La Boîte Lyrics in English by Renan Luce

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Boîte by Renan Luce from French to English.
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Écoutez l'histoire
Listen to the story
Difficile à croire
Hard to believe
Mais moi j'suis bonne poire et
But I'm a pushover and
J'sais pas c'qui m'a pris
I don't know what got into me
Mon pote qui débarque
My buddy who shows up
Tremblant et puis moite
Trembling and then clammy
Il me tend une boîte
He hands me a box
Et me dit 'Je t'en prie
And tells me 'Please
J'voudrais qu'tu m'la garde
I'd like you to keep it for me
En bon camarade
As a good friend
Dépose la pénarde
Put it away quietly
Plaquée, à l'abri'
Hidden, safe'
Il repart en trombe
He leaves in a rush
Plus vite que son ombre
Faster than his shadow
Déjà au loin gronde
Already in the distance rumbles
Sa caisse dans Paris
His car in Paris
Par amitié j'veux bien te servir d'alibi
Out of friendship I'll gladly be your alibi
Dire a ta femme qu'on est sortie
Tell your wife we went out
Au tennis faire genre que tu gagner
At tennis pretend you won
A la rigueur je peux même te préter des thune
If necessary I can even lend you some money
Ou un p'tite laine si t'as un rhume
Or a little sweater if you have a cold
A PES j'te laisse l'Espagne
In PES I'll let you have Spain
Je me battrai s'il faut se battre
I'll fight if I have to fight
Oui mais quoi faire avec cette boîte ?
Yes, but what to do with this box?
Des bandes adhésives
Adhesive tapes
Fermaient la missive
Closed the missive
Seule alternative
Only alternative
Pour voir c'qu'elle contient
To see what it contains
Secouer le paquet
Shake the package
Le oreilles aux aguets
Ears on alert
L'emballage qui craquait
The packaging that crackled
Mais à part ça rien
But apart from that, nothing
C'est donc pas un vase Ming
So it's not a Ming vase
Ça aurait fait 'bling bling'
That would have gone 'bling bling'
C'est p't'être un kidnapping
It's maybe a kidnapping
Un doigt, ou une main
A finger, or a hand
Mais pour la charcute
But for the butchery
Mon pote, ça s'discute
My friend, that's debatable
Bosse a la Matmut
Works at Matmut
Du coup, j'y crois moins
So, I believe it less
Par amitié j'veux bien te servir d'alibi
Out of friendship I'll gladly be your alibi
Dire a ta femme qu'on est sortie
Tell your wife we went out
Au tennis faire genre que tu gagner
At tennis pretend you won
A la rigueur je peux même te préter des thune
If necessary I can even lend you some money
Ou un p'tite laine si t'as un rhume
Or a little sweater if you have a cold
A PES j'te laisse l'Espagne
In PES I'll let you have Spain
Je me battrai s'il faut se battre
I'll fight if I have to fight
Oui mais quoi faire avec cette boîte?
Yes, but what to do with this box?
J'en ai fait des rêves glauques
I had some dark dreams about it
Des montagnes de coke
Mountains of coke
Un type à la voie rauque
A guy with a hoarse voice
Accent sicilien
Sicilian accent
Me plongeait dans l'acide
Was plunging me into acid
J'ai pensé au suicide
I thought about suicide
Jusqu'à ce que tu t'décide
Until you decided
A v'nir un matin
To come one morning
Reprendre boîte
To take back the box
Question délicate
Delicate question
J't'ai dis que j'ai hatte de
I told you I was eager to
Savoir c'qu'elle contient
Know what it contains
Quand tu m'as répondu
When you answered me
Je t'ai rendu ton du
I gave you what was yours
Bien sure on a conv'nu
Of course we agreed
Que je n'dirai rien
That I wouldn't say anything
Par amitié j'veux bien te servir d'alibi
Out of friendship I'll gladly be your alibi
Dire a ta femme qu'on est sortie
Tell your wife we went out
Au tennis faire genre que tu gagner
At tennis pretend you won
A la rigueur je peux même te préter des thune
If necessary I can even lend you some money
Ou un p'tite laine si t'as un rhume
Or a little sweater if you have a cold
A PES j'te laisse l'Espagne
In PES I'll let you have Spain
Je me battrai s'il faut se battre
I'll fight if I have to fight
Pour taire c'qu'il y avait dans cette boîte
To keep silent about what was in that box
Pour taire c'qu'il y avait dans cette boîte
To keep silent about what was in that box
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bonne poire — a good pear / a pushover

Bonne poire literally translates to "good pear," but it's a French idiom meaning a good-natured, naive person who is easily taken advantage of – a pushover.

In the song, the narrator describes himself as a "bonne poire" when his friend asks him to guard a mysterious box. This phrase immediately sets the tone, hinting at the trouble the narrator might get into because of his trusting nature. It's a colorful and memorable idiom that adds character to the lyrics.

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