Les Oubliettes Lyrics in English Serge Gainsbourg
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Oubliettes by Serge Gainsbourg from French to English.
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Les regrets fillettes
Little girl's regrets
Du pauvre poète
Of the poor poet
Se valsent musette
Waltz with musette
Dans les caboulots
In the caboulots
Se valse musette
A musette waltz
Le pauvre poète
The poor poet
Pour les gigolettes
For the gigolettes
Et les gigolos
And the gigolos
Dieu que je regrette
God I regret
Mes larmes fillette
My tears little girl
Ce vin malhonnête
This dishonest wine
Qui monte au cerveau
Which rises to the brain
Y a belle lurette
It's been a long time
Que je n'ai plus cette
That I no longer have this
Fameuse piquette
Famous piquette
Derrière mes fagots
Behind my bundles
Le pâle squelette
The pale skeleton
De mes amourettes
Of my loves
Joue des castagnettes
Play the castanets
Comme un hidalgo
Like a hidalgo
La nuit est longuette
The night is long
Du pauvre poète
Of the poor poet
Voyez mes poulettes
See my chicks
Il a les grelots
He has the bells
Dans chaque guinguette
In every tavern
J'ai cherché Juliette
I looked for Juliette
Je n'ai je regrette
I don't regret
Que trouvé Margot
What did Margot find?
De ces amourettes
Of these loves
Que l'on pickpockette
That we pickpocket
Sous sa chemisette
Under his shirt
J'en ai plein le dos
I'm fed up
S'il faut à perpète
If it is necessary to perpetuate
Qu'à l'aube on regrette
That at dawn we regret
Vaut mieux qu'on s'arrête
It's better that we stop
Mes petits oiseaux
My little birds
Venez mignonnettes
Come cuties
Dans mes oubliettes
In my oblivion
Que je vous y mette
Let me put you there
Au pain et à l'eau
With bread and water
Les regrets fillettes
Little girl's regrets
Du pauvre poète
Of the poor poet
Se valsent musette
Waltz with musette
Dans les caboulots
In the caboulots
Se valse musette
A musette waltz
Le pauvre poète
The poor poet
Pour les gigolettes
For the gigolettes
Et les gigolos
And the gigolos
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