé's, il brûla nos reliques, He burned our trophies, he burned our relics,
Nos gages, nos portraits, nos lettres idylliques, Our pledges, our portraits, our idyllic letters,
Bien belle fut la part du feu. Fine was the share of the fire.
Et je n’ai pas bronché, pas eu la mort dans l'âme, And I didn't flinch, I didn't have a death in my soul,
Quand, avec tout le reste, il passa par les flammes When, with all the rest, he went through the flames
Une boucle de vos cheveux. A curl of your hair.
Enfin, pour bien montrer qu’il faisait table rase, Finally, to show that he was making a clean sweep,
Il effaça du mur l’indélébile phrase: He erased from the wall the indelible phrase:
«Paul est épris de Virginie.“Paul is in love with Virginia.
«De Virgini', d’Hortense ou bien de Caroline, "Of Virgini', Hortense or Caroline,
J’oubli' presque toujours le nom de l’héroïne I almost always forget the name of the heroine
Quand la comédie est finie. When the comedy is over.
«Faut voir à pas confondre amour et bagatelle, "You must not confuse love and trifle,
A pas trop mélanger la rose et l’immortelle, Don't mix rose and everlasting too much,
Qu’il nous a dit en se sauvant, He said to us as he fled,
A pas traiter comme une affaire capitale Not to be treated as a capital matter
Une petite fantaisie sentimentale A little sentimental fantasy
Plus de crédit dorénavant.More credit from now on.
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Ma mi', ne prenez pas ma complainte au tragique. Honey, don't take my complaint tragically.
Les raisons qui, ce soir, m’ont rendu nostalgique, The reasons that tonight made me nostalgic,
Sont les moins nobles des raisons, Are the least noble of reasons,
Et j’aurais sans nul doute enterré cette histoire And I would have undoubtedly buried this story
Si, pour renouveler un peu mon répertoire Yes, to refresh my repertoire a bit
Je n’avais besoin de chansons.I didn't need songs.
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