À Ton Âge Lyrics in English by Oxmo Puccino
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song À Ton Âge by Oxmo Puccino from French to English.
Hé t'a quel âge, oui ton âge
Hey, how old are you, yes your age
Parce que c'est important
Because it's important
Non c'est d'la merde
No, it's sh*t
Ce morceaux s'écoute seul, vers deux heure du mat'
This track is listened to alone, around two in the morning
À refaire sa life quand le miroir te mate
To redo your life when the mirror stares at you
J'vais t'dire pourquoi ça va si vite
I'm going to tell you why it goes so fast
C'est mieux quand c'est pacifique
It's better when it's peaceful
De zéro à dix t'évite les blessures
From zero to ten you avoid injuries
De dix à vingt, de qui t'es t'es pas sûr
From ten to twenty, you're not sure who you are
Après t'as moins de dix ans
After, you are less than ten years old
Faut t'trouver un salaire faire des p'tits enfants
You need to find a salary, have little children
T'sais où t'as foiré, vers le quatrième quart
You know where you messed up, around the fourth quarter
Commence à comprendre que ça fait tard
You start to understand that it's late
Problème d'image
Image problem
Le temps dévisage
Time stares
Décalage, chaque chose en son temps
Discrepancy, everything in its own time
Je m'entends encore, à ton âge
I still hear myself, at your age
Décalage, chaque chose en son temps
Discrepancy, everything in its own time
Je m'entends encore, à ton âge
I still hear myself, at your age
Devant un p'tit cercueil
In front of a small coffin
Je m'dis qu'il faut un âge minimum pour mettre un linceul
I tell myself you need a minimum age to put on a shroud
On aura pas tous plein d'enfants
We won't all have lots of children
On est pas vieux avant 100 ans
We're not old before 100 years old
Lorsqu'on refuse de faire son âge
When we refuse to act our age
On devient ce personnage
We become this character
Qui refuse le temps qui passe
Who refuses time passing
Dans une tristesse efficace
In an effective sadness
Le mot devait se propager
The word had to spread
Je suis né trop âgé
I was born too old
Décalage, chaque chose en son temps
Discrepancy, everything in its own time
Je m'entends encore, à ton âge
I still hear myself, at your age
Décalage, chaque chose en son temps
Discrepancy, everything in its own time
Je m'entends encore, à ton âge
I still hear myself, at your age
Tout se dit dans le langage
Everything is said in language
On fait jamais son âge
We never act our age
Bientôt tu vas être au collège
Soon you're going to be in middle school
Ailleurs c'est mitraillette à ton âge
Elsewhere it's machine guns at your age
À ton âge, on veut pas qu'tu rentres
At your age, they don't want you to come in
Au mien, on veut plus qu'je sorte
At mine, they don't want me to go out anymore
Soit t'es trop jeune, soit t'es trop vieux
Either you're too young, or you're too old
Entre les deux parait qu't'es con et c'est pas mieux
Between the two it seems you're stupid and it's not better
Tu manques de fond avec pleins d'idées
You lack funds with lots of ideas
Quand les moyens seront là, tu seras fatigué
When the means are there, you'll be tired
Se régaler du vent sur la plage
To enjoy the wind on the beach
Ces choses viennent avec l'âge
These things come with age
Décalage, chaque chose en son temps
Discrepancy, everything in its own time
Je m'entends encore, à ton âge
I still hear myself, at your age
Décalage, chaque chose en son temps
Discrepancy, everything in its own time
Je m'entends encore, à ton âge
I still hear myself, at your age
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dévisage — stares at / scrutinizes
Dévisage comes from the verb dévisager, which means to stare intently at someone's face, often with a sense of scrutiny or even disapproval. It's a more intense and less common word than simply "regarder" (to look).
In the song, Oxmo Puccino uses it powerfully in the line "Le temps dévisage" (Time stares/scrutinizes). This personifies time as an entity that not only passes but also observes and judges, adding a profound layer to the theme of aging and self-reflection.
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