Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mambo Miam Miam by Serge Gainsbourg from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
J'ai dans l'œsophage
I have in the esophagus
Un anthropophage
An anthropophagus
Qui avait dans l'idée
Who had the idea
De m'empoisonner
To poison myself
Il me disait petite tête
He told me little head
Ôte-toi de là que je m'y mette
Get out of there so I can get started
Je me suis résigné
I resigned myself
À le bouffer le premier
To eat it first
Sauvage ou pirate
Savage or pirate
On se tire dans les pattes
We shoot each other in the legs
Et le moins malin
And the least clever
Peut crever de faim
Can starve
Soldat ou artiste
Soldier or artist
On est tous des tristes
We are all sad
Sires et malheur à
Lords and woe to
Qui manque d'estomac
Who lacks stomach
Dans ma garçonnière
In my bachelor pad
Misère de misère
Misery of misery
La femme du voisin
The neighbor's wife
Se fait couler un bain
Running a bath
Quand la mienne se déhanche
When mine shakes its hips
J'ai le cœur qui flanche
My heart is failing
Devoir les autres tudieu
Owing others to you
La bouffer des yeux
Eat her eyes
Viendra le jour certes
The day will certainly come
Où la gueule ouverte
Where the mouth is open
Comme ça début en noir
Like this starts in black
J'irai me faire voir
I'll go and show myself
Je ferai des orphelines
I will make orphans
Et par la racine
And by the root
Je boufferai les orties
I will eat the nettles
Et les pissenlits
And the dandelions
Mambo miam miam
Mambo yum yum
Mambo miam miam
Mambo yum yum
Mambo miam miam
Mambo yum yum
Mambo miam miam
Mambo yum yum
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