| Z’taient copines de cњur et v’naient m' faire l’amiti
| They were girlfriends and came to befriend me
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| Dans des htels o l’bonheur et l’temps taient mesurs
| In hotels where happiness and time were measured
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| On s’gavait de poulet froid, de bulles de jolis vins
| We stuffed ourselves with cold chicken, bubbles of pretty wines
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| Puis en riant aux clats, on f’sait l’amour six mains
| Then laughing loudly, we make love with six hands
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| Les draps en accordon, l’oreiller en tam-tam
| The accordion sheets, the tom-tom pillow
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| Dans l’htel trois ronds, a faisait du ramdam
| In the hotel three circles, was making ramdam
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| Nos corps taient violons, nos lvres taient fruits
| Our bodies were violins, our lips were fruits
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| la belle saison, que viva Vivaldi
| the beautiful season, which Vivaldi lived
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| Z’taient folles de leurs corps, z’taient folles de leur sang
| They were crazy about their bodies, they were crazy about their blood
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| Z’taient folles d’tre encore superbes quarante ans
| They were mad to still be superb for forty years
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| C’tait du clair dans du flou, a sentait la chair et le fard
| It was light in the blur, it smelled of flesh and blush
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| a scintillait de partout, trois reflets dans trois miroirs
| shone everywhere, three reflections in three mirrors
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| Les draps en accordon, l’oreiller en tam-tam
| The accordion sheets, the tom-tom pillow
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| Dans l’htel trois ronds, a faisait du ramdam
| In the hotel three circles, was making ramdam
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| Nos corps taient violons, nos lvres taient fruits
| Our bodies were violins, our lips were fruits
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| la belle saison, que viva Vivaldi
| the beautiful season, which Vivaldi lived
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| Elles s' parlaient sans dire un mot, rien qu’en collant leurs cheveux
| They talked to each other without saying a word, just by sticking their hair together
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| J’entendais hennir leurs chevaux, leurs rles taient leurs aveux
| I heard their horses neighing, their roles were their confessions
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| Elles repartaient les yeux gris tout barbouills d’insomnie
| They left with gray eyes smeared with insomnia
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| Moi, je regagnais Paris, elles regagnaient leurs maris, laissant
| Me, I was going back to Paris, they were going back to their husbands, leaving
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| Les draps en accordon, l’oreiller en tam-tam
| The accordion sheets, the tom-tom pillow
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| Dans l’htel trois ronds, a faisait du ramdam
| In the hotel three circles, was making ramdam
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| Nos corps taient violons, nos lvres taient fruits
| Our bodies were violins, our lips were fruits
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| la belle saison, que viva Vivaldi
| the beautiful season, which Vivaldi lived
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| Les draps en accordon, l’oreiller en tam-tam
| The accordion sheets, the tom-tom pillow
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| Dans l’htel trois ronds, a faisait du ramdam
| In the hotel three circles, was making ramdam
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| Nos corps taient violons, nos lvres taient fruits
| Our bodies were violins, our lips were fruits
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| la belle saison, que viva Vivaldi. | the beautiful season, which Vivaldi lived. |