O Gringo Lyrics in English Bernard Lavilliers
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song O Gringo by Bernard Lavilliers from French to English.
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C'était à Rio de Janeiro
It was in Rio de Janeiro
Une ampoule jaune pendait au plafond
A yellow light bulb was hanging from the ceiling
Elle me demandait avec son regard étrange
She asked me with her strange look
Tu pars, tu pars demain?
Are you leaving, are you leaving tomorrow?
Elle a fait glisser sa bague
She slid her ring
Autour de ses doigts et posé ses deux mains
Around her fingers and put her two hands
Tout près de mon cœur et demandé des nouvelles
Very close to my heart and asked for news
D'ailleurs, du monde entier
Moreover, from all over the world
Sou o gringo que não fala brasileiro
Sou o gringo que não fala brasileiro
Ele é o gringo que não fala brasileiro
Ele é o gringo que não fala brasileiro
Meu teto é o céu meu leito é o mar
Meu teto é o céu meu leito é o mar
Elle faisait Copacabana
She was doing Copacabana
Les vieux allemands tristes
sad old germans
Et les marins saouls
And the drunken sailors
Elle venait du Nord et croyait que la misère
She came from the North and believed that misery
Ici, c'était moins dur
Here, it was less hard
Pendant que les grands s'affrontent
While the greats clash
À coup de calibres, de whiskys glacés
With calibers, iced whiskeys
Dans les grands salons de Leblon et d'Ipanema
In the big salons of Leblon and Ipanema
Petit, tu peux crever
Child, you can die
J'ai laissé tous mes cruzeiros
I left all my cruzeiros
Au coin de son lit et je me suis cassé
On the corner of her bed and I broke
Seul, dans les chemins qui descendent vers la mer
Alone, on the paths that go down to the sea
Le fric, les hauts-placés
The money, the high-placed
Tu ne sauras pas criola
You won't know criola
Que cette chanson je l'ai composée
That this song I composed
Au petit matin, en descente de Maconha
In the early morning, downhill from Maconha
Pour toi, du monde entier
For you, from all over the world
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