Michel Sardou
Le Fils de Ferdinand lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 2:34
Sauv'moi sauv'moi la vie
Save me, save me life
Mais foutez-moi la paix
But leave me in peace
Je n'suis pas J? sus-Christ
I'm not Jesus Christ
Je suis le fils de Ferdinand
I am the son of Ferdinand
Le roi des? b? nistes
The king of the bums
Et le plus grand truand
And the greatest con artist
De la basse corniche
Of the low coast
Ma m? re? tait starlette
My mother was a starlet
Et chantait des chansons
And sang songs
Dans des tavernes? bi? re
In beer taverns
O? beuglait la l? gion
Oh? howled the legion
Sauv'moi sauv'moi la vie
Save me, save me my life
Je suis n? dans un port
I was born in a port
Tr? s loin de Galil? e
Very far from Galilee
Au Grand H? tel du Nord
At the Great Hotel of the North
Qui louait des meubl? s
Which rented furnished rooms
Mon p? re pour f? ter? a
My father to celebrate
A vid? trois barriques
Emptied three barrels
Et s'est tir? quinze ans
And fled for fifteen years
Dans les arm? es d'Afrique
In the armies of Africa
Sauv'moi sauv'moi la vie
Save me, save me, my life
Sauv'moi sauv'moi la vie
Save me, save me, my life
Mais laissez-moi tomber
But let me fall
Je n'suis pas J? sus-Christ
I'm not Jesus Christ
J'ai grandi? Marseille
I grew up in Marseille
Tout au fond du Panier
Deep down in the Panier
J'ai suivi? merveille
I followed wonders
Les voyous du quartier
The delinquents of the neighborhood
Mes id? es politiques
My political ideas
Sont assez progressistes
Are quite progressive
Je sais semer un flic
I know how to sow a cop
Et voler les touristes
And steal from the tourists
Sauv'moi sauv'moi la vie
Save me, save me my life
Sauv'moi sauv'moi la vie
Save me, save me my life
Mais foutez-moi la paix
But leave me in peace
Je n'suis pas J? sus-Christ
I'm not Jesus Christ
Imaginez la t? te
Imagine the head
Que f'rait l'humanit?
What would humanity do?
Si j'arrive en pr? chant
If I showed up preaching
Mes fr? res il faut s'aimer
My brothers, we must love each other
Imaginez surtout
Just imagine, above all
Il faut? tre s? rieux
You have to be serious?
Le pape en apprenant
The Pope upon learning
Qu'le nouveau fils de Dieu...
That the new son of God...
C'est le fils de Ferdinand
Is Ferdinand's son
Le roi des? b? nistes
The king of the bums
Et le plus grand truand
And the greatest crook
De la basse corniche
From the low coast
Qu'ma m? re? tait starlette
That my mother was a starlet
Et chantait des chansons
And sang songs
Dans des tavernes? bi? re
In the taverns? beer
O? beuglait la l? gion
Where the legion roared
J'ai grandi? Marseille
I grew up? Marseille
Tout au fond du Panier
Deep in the Panier
J'ai suivi? merveille
I've followed marvels
Les voyous du quartier
The hoodlums of the neighborhood
Mes id? es politiques
My political ideas
Sont assez progressistes
Are quite progressive
Je sais semer les flics
I know how to shake the cops
Et voler les touristes
And steal from the tourists
Je suis le fils de Ferdinand...
I am the son of Ferdinand...
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Key vocabulary
- assez
- enoughA1
- dieu
- GodA1
- nouveau
- newA1
- pape
- popeA1
- politiques
- politicsA1
- quartier
- neighborhoodA1
- surtout
- especiallyA1
- touristes
- touristsA1
- voler
- flyA1
- semer
- sowB2
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About this song
Michel Sardou is a French singer-songwriter and actor associated with pop and chanson. He is known for his French chart-topping albums, frequent media controversy, and major hits such as “La maladie d’amour” and “La vieille.”