Renaud
Elle a vu le loup lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2002
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:01
T'as vu Lolita
Did you see Lolita
Ta pote Marylou
Your friend Marylou
Qu'a quinze ans comme toi
Who’s fifteen, just like you
Qu'j'ai connue bout d'chou
Whom I knew as a little one
T'as vu comme elle a
Did you see how she
Changé tout d'un coup
Changed all of a sudden
Eh ben ma doudou
Well, my darling
Elle a vu le loup
She saw the wolf
J'vais pas lui r'procher
I won't hold it against her
Té c'est pas un crime
Hey, it's not a crime
À peine un péché
Barely a sin
Et des plus minimes
And the smallest ones
D'après sa copine
According to her friend
Qui l'a balancée
Who spilled the beans
C'est à la mi-août
It's in mid-August
Qu'elle a vu le loup
That she saw the wolf
C'est plus pour la frime
It's more for the show
Que pour le frisson
Than for the thrill
Qu'un soir de déprime
On a night of despair
Un gentil couillon
A nice fool
A eu l'grand bonheur
Had the great happiness
De gagner l'pompon
Of winning the prize
De cueillir sa fleur
Of picking her flower
Avant la saison
Before the season
Hormis la jouissance
Besides the pleasure
D'emmerder ses vieux
Of getting on their nerves
Y'avait pas urgence
There was no urgency
Y'avait pas le feu
There was no fire
D'autant qu'la romance
Particularly since the romance
A duré bien peu
Lasted not long at all
Elle a vu le loup
She saw the wolf
Deux minutes en tout
Just two minutes total
Pour la performance
For the performance
Et puis pour l'extase
And then for the ecstasy
La pauvre est malchance
The poor thing has bad luck
Tombée sur un naze
Fell for a loser
Vilain comme un pou
Ugly as a louse
Maladroit comme tout
Clumsy as can be
Elle a vu le loup
She saw the wolf
Y vaut pas un clou
Isn't worth a dime
Elle a vu le loup
She saw the wolf
Tant mieux ou tant pis
Good or bad, who cares
C'tait pas un bon coup
It wasn't a good deal
Ni un bon parti
Nor a good match
J'lui jette pas la pierre
I won't throw stone at her
J'crée pas une émeute
I'm not starting a riot
Y'paraît qu'sa mère
They say her mother
A vu toute la meute
Saw the whole pack
Quant à toi ma douce
As for you, my sweet
Ma jolie pucelle
My pretty maiden
Suce encore ton pouce
Suck your thumb again
Joue à la marelle
Play hopscotch
C'qu'a fait Marylou
What Marylou did
Eh ben tu t'en fous
Eh well, you don't care
Elle a vu le loup
She saw the wolf
C'était un voyou
He was a thug
Mais j'espère ma fille
But I hope my daughter
Que quand viendra l'heure
That when the time comes
De prendre cette Bastille
To take that Bastille
Sous ta robe à fleurs
Under your flower dress
Le loup aura l'heur
The wolf will have the joy
De te plaire autant
Of pleasing you just as much
Pour son joli coeur
For his lovely heart
Que pour ses talents
As for his talents
S'il est ce beau jour
If it is this beautiful day
Doux comme un agneau
Gentle as a lamb
Donne-lui ton amour
Give him your love
En paquet-cadeau
In a gift-wrapped box
En plus du diamant
In addition to the diamond
Que tu gardes encore
That you still keep
Mais combien de temps
But how long
Au creux de ton corps
In the curve of your body
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Key vocabulary
- suce
- suckC2
- mi-août
- mid-August
- frime
- showoff
- frisson
- shiver
- couillon
- idiot
- eu
- had
- grand
- big
- pompon
- pom-pom
- saison
- seasonA2
- autant
- as muchA2
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About this song
Renaud (Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan) is a French singer-songwriter. He is known for French-language chanson rooted in regional dialects and for topping French album and single charts across multiple decades, including award-winning releases such as “Boucan d’enfer” and “Toujours debout.”