Translation of the song lyrics Il Etait Une - Serge Gainsbourg

Il Etait Une (original)

Tant qu’t’auras ma belle de chouettes avantages
T’auras des amants t’auras du succs
T’auras des vacances sur les beaux rivages
Et des bikinis tout faire craquer
T’auras des visions t’auras des bagnoles
Des types bien saps te f’ront du baise-main
Tu f’ras des sourires tu joueras ton rle
Mais tu n’seras jamais qu’une petite putain
Putain des trottoirs putain des palaces
Pour les mecs dans l’fond c’est le mme tabac
On lui paye son prix on s’en dbarrasse
Faut qu’elle fasse l’amour et pas d’embarras
D’ailleurs un beau jour ma bath petite mme
Faudra qu’tu t’dcides passer la main
Alors en chialant tu t’diras qu’ma pomme
Elle avait du bon en tant qu’crivain
C’est tout ce que t’auras mes vers gomme
Ma littrature dont tu t’es foutu
C’est tout ce que t’auras pour t’rappeler les hommes
Tes anciens mordus qui t’regarderont plus
C’est le seul miroir o tu n’seras pas moche
Il est garanti pour l’ternit
Le vieux pre Ronsard n’tait pas une cloche
Quand il disait a sa mijaure
A sa mijaure, sa mijaure

(translation)

As long as you have my beautiful nice advantages
You will have lovers you will be successful
You will have a vacation on the beautiful shores
And bikinis make it all crack
You will have visions you will have cars
Well-versed guys will give you hand-kissing
You'll make smiles you'll play your part
But you'll never be just a little whore
Fucking sidewalks fucking palaces
For the guys in the background it's the same tobacco
We pay his price we get rid of him
She gotta make love and no embarrassment
By the way, one fine day, my bath, little Mrs.
You'll have to decide to hand over
So while blubbering you'll tell yourself that my apple
She was good as a writer
That's all you'll get my gumworms
My literature you didn't care about
That's all you'll have to remember men
Your old buffs who won't look at you anymore
It's the only mirror where you won't be ugly
It's guaranteed to last forever
The old father Ronsard was not a bell
When he said to his girlfriend
To his girlfriend, her girlfriend