Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Taka takata ( La femme du Toréro) by Joe Dassin from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
J'entends mon cceur qui bat
I hear my heart beats
Au rythme de ses pas
At the pace of his steps
La sangria coulait
The sangria was flowing
A la feria de tolede
A de la feria de tolede
La fille qui dansait
The girl who danced
M'etait montee a la tete
Was getting to my head
Quand un banderillo
When a banderillo
M'a dit: 'l'ami
Told me: 'friend
Care au grand torero
Care for the big bullfighter
Si tu regardes sa femme!'
If you look at his wife!'
Mais ell' s'avance vers moi
But ell' comes up to me
Et laiss' tomber sa rose
And let's drop his rose
Avec un billet qui propose
With a ticket that offers
Un rendez-vous a i'ascienda
An appointment at i'ascienda
On s'etait enlace
We were hugging
Sous i'oranger mais la duena
Under the orange tree but the duena
Dont c'etait le metier
Of which it was the job
Criait vengeance aux arenes
Shouted revenge to the arenes
Le matador trompe
The matador deceives
Surgit de i'ombre et s'avance
Emerges from the shadows and moves forward
Sur mon oranger
On my orange tree
J'essaie de faire i'orange
I'm trying to make orange
L'homme, tu va payer,dit-il, voici i'estocade:mes picadors sont pretset mon ceil noir te regarde!
Man, you're going to pay, he said, here's i'estocade:my picadors are pretset my black eye is looking at you!
Et c'est depuis ce jour
And it's been since that day
Qu'un torero me condamne
Let a bullfighter condemn me
A balayer sa cour
Sweeping his yard
Pour i'avoir faite a sa femme
For making it to his wife
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