Je T'aime Moi Non Plus Lyrics in English Serge Gainsbourg , Jane Birkin

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Je T'aime Moi Non Plus by Serge Gainsbourg from French to English.
I love you
I love you
Yes I love you
Me neither
my love
Like the wave
Undecided
I go, I go and I come
Between your loins
I go and I come between your loins
And I hold back
I love you I love you, yes I love you
Me neither
my love, you're the wave
I'm the naked island
You go, you go and you come
Between my loins
You go and you come between my loins
And I join you
I love you, I love you, yes I love you
Me neither
my love
Like the undecided wave
I go, I go and I come
Between your loins
I go and I come between your loins
And I hold back
You go, you go and you come
Between my loins
You go and you come between my loins
And I join you
I love you, I love you, yes I love you
Me neither
my love
Physical love's a dead end
I go I go and I come
Between your loins
I go and I come, I hold back
No
Now come
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“Je T’aime… Moi Non Plus” is a legendary 1969 duet where Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin turn whispered French pillow-talk into pop art. The title literally means “I love you… me neither,” hinting at a playful contradiction: overwhelming desire mixed with the impossibility of total fusion. When it arrived on radios the song shocked censors, yet behind the sighs and sensual breaths lies a clever exploration of love, lust, and language.

Using the imagery of a wave and a naked island, the lyrics paint two lovers in constant motion: “Je vais et je viens entre tes reins” (I go and I come between your hips). Their voices overlap like ripples, suggesting a cyclical rhythm of advance, retreat, and sweet restraint. Gainsbourg’s line “L’amour physique est sans issue” (Physical love has no way out) underscores the bittersweet lesson: pure passion is thrilling but can never fully satisfy the heart’s deeper hunger. The result is a moody, hypnotic track that invites listeners to feel the tension between closeness and distance, affirmation and denial, “Je t’aime… moi non plus.”

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