Bonjour Tristesse Lyrics in English Alain Souchon
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Bonjour Tristesse by Alain Souchon from French to English.
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Comme
As
Je suis l'homme élégant
I am the elegant man
Pour conduire je mets les gants
To drive I wear gloves
Dans les bolides extravagants
In extravagant cars
De Françoise Sagan
By Françoise Sagan
Dans ses romans, dans ses nouvelles
In his novels, in his short stories
Cette dame-demoiselle mêle
This lady-maid mixes
De jolies mélancolies frêles
Pretty frail melancholy
Et je chante ma ritournelle
And I sing my refrain
A la gloire d'elle
To the glory of her
'Bonjour tristesse'
'Hello Sadness'
'La Chamade', 'La Laisse'
'La Chamade', 'La Laisse'
'De guerre lasse'
'Weary of war'
'Aimez-vous Brahms
'Do you like Brahms
Voyez le bonheur comme il passe
See happiness as it passes
Allons voir ce qui le remplace
Let's see what replaces it
Au Bristol Palace
At Bristol Palace
Au black jack, au chemin de fer, au tour de passe-passe
Blackjack, railroad, sleight of hand
Les jeunes filles un peu coquines
Young, slightly naughty girls
Que des messieurs plus âgés taquinent
That older gentlemen tease
Au bord de très jolies piscines
At the edge of very pretty swimming pools
Dans les Jaguars sublimes
In the sublime Jaguars
Et les Aston Martin
And the Aston Martins
'Bonjour tristesse'
'Hello Sadness'
'La Chamade', 'La Laisse'
'La Chamade', 'La Laisse'
'Il fait beau jour et nuit'
'It's beautiful day and night'
'Le cheval évanoui'
'The Fainting Horse'
Que l'amour c'est du chinois
That love is Chinese
Les dames et leurs jolis minois
Ladies and their pretty faces
Les messieurs aussi se noient
The gentlemen are also drowning
Dans le whisky, le rêve et l'alcool de noix
In whiskey, dreams and nut alcohol
Il faut voir ce qu'ils endurent
You have to see what they endure
Comme l'amour c'est dur
How hard love is
Qui laisse de profondes blessures
Which leaves deep wounds
Dont on parle avec désinvolture
Which we talk about casually
'Bonjour tristesse'
'Hello Sadness'
'La Chamade', 'La Laisse'
'La Chamade', 'La Laisse'
'Les yeux de soie'
'Silk Eyes'
'Bonheur impair et passe'
'Odd and passing happiness'
Comme
As
Je suis l'homme élégant
I am the elegant man
Pour conduire, je mets les gants
To drive, I wear gloves
'Bonjour tristesse'
'Hello Sadness'
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