| Le Sirop De La Rue (original) | Le Sirop De La Rue (translation) |
|---|---|
| La boule à zéro | The zero ball |
| Et la morve au nez | And snot in the nose |
| On n'était pas beau | We weren't pretty |
| Mais on s’en foutait | But we didn't care |
| Le Mercurochrome | Mercurochrome |
| Sur nos genoux pointus | On our pointed knees |
| C'était nos diplômes | It was our diplomas |
| D’l'école de la rue | From school on the street |
| Le seul vrai enfer | The only real hell |
| Qu’on avait sur terre | What we had on earth |
| Il était dans l’ciel | He was in the sky |
| De nos pauvres marelles | Of our poor hopscotch |
| On avait dix ans | We were ten |
| Pis on ignorait | We didn't know |
| Qu’un jour on s’rait grands | That one day we would be grown up |
| Pis qu’on mourirait | Worse than we would die |
| L’eau des caniveaux | Water from the gutters |
| Nous f’sait des rivières | We make rivers |
| Où tous nos bateaux | Where all our boats |
| Naviguaient pépère | Sailing cushy |
| Aujourd’hui les moineaux | Today the sparrows |
| Evitez d’tomber | Avoid falling |
| Le nez dans l’ruisseau | The nose in the stream |
| La gueule sur l’pavé | The mouth on the pavement |
| À moins d’pas trop craindre | Unless you don't fear too much |
| Les capotes usées | Worn out condoms |
| Et les vieilles seringues | And the old syringes |
| Et les rats crevés | And the dead rats |
| L'été sur les plages | Summer on the beaches |
| C’tait l’débarquement | It was the landing |
| J'étais les GI’s | I was the GIs |
| T'étais les Allemands | You were the Germans |
| Pistolet à flèches | arrow gun |
| Carabine en bois | wooden rifle |
| Et ma canne à pêche | And my fishing rod |
| C’tait un bazooka | It was a bazooka |
| Dans les vieux blockhaus | In the old blockhouses |
| On f’sait notre Q. G | We do our Q. G |
| C'était bien craignoss' | It was very scary |
| Qu’est-c'que ça chlinguait | What was it chlinging |
| Les filles v’naient jamais | The girls never came |
| Parc’qu’elles craignaient qu’on | Because they were afraid that we |
| Veuille les tripoter | please fiddle with them |
| Elles avaient raison | They were right |
| Quand tu ramassais | When you were picking up |
| Un gros coquillage | A large seashell |
| Eh ben t’entendais | Well you heard |
| La mer, l’vent du large | The sea, the offshore wind |
| Aujourd’hui t’as qu’une | Today you only have one |
| Symphonie d'4×4 | Symphony of 4×4 |
| Qui vont dans les dunes | Who go to the dunes |
| Comme a Ouarzazate | Like in Ouarzazate |
| Le son des tocards | The sound of losers |
| Réchappés hélas | Sadly survived |
| Du Paris-Dakar | From Paris-Dakar |
| Du rallye d’l’Atlas | From the Atlas Rally |
| On était inscrits | We were registered |
| Pour tout l’mois d’juillet | For the whole month of July |
| À des cours de gym | At gym classes |
| Et au club Mickey | And at Club Mickey |
| En c’temps là Disney | In those days Disney |
| Faisait pas les poches | Didn't pick pockets |
| Ni les porte-monnaie | Neither purses |
| À des millions d’mioches | To millions of brats |
| C'était l’Figaro | It was the Figaro |
| Qui organisaient | who organized |
| L’concours de châteaux | The Castle Contest |
| De sable que j’gagnais | Of sand I was earning |
| Aujourd’hui c’journal | Today this newspaper |
| Est l’ami des enfants | Is child friendly |
| Au Front National | At the National Front |
| Et au Vatican | And in the Vatican |
| Quand t’allais t’baquer | When you were going to fuck |
| Tu t’buvais peinard | You were drinking yourself cushy |
| Un tasse d’eau salée | A cup of salt water |
| Pas une marée noire | Not an oil spill |
| Creusant l’sable blond | Digging the blond sand |
| Tu ram’nais des coques | You were picking up shells |
| Pas des champignons | Not mushrooms |
| Ni des gonocoques | Or gonococci |
| Dans les bouteilles vides | In the empty bottles |
| Y’avait de messages | There were messages |
| Pas les pesticides | Not pesticides |
| D’un dernier naufrage | Of a final shipwreck |
| L’jour où j’mourirais | The day I would die |
| Puisque c’est écrit | Since it is written |
| Qu’après l’enfance c’est | That after childhood it is |
| Quasiment fini | almost finished |
| Devant l’autre charlot | In front of the other charlot |
| J’espère arriver | I hope to arrive |
| La boule à zéro | The zero ball |
| Et la morve au nez | And snot in the nose |
| Du Mercurochrome | Mercurochrome |
| Sur mes genoux pointus | On my pointy knees |
| Qui connaissent l’arôme | Who know the aroma |
| Du sirop d’la rue | Street syrup |
| Lui qu’a eu tant d’mômes | He who had so many kids |
| Et qui les a perdus | And who lost them |
