Édith Piaf
On cherche un Auguste lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1962
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 3:15
"On cherche un Auguste"...
We're looking for an Auguste...
Pancarte en plein vent
Sign in the open air
Ecrite? la craie.
Written? In chalk.
On cherche un Auguste...
We're looking for an Auguste...
Je suis l? devant,
I'm right there,
Sous le ciel mouill?.
Under the damp sky.
J'ai pouss? le rideau
I've drawn back the curtain
Du cirque en plein air
Of the open-air circus
Qui fait le gros dos
That hunches down
Sous le vent d'hiver.
Against the winter wind.
On cherche un Auguste...
We're looking for an Auguste...
J'ai demand? le patron
I asked the boss
Qui dormait au fond.
Who was sleeping deep down.
Il m'a dit "C'est juste",
He said to me, 'It's fine,'
Rajustant son melon.
Adjusting his hat.
"Si tu veux, causons.
'If you want, let's talk.
- Pour ce que vous cherchez,
- For what you're looking for,
Je ferais bien votre affaire.
I could well help you out.
Je connais des histoires.
I know some stories.
J'amuse les copains.
I entertain the buddies.
J' suis un boute-en-train,
I'm a lively entertainer,
Comme disait ma m? re,
As my mother used to say,
Et puis j'aimerais bien
And I'd really love
Voyager au loin.
To travel far away.
- On cherche un Auguste...
- We're looking for an Auguste...
Mais faut pas, mon gar? on,
But don't, my buddy,
Te faire d'illusions
Get your hopes up
Car la place d'un Auguste,
Because the role of an Auguste,
Comme situation,
In terms of situation,
C'est pas le vrai filon.
It's not the real deal.
Les habits frip? s,
The tattered clothes,
La figure bl? me,
The pale face,
Les claques sur le nez,
The slaps on the nose,
Jamais de "Je t'aime".
Never a 'I love you.'
Pour les grands voyages,
For the grand journeys,
On fait dans l'ann? e
We keep to the year
La Li? vre et la Lier
The Libra and the Lyre,
Et pour toute fortune,
And for all our fortune,
T'as le clair de lune
You've got the moonlight
Et les poches trou? es.
And the pockets full of holes.
...Eh! L'homme!
...Eh! The man!
Ben, ne t' sauves pas comme? a..."
Well, why are you running away like that? a...
...On cherche un Auguste...
...We're looking for an Auguste...
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Key vocabulary
- cherche
- searchesA1
- auguste
- venerableC1
- pancarte
- signB2
- ecrite
- written
- craie
- chalkC2
- mouill
- wet
- pouss
- push
- rideau
- curtainB1
- cirque
- circusB1
- dos
- backA1
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.