Camille
Mon petit vieux lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2002
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:29
C'est lui sur le banc de square
It's him on the park bench
C'est mon ami, mon amoureux
He's my friend, my lover
Et ça fait rire les pigeons
And it makes the pigeons laugh
Parce que c'est un petit vieux
Because he's a little old man
Nos rendez-vous c'est pas comme dans les films
Our meetings aren't like in the movies
Je cours vers lui il reste assis
I run towards him, he stays seated
Un jour il m'a même dit
One day he even told me
Tu es la femme du reste de ma vie
You are the woman for the rest of my life
Les gens croient qu'il ne me touche pas
People think he doesn't touch me
Mais il me touche mon petit vieux
But he touches me, my little old man
C'est beau ses rides autour des yeux
Those wrinkles around his eyes are beautiful
Des fois quand il est tard
Sometimes when it's late
Y a ses potes qui l'attendent au bar
His friends are waiting for him at the bar
Une bière
A beer
Deux bières
Two beers
Et il me parle pendant des heures
And he talks to me for hours
Des vies qu'il a perdues de vue
About the lives he's lost sight of
Lui au moins il n'a rien à perdre
At least he has nothing to lose
Alors que moi je n'ai rien vu
While I haven't seen anything
Les gens croient qu'il ne me touche pas
People think he doesn't affect me
Mais il me touche mon petit vieux
But he touches me, my little old man
C'est beau ses rides autour des yeux
It's beautiful, the lines around his eyes
Mais il me touche mon petit vieux
But he touches me, my little old man
C'est beau ses rides autour des yeux
It's beautiful, the lines around his eyes
Un jour on est allé danser
One day we went out to dance
C'était ni techno, ni reggae
It was neither techno nor reggae
Il m'a pris doucement la taille
He gently took my waist
Et j'ai senti sa main trembler
And I felt his hand tremble
Y avait des lumières chaudes et claires
There were warm and bright lights
J'entendais le bruit de ses pas
I could hear the sound of his steps
Et tout à coup j'me suis sentie
And suddenly I felt
Tout près de l'au-delà
So close to the beyond
Les gens croient qu'il ne me touche pas
People think he doesn't affect me
Mais il me touche mon petit vieux
But he touches me, my dear old man
C'est beau ses rides autour des yeux
Those wrinkles around his eyes are beautiful
Mais il me touche mon petit vieux
But he touches me, my dear old man
C'est beau ses rides autour des yeux
Those wrinkles around his eyes are beautiful
On dirait l'ombre des arbres sur le ciel bleu
It looks like the shadows of trees on the blue sky
Bleu
Blue
Bleu
Blue
Bay wé
Give it, yeah
Bayd wé, payal...
Give it, yeah, payal...
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Key vocabulary
- bruit
- noiseA1
- chaudes
- hotA1
- claires
- clearA1
- coup
- hitA1
- cours
- courseA1
- danser
- danceA1
- doucement
- gentlyA1
- fait
- actA1
- femme
- womanA1
- gens
- peopleA1
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About this song
Camille, French singer-songwriter and actress, works in avant-pop and electronic-influenced chanson, and is known for her early vocal work with Nouvelle Vague and for the breakthrough album Le Fil with “Ta Douleur.” She is also associated with experimental live percussion and a crossover presence in film, including providing “Le Festin” for Ratatouille’s French release and dubbing Collette.