Édith Piaf
Le Petit Monsieur triste lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1998
- Genre
- Ballad, French Pop
- Length
- 3:08
Le petit monsieur triste
The little sad man
Qui ne sort que la nuit
Who only goes out at night
A de très gros ennuis
Has some very big troubles
Mais c'est un égoïste:
But he's a selfish one:
Il les garde pour lui
He keeps them to himself
Et tous les gros ennuis
And all the big troubles
Du petit monsieur triste
Of the little sad man
Le suivent dans la nuit,
Follow him in the night,
Courent derrière lui,
Run behind him,
Galopent sur la piste
Gallop on the track
Du petit monsieur triste
Of the little sad man
Qui a des tas d'ennuis.
Who has a lot of troubles.
Le petit monsieur triste
The little sad man
A beaucoup de chagrin.
Carries much sorrow.
Sa femme aimait Chopin.
His wife loved Chopin.
Lui n'était pas pianiste
He wasn't a pianist
Et le regrettait bien.
And he regretted that.
Or, sa femme, un matin,
Now, his wife, one morning,
Suivit un grand pianiste
Followed a great pianist
Qui jouait du Chopin
Who played Chopin.
Pour faire du chagrin
To bring on sorrow
Au petit monsieur triste
To the little sad man
Qui n'était pas pianiste
Who wasn’t a pianist
Et le regrettait bien.
And deeply regretted it.
Alors, mélancolique
So, melancholic
Et le cœur tout meurtri,
And with a heart all bruised,
Il ramena chez lui
He brought home with him
Un piano mécanique
A mechanical piano
Pour calmer ses ennuis
To soothe his troubles
Et puis il revendit
And then he sold it.
Cette boîte à musique
This music box
Qui faisait trop de bruit
That made too much noise
Et jouait dans la nuit
And played in the night
Comme une mécanique
Like a mechanical
Des airs mélancoliques
Of melancholic tunes
Qui doublaient ses ennuis.
That doubled his troubles.
Le petit monsieur triste
The little sad man
Qui ne sort que la nuit,
Who only comes out at night,
Car le sommeil le fuit,
For sleep evades him,
Boit seul, en égoïste,
Drinks alone, in selfishness,
Pour noyer ses ennuis.
To drown his troubles.
Il boit toute la nuit,
He drinks all night long,
Le petit monsieur triste,
The little sad man,
Puis il rentre chez lui
Then he goes back home
Et, seul, dans son grand lit,
And, alone, in his big bed,
Le petit monsieur triste
The little sad man
Rêve qu'il est pianiste
Dreams that he is a pianist
Et qu'il n'a plus d'ennuis.
And that he has no more troubles.
Il rêve d'un joli piano
He dreams of a pretty piano
Sur lequel il ferait des gammes,
On which he would play scales,
De belles gammes pour sa femme:
Beautiful scales for his wife:
Do Ré Mi Fa Sol La Si Do.
Dodo
Sleepy time
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Key vocabulary
- joli
- prettyA1
- lit
- bedA1
- rentre
- returnA1
- rêve
- dreamA1
- seul
- aloneA1
- tout
- allA1
- trop
- tooA1
- matin
- morningA1
- musique
- musicA1
- piste
- trackA1
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About this song
Édith Piaf was a French chanteuse in the French chanson tradition, remembered for the signature recordings “La vie en rose” and “Non, je ne regrette rien” during the mid-20th century. She was known for her prominence in Paris cabarets and international acclaim.