Oh Qu'il Est Vilain Lyrics in English by Brigitte Bardot

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Oh Qu'il Est Vilain by Brigitte Bardot from French to English.
Tu n'es qu'un appareil à sou-
You're just a machine for sigh-
Pirs
-ing
Un appareil à sou-
A machine for smil-
Rire
-ing
À ce jeu
At this game
Je ne joue pas
I don't play
Je n'aime pas
I don't like
Cet opéra de quatre sou-
This cheap opera of four pen-
Pirs
-ing
Cet air que tu as de sou-
That look you have of suff-
Rire
-ing
Je ne pour-
I could
Rais qu'en souf-
only suff-
Frir
-er
On ne gagne que des gros sou-
You only gain big wor-
Pirs
-ing
À vouloir tant assou-
By wanting so much to sat-
Vir
-isfy
Tout ce je
All that
Ne sais quoi d'a-
certain something an-
Nimal en soi
-imal in oneself
Qui nous fait prendre à tous nos sou-
Which makes us give in to all our wor-
Pirs
-ing
Je te dis ça sans sou-
I tell you this without smil-
Rire
-ing
Je ne pour-
I could
Rais qu'en rou-
-ing, I could only blush
Gir
from it
Au fond tu n'es pas meilleure ou
Deep down you're not better or
Pires
worse
Que ceux qui pour moi sou-
Than those who for me sigh-
Pirent
-ed
Mais ce jeu
But this game
Ne m'émeut pas
doesn't move me
Tu n'm'aimes pas
You don't love me
J'y perdrais le sommeil et le sou-
I'd lose sleep and my last sigh-
Rire
-ing
Jusqu'à mon dernier sou-
Until my last sigh-
Pir
-ing breath
Et ne pour-
And I couldn't
Rais qu'en mou-
but die
Rir
from it
Et ne pour-
And I couldn't
Rais qu'en mou-
but die
Rir
from it
Et ne pour-
And I couldn't
Rais qu'en mou-
but die
Rir
from it
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vilain — naughty / villainous

Vilain translates to "naughty" or "villainous." It's an interesting word because it can describe someone who is mischievous or someone who is truly wicked, depending on the context.

In Brigitte Bardot's song, she uses "vilain" to describe a lover who is playing games with her emotions. While not a truly evil person, he is certainly behaving in a "naughty" or "bad" way by toying with her feelings, making the word a playful yet pointed jab at his behavior.

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