Le Dîner Lyrics in English Bénabar

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Le Dîner by Bénabar from French to English.

I don't wanna go to that dinner

I'm down, I'm tired

They won't hold it against us, come on let's not go

Besides I gotta diet, my shirt's squeezing me

I look like a chipolata

I can't go out like this

That has nothing to do with it

I like your friends

But I don't wanna see them 'cause I don't feel like it

Who cares, let's not go

We can just hide under the sheets

We'll order pizzas, you, the TV and me

We'll call, apologise, improvise

We'll come up with something

We'll just tell your friends

That we don't like them, too bad

I'm not in the mood, everything depresses me

And it just so happens

There's a great movie on TV tonight

A 7th-art masterpiece I'd love to watch again

A highly committed drama about the Saint-Tropez police

It's a social satire whose main character

Is played by de Funès

Plus there are aliens

Who cares, let's not go

We can just hide under the sheets

We'll order pizzas, you, the TV and me

We'll call, apologise, improvise

We'll come up with something

We'll just tell your friends

That we don't like them, too bad

Who cares, let's not go

We can just hide under the sheets

We'll order pizzas, you, the TV and me

I've got chills, I feel weak

I think I'm sick

It wouldn't be sensible to go out now

I'd rather not take any risk

It might be contagious

Better if I stay

It bothers me but it's better

You call me selfish

How dare you say that?

Me, who's unhappy and sad

And I don't even have a home theater

Who cares, let's not go

We can just hide under the sheets

We'll order pizzas, you, the TV and me

We'll call, apologise, improvise

We'll come up with something

We'll just tell your friends

That we don't like them, too bad

Who cares, let's not go

We can just hide under the sheets

We'll order pizzas, you, the TV and me

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SONG MEANING

In Le Dîner, Bénabar turns a simple refusal to attend a friendly dinner into a hilarious cascade of excuses. The narrator’s shirt feels like a tight sausage, his mood is low, a diet is supposedly urgent, and—most enticing of all—a goofy Louis de Funès movie with aliens is on TV. Every line piles up a new pretext: sudden fatigue, imaginary illness, even a grand social critique hiding under the blankets with pizza. You can almost see him clutching the phone, inventing reasons while already dreaming of melted cheese and remote-control bliss.

Beyond the comedy, the song pokes at something universal: that lazy little voice begging us to ditch polite obligations for cozy comfort. Bénabar’s playful lyrics spotlight how quickly we trade “being sociable” for sweatpants, how creative we become when dodging responsibilities, and how love can be complicit in the sweetest small rebellions. It’s a lighthearted anthem for anyone who has ever chosen couch and carbs over formalities—delivered with a wink and a catchy melody.

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Bénabar Le Dîner Lyrics