MC Solaar
Armand est mort lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1991
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:12
Fait divers en plein été
News flash in the middle of summer
De galère en galère Armand s'est retrouvé clochard
From hardship to hardship, Armand became a vagrant
Pourtant depuis tant d'années
Yet for so many years
Son job perdu, il avait recherché
After losing his job, he had searched
Abandonné de sa femme et son chien Albert
Abandoned by his wife and his dog Albert
Mort, lors d'une dispute d'un coup de revolver
Dead, during a quarrel from a gunshot
Et dans le quartier, révolté, rebelle de dernière heure
And in the neighborhood, outraged, a last-minute rebel
La quarantaine dépassée, il est seul et il pleure
Over forty now, he's alone and he weeps
Il est trop tard pour s'intéresser à son triste sort
It's too late to care about his sad fate
Armand est mort
Armand is dead
Pourtant dix ans auparavant devant ses enfants
Yet ten years ago in front of his children
Leur enseignant l'amour et le respect des parents
Teaching them love and the respect for parents
La haine de l'avarice dans ce monde dément
The hatred of greed in this insane world
Armant passait du bon temps
Armand was having a good time
Accident du travail, quelques indemnités
Work accident, some compensation
Il retrouve un emploi puis il est licencié
He finds a job then he gets laid off
Invité au mariage de sa femme, Armand
Invited to his wife's wedding, Armand
Perd au tribunal la garde des enfants
Loses custody of the children in court
Il est trop tard pour s'intéresser à son triste sort
It's too late to care about his sad fate
Armand est mort
Armand is dead
Avant sa fin, il habitait une belle propriété
Before its end, he lived in a lovely estate
Avec vue sur la mort, un asile de paumés
With a view of death, a refuge for the lost
Avant sa fin, avant sa mort, il en fut délivré
Before its end, before his death, he was set free
Laminé, décervelé, lobotomisé
Ground down, brainless, lobotomized
Il est trop tard pour s'intéresser à son triste sort
It's too late to care about his sad fate
Le pauvre Armand est mort
Poor Armand is dead
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Key vocabulary
- fait
- actA1
- divers
- variousA2
- galère
- struggleB2
- armand
- name
- rebelle
- rebelliousB2
- quarantaine
- quarantineB2
- dépassée
- outdated
- intéresser
- interest
- avarice
- greed
- indemnités
- compensationB2
About this song
MC Solaar is a French rapper working in jazz-rap and acid-jazz. He is known for his smooth, jazz-influenced flow and for breaking through internationally after appearing on Guru’s Jazzmatazz.