Le Garçon Triste Lyrics in English by Carla Bruni

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Le Garçon Triste by Carla Bruni from French to English.
C'est un garçon triste
He's a sad boy
Qui connaît bien l'attente
Who knows waiting well
C'est un gosse oublié
He's a forgotten kid
Oui c'est un garçon triste
Yes, he's a sad boy
Et son cœur de brocante
And his secondhand heart
À prendre ou à laisser
To take or to leave
Comme les garçons tristes
Like sad boys
Il invente, il résiste
He invents, he resists
Pour se faire remarquer
To get noticed
Comme si la tristesse
As if sadness
Cette mauvaise, cette sorcière
That bad one, that witch
L'avait fait s'envoler
Had made him fly away
Et comme les garçons tristes
And like sad boys
Il dessine sans répit
He draws without respite
De quoi se consoler
Something to console himself with
Un frisson, un délice
A shiver, a delight
Un instant, un abri
An instant, a shelter
Quelque chose à rêver
Something to dream about
J'aime ce garçon triste
I love this sad boy
Comme à chaque sourire
As with every smile
Il semble s'excuser
He seems to apologize
J'aime comme il sait croire
I love how he knows how to believe
Comme il sait s'éblouir
How he knows how to be dazzled
Simplement d'exister
Simply by existing
Je chante un garçon triste
I sing about a sad boy
Qui se donne des grands airs
Who puts on grand airs
Pour ne pas se noyer
So he doesn't drown
Comme tous les garçons tristes
Like all sad boys
Il aime jouer au cador
He likes to play the big shot
Jouer au roi du quartier
Play the king of the neighborhood
Et puis ce garçon triste
And then this sad boy
Est entré dans ma vie
Entered my life
Il a tout dérangé
He messed everything up
Mes rêves et leur esquisse
My dreams and their sketch
Mes souvenirs, mes délits
My memories, my transgressions
Il a tout emporté
He took everything away
C'est pour un garçon triste
It's for a sad boy
Que j'ai posé mes armes
That I laid down my arms
Doucement à ses pieds
Gently at his feet
Et pour ce garçon triste
And for this sad boy
Je suis prête à souffrir
I'm ready to suffer
Je suis prête à trembler
I'm ready to tremble
Il est comme une promesse
He's like a promise
Il est comme un vacarme
He's like a clamor
Il est mon naufragé
He's my castaway
Il est ma seule tendresse
He's my only tenderness
Mon amour, mon alarme
My love, my alarm
Mon enfant, mon péché
My child, my sin
Hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm
Il est comme une promesse
He's like a promise
Il est comme un vacarme
He's like a clamor
Ou comme un naufragé
Or like a castaway
Il est ma seule tendresse
He's my only tenderness
Mon amour, mon alarme
My love, my alarm
Mon prince et mon péché
My prince and my sin
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Carla Bruni, Julien Clerc
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brocante — flea market / second-hand

Brocante literally refers to a flea market or second-hand goods. It's a charming and somewhat old-fashioned word that evokes a sense of nostalgia and hidden treasures.

In the song, Carla Bruni sings about the 'garçon triste' having a "cœur de brocante" (a flea market heart). This beautiful metaphor suggests his heart is full of old, perhaps forgotten, but valuable emotions and experiences, waiting to be discovered and cherished. It's a unique way to describe a complex character.

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