Translation of the song lyrics L'Amant de secours - Georges Moustaki

L'Amant de secours (original)

C’est un amant de secours
Pour amoureuse en mal d’amour
C’est un amant de papier
Vite envolé vite oublié
C’est un amant de passage
Qui ne fait pas beaucoup d’usage
C’est un amant de fortune
Qui ne promet jamais la lune
He’s mad and bad
And dangerous to know
He’s mad and bad
And dangerous to know
C’est un amant de velours
Pour corps frileux pour cœur trop lourd
C’est un amant de papier
Vite emballé vite froissé
C’est un amant de passage
Qui disparaît comme un nuage
C’est un amant de fortune
Offert à toutes et chacune
He’s mad and bad
And dangerous to know
He’s mad and bad
And dangerous to know
C’est un amant de secours
Pour amoureuse en mal d’amour
C’est un amant de papier
Vite lassé vite classé
C’est un amant de passage
Parfois voleur toujours volage
C’est un amant de fortune
Sans illusion et sans rancune
He’s mad and bad
And dangerous to know
He’s mad and bad
And dangerous to know

(translation)

He's a backup lover
For lovesick lovers
He's a paper lover
Quickly gone quickly forgotten
He's a passing lover
Which does not make much use
He's a makeshift lover
Who never promises the moon
He's mad and bad
And dangerous to know
He's mad and bad
And dangerous to know
He's a velvet lover
For chilly body for too heavy heart
He's a paper lover
Quickly packed, quickly crumpled
He's a passing lover
Which disappears like a cloud
He's a makeshift lover
Available to everyone
He's mad and bad
And dangerous to know
He's mad and bad
And dangerous to know
He's a backup lover
For lovesick lovers
He's a paper lover
Quickly tired quickly classified
He's a passing lover
Sometimes thief always fickle
He's a makeshift lover
Without illusion and without rancor
He's mad and bad
And dangerous to know
He's mad and bad
And dangerous to know