| Noël ça veut dire quelque chose pour vous?
| Does Christmas mean anything to you?
|
| — Oui ça veut dire quelque chose, c’est une très jolie fête païenne"
| "Yes, that means something, it's a very pretty pagan holiday."
|
| 23 semaines aujourd’hui
| 23 weeks today
|
| Aujourd’hui, c’est Noël
| Today is Christmas
|
| Ça fait 22 balais qu’j’attendais mon cadeau
| I've been waiting for my present for 22 brooms
|
| Papa Noël m’avait mis sur l’té-cô
| Santa Claus had put me on the tee-side
|
| J’voulais des crampons, j’rêvais que d’un ballon
| I wanted cleats, I only dreamed of a ball
|
| T’as pas fait ton boulot, moi, j’volais des bonbons
| You didn't do your job, I was stealing candy
|
| La caissière est pas conne, j’avais 10ans et pas d’sous
| The cashier is not stupid, I was 10 years old and no money
|
| Pas d’soucis, pas les crocs, j’voulais juste un ballon
| No worries, no fangs, I just wanted a ball
|
| Père Noël est pas juste mais c’est ça, la justice
| Santa Claus ain't fair but that's justice
|
| C’est comme ça, c’est la vie
| That's how it is, that's life
|
| Y’a le 20ème, y’a Neuilly
| There's the 20th, there's Neuilly
|
| Les quartiers nord, le vieux port
| The northern districts, the old port
|
| Dans chaque ville, y’a deux villes
| In every city, there are two cities
|
| Y’a les pauvres, y’a les riches
| There are the poor, there are the rich
|
| Y’en a qui rêvent d’un McFish
| Some people dream of a McFish
|
| J'étais fiché bancaire, fichu d’chez fauché
| I was stuck in the bank, damn broke
|
| Mais j’ai fauché le destin, j’l’ai braqué en R1
| But I mowed destiny, I steered it in R1
|
| Tel un vrai algérien
| Like a real Algerian
|
| Toujours serein, j’vais t’saigner
| Always serene, I'm going to bleed you
|
| Soigne ton vocabulaire, j’m’en fou s’tu viens de Palerme
| Take care of your vocabulary, I don't care if you come from Palermo
|
| Parlons peu, j’t’ai qué-bra
| Let's talk little, I que-bra
|
| T'étais pas, t’as détale
| You weren't, you took off
|
| T'étais pas, t’as détale, j’t’ai volé tes talbin
| You weren't, you took off, I stole your talbin
|
| T'étais chaud, t’as eu froid, alors, c’est qui le malin?
| You were hot, you were cold, so who's the smart one?
|
| Cette année, j’suis gâté
| This year, I'm spoiled
|
| Panka veut pas d’goûter
| Panka does not want to taste
|
| Panka puait les égouts, à deux doigts d’devenir fou
| Panka stank of sewers, on the verge of going crazy
|
| Papa Noël, t’vois ma gueule, t'étais où?
| Santa Claus, you see my face, where you been?
|
| L’pipot de l’année, mais p’tit Moha t’aime quand même
| The pipot of the year, but little Moha loves you anyway
|
| T’as commis un délit
| You have committed a crime
|
| J’t’attendais avec mon cookie
| I was waiting for you with my cookie
|
| Curieux d’savoir par où t’allais passer
| Curious to know where you were going to go
|
| J’avais pas d’cheminée, c''tait ma fenêtre le chemin
| I had no chimney, my window was the way
|
| Elle était p’tite, t'étais gros
| She was small, you were fat
|
| J’me suis dit «tu passes pas»
| I said to myself "you don't pass"
|
| Donc j’ai ouvert la porte, j’t’ai attendu toute la nuit
| So I opened the door, I waited for you all night
|
| Pour moi, t'étais un ami, naïf 8 ans de ma vie
| To me you were a friend, naive 8 years of my life
|
| Toute ma vie, t’as menti, tu vas régler mon neveu
| All my life you lied, you gon' fix my nephew
|
| Rigoureux et joyeux, va pas jouer au con
| Strict and cheerful, don't play dumb
|
| Voilà ma lettre sur un son, je t’ai écrit mon mal-être
| Here is my letter on a sound, I wrote you my discomfort
|
| Et j’t’ai mis mal à l’aise comme cette dame à la caisse
| And I made you uncomfortable like that cashier
|
| Papa Noël, j’voulais juste un ballon
| Santa Claus, I just wanted a balloon
|
| Papa Noël, j’t’ai pas demandé d’crampons
| Santa Claus, I didn't ask you for crampons
|
| T’as pas d’cran, t’es pas venu, moi, j’me suis cramponné
| You don't have any guts, you didn't come, I clung to myself
|
| Toi, tu m’as ris au nez, t’as échoué ta mission
| You, you laughed in my face, you failed your mission
|
| Viens pas d’mander pardon, j’en veux pas d’ta pitié
| Don't come to ask for forgiveness, I don't want your pity
|
| J'étais p’tit, j’t’en voulais, toi tu t’es balloné
| I was little, I was angry with you, you were bloated
|
| T’as crevé mon ballon, t’as pas crevé mes rêves
| You burst my balloon, you didn't burst my dreams
|
| Sans rancune j’ai grandi, p’tit Moha, c’est fini
| Without resentment I grew up, little Moha, it's over
|
| Sans rancune, j’ai grandi, p’tit Moha, c’est fini
| Without resentment, I grew up, little Moha, it's over
|
| Bah bien sûr qu’mon neveu, il aura ses Noël, il aura ses cadeaux
| Well of course my nephew, he will have his Christmas, he will have his presents
|
| Et près d’lui Bendero l’Père Noël est pas juste
| And near him Bendero Santa Claus is not fair
|
| Mais c’est ça, la justice
| But this is justice
|
| Y’a le Nono des pauvres, y’a le Nono des riches
| There's the Nono of the poor, there's the Nono of the rich
|
| J’vous souhaite un bon réveillon mais, ma gueule, réveille-toi
| I wish you a good New Year's Eve but, my face, wake up
|
| Ma gueule, réveille-toi
| Baby, wake up
|
| Oublie pas la chance que t’as d’pouvoir manger à table et d’avoir un sapin
| Don't forget how lucky you are to be able to eat at the table and to have a Christmas tree
|
| Bah ouais, ma gueule, t'étais où frerot?
| Well yeah, my face, where you been bro?
|
| J’t’attendais d’vant ma porte
| I was waiting for you outside my door
|
| Wallah, imagine-toi ma daronne
| Wallah, imagine my daronne
|
| Elle m’aurait surpris comme ça, la porte ouverte
| She would have surprised me like that, with the door open
|
| Le froid qui rentre, hein
| The cold that comes in, huh
|
| Père Noël n’est pas juste
| Santa is not fair
|
| Mais c’est ça la justice, ma gueule
| But that's justice, sucker
|
| Sale | Dirty |