L'amandier Lyrics in English Georges Brassens
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song L'amandier by Georges Brassens from French to English.
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J'avais le plus bel amandier du quartier
I had the most beautiful almond tree in the neighborhood
J'avais le plus bel amandier du quartier
I had the most beautiful almond tree in the neighborhood
Et, pour la bouche gourmande
And, for the greedy mouth
Des filles du monde entier
Girls from all over the world
Je faisais pousser des amandes
I grew almonds
Le beau, le joli métier
The beautiful, the pretty job
Un écureuil en jupon dans un bond
A squirrel in a petticoat in a leap
Un écureuil en jupon dans un bond
A squirrel in a petticoat in a leap
Vint me dire 'Je suis gourmande
Came to tell me 'I'm greedy
Et mes lèvres sentent bon
And my lips smell good
Et, si tu me donnes une amande
And, if you give me an almond
Je te donne un baiser fripon'
I'll give you a naughty kiss
Grimpe aussi haut que tu veux, que tu peux
Climb as high as you want, as you can
Grimpe aussi haut que tu veux, que tu peux
Climb as high as you want, as you can
Et tu croques, et tu picores
And you bite, and you peck
Puis tu grignotes, et puis tu
Then you snack, and then you
Redescends plus vite encore
Come back down even faster
Me donner le baiser dû
Give me the kiss due
Quand la belle eut tout rongé, tout mangé
When the beauty had gnawed everything, eaten everything
Quand la belle eut tout rongé, tout mangé
When the beauty had gnawed everything, eaten everything
Je te paierai, me dit-elle
I will pay you, she told me
à pleine bouche quand les
with full mouth when
Nigauds seront pourvus d'ailes
Simpletons will have wings
Et que tu sauras voler
And that you will know how to fly
Monte m'embrasser si tu veux, si tu peux
Come up and kiss me if you want, if you can
Monte m'embrasser si tu veux, si tu peux
Come up and kiss me if you want, if you can
Mais dis-toi que, si tu tombes
But tell yourself that if you fall
Je n'aurais pas la larme à l'œil
I wouldn't have a tear in my eye
Dis-toi que, si tu succombes
Tell yourself that if you succumb
Je ne porterai pas le deuil
I will not mourn
Les avait, bien entendu toutes mordues
Had, of course, all bitten them
Les avait, bien entendu toutes mordues
Had, of course, all bitten them
Toutes grignotées, mes amandes
All nibbled, my almonds
Ma récolte était perdue
My harvest was lost
Mais sa jolie bouche gourmande
But her pretty greedy mouth
En baisers m'a tout rendu
In kisses gave me everything back
Et la fête dura tant que le beau temps
And the party lasted as long as the good weather
Et la fête dura tant que le beau temps
And the party lasted as long as the good weather
Mais vint l'automne, et la foudre
But autumn came, and lightning
Et la pluie, et les autans
And the rain, and the autans
Ont changé mon arbre en poudre
They turned my tree into powder
Et mon amour en même temps
And my love at the same time
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