Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Torrey Canyon by Serge Gainsbourg from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Je suis né dans les chantiers japonais
I was born in Japanese construction sites
En vérité, j'appartiens aux Américains
Truly, I belong to the Americans
Une filiale d'une compagnie navale
A subsidiary of a naval company
Dont j'ai oublié l'adresse à Los Angeles
Whose address in Los Angeles I forgot
Cent vingt mille tonnes de pétrole brut!
One hundred and twenty thousand tons of crude oil!
Cent vingt mille tonnes
One hundred and twenty thousand tons
Dans le Torrey Canyon
In Torrey Canyon
Le Torrey Canyon
Torrey Canyon
À trente degré d'latitude
At thirty degrees of latitude
Se tient la Barracuda
Stands the Barracuda
Tanker Corporation
Tanker Corporation
Son patron m'a donné en location
His boss gave me a rental
À l'Union Oil Company de Californie
At the Union Oil Company of California
Cent vingt mille tonnes de pétrole brut!
One hundred and twenty thousand tons of crude oil!
Cent vingt mille tonnes
One hundred and twenty thousand tons
Dans le Torrey Canyon
In Torrey Canyon
Le Torrey Canyon
Torrey Canyon
Si je bats pavillon du Liberia
If I fly the flag of Liberia
Le captain et les marins sont tous italiens
The captain and sailors are all Italian
Le mazout dont on m'a rempli les soutes
The fuel oil with which they filled my bunkers
C'est celui du consortium British Petroleum
It is that of the British Petroleum consortium
Cent vingt mille tonnes espèces de brutes!
One hundred and twenty thousand tons, you brutes!
Cent vingt mille tonnes
One hundred and twenty thousand tons
Dans le Torrey Canyon!
In Torrey Canyon!
Le Torrey Canyon, le Torrey Canyon!
Torrey Canyon, Torrey Canyon!
Le Torrey Canyon, le Torrey Canyon!
Torrey Canyon, Torrey Canyon!
Le Torrey Canyon, le Torrey Canyon!
Torrey Canyon, Torrey Canyon!
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