| Le Chat (original) | Le Chat (translation) |
|---|---|
| A pas de velours | no velvet |
| Il vole l’amour | He steals love |
| C’est un chat | It's a cat |
| Il aime les lumières | He likes the lights |
| De la nuit | Of the night |
| Il avance en dansant | He moves forward dancing |
| Souplement, doucement | Softly, gently |
| Il va ou il veut | He goes where he wants |
| S’en va comme il peut | Goes away as he can |
| A minuit il te suit | At midnight he follows you |
| Ce qui lui est a lui | What is his |
| Place Pigalle | Place Pigalle |
| Ou autour de l’Etoile | Or around the Star |
| Pas de petits passages | No small passages |
| Pour cet enfant pas sage | For this naughty child |
| Et de chemine en chemine | And from path to path |
| Voyou passionne | Thug passionate |
| Etrange animal | strange animal |
| au sourire vertical | vertical smile |
| Il ne sait pas quand il fait mal | He doesn't know when he hurts |
| A minuit il te suit | At midnight he follows you |
| A minuit il te fuit | At midnight he flees from you |
| A pas de velours | no velvet |
| Il est de retour | He is back |
| Le chat | The cat |
| Ce voleur d’amour | This thief of love |
| Well, this is the end | Well, this is the end |
