LE TEMPS DU TANGO Lyrics in English Léo Ferré , Catherine Sauvage
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song LE TEMPS DU TANGO by Léo Ferré from French to English.
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Moi je suis du temps du tango
I am from the time of tango
Où mêm' les durs étaient dingos
Where even the tough guys were crazy
De cett' fleur du guinch'exotique
Of this exotic guinch flower
Ils y paumaient leur énergie
They lost their energy there
Car abuser d' la nostalgie
Because abusing nostalgia
C'est comme l'opium ça intoxique
It's like opium, it's intoxicating
Costume clair et chemis' blanch'
Light suit and white shirt
Dans le sous-sol du Mikado
In the Mikado basement
J'en ai passé des beaux dimanches
I had some lovely Sundays
Des bell's venaient en avalanch'
Bells came in avalanche
Et vous offraient comm'un cadeau
And offered you like a gift
Rondeur du sein et de la hanche
Breast and hip roundness
Pour qu'on leur fasse danser l' tango
So that we make them dance the tango
Ces môm's-là faut pas vous tromper
These moms don't fool you
C'était d' la bell' petit' poupée
It was a beautiful little doll
Mais pas des fill's ni des mondaines
But not girls or socialites
Et dam' quand on a travaillé
And damn when we worked
Six jours entiers, on peut s' payer
Six whole days, we can afford
D'un coeur léger un' fin d' semaine
With a light heart one weekend
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Si par hasard et sans manièr's
If by chance and without manners
Le coup d' béguin venait bientôt
The crush was coming soon
Ell's se donnaient c'était sincère
They gave each other it was sincere
c' que les femm's ont pu me plair'
what women could have pleased me
Et c' qu' j'ai plu
And what I liked
J'étais si beau
I was so beautiful
Faudrait pouvoir fair' marche arrière
Should be able to reverse
Comme on l'fait pour danser l'tango
Like we do to dance tango
Des tangos, y'en avait des tas
Tangos, there were lots of them
Mais moi j' préférais Violetta
But I preferred Violetta
C'est si joli quand on le chante
It's so pretty when you sing it
Surtout quand la boul' de cristal
Especially when the crystal ball
Balance aux quatre coins du bal
Libra in the four corners of the ball
Tout un manèg' d'étoil's filantes
A whole merry-go-round of shooting stars
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Alors c'était plus Valentin'
So it was more Valentine'
C'était plus Loulou, ni Margot
It was more Loulou, nor Margot
Dont je serrais la taille fine
Whose slim waist I held tight
C'était la rein' de l'Argentin'
She was the queen of the Argentinian
Et moi j'étais son hidalgo
And I was his hidalgo
Oeil de velours et main câline
Velvet eye and cuddly hand
c' que j'aimais danser l' tango
I loved dancing tango
Mais doucement passent les jours
But slowly the days pass
Adieu, la jeunesse et l'amour
Farewell, youth and love
Les petit's môm's et les 'je t'aime'
Little moms and 'I love you'
On laisse la place et c'est normal
We leave room and that’s normal
Chacun son tour d'aller au bal
Everyone has their turn to go to the ball
Faut pas qu' ça soit toujours aux mêmes
It shouldn't always be the same
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Le coeur, ça se dit corazón
The heart is called corazón
En espagnol, dans les tangos
In Spanish, in tangos
Et dans mon coeur ce mot résonne
And in my heart this word resonates
Et sur le boul'vard, en automn'
And on the boulevard, in autumn
En passant près du Mikado
Passing near the Mikado
Je n' m'arrêt' plus mais je fredonne
I don't stop anymore but I hum
C'était bath, le temps du tango
It was bad, tango time
C'était bath, le temps du tango
It was bad, tango time
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