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I bot un d’mi – Renaud

Renaud

I bot un d’mi lyrics with English translation

Language
French
Level
Intermediate
Released
1993
Genre
Pop
Length
2:55
  1. L'aut' jour min biau frère i vient m'vir à l'mason

    The other day my dear brother came to see me at home

  2. I m'dit comm' cha Marcel ti qui n'az janmais sorti

    He told me like this, Marcel who's never been out

  3. En'main j'vas à Paris si veux viens avec mi

    Tomorrow I'm going to Paris, well if you want, come with me

  4. Pinsez si j'tos contint mi qui n'sus janmais sorti

    Think if I can't hold it in, I've never been out

  5. Pus lon qué d'min pat'lin infin j'd'allos vir Paris

    The longer I’m away from my little town, the more I want to see Paris

  6. In visit'ra tous chès meusées paraît qu'ch'est biau à vir

    We'll visit all these museums, they say it's beautiful to see

  7. L'lenn'main nous v'là parti min bieu-frère et m'sœur pis mi

    The next morning, there we go, my dear brother, my sister, and me

  8. O' sonmes arrivés su l'cop d'dix-heures et n'mi

    We arrived at the stroke of ten and there we were

  9. El' premièr' cosse à fair' qui m'dit ch'est d'aller boire un d'mi

    The first thing to do is to tell me to go have a drink

  10. Car pour un ch'ti mi chou qui compt' ch'est sin d'mi

    Because for a little one like me, who counts, it is his turn

  11. Quind un ch'ti mi i-est d'sorti

    When a little guy comes out to play

  12. Quo qui bot à vou n'avis

    What's bothering you, my friend?

  13. I bot un d'mi

    He's got half a mind

  14. I bot un d'mi

    He's got half a mind

  15. Quind in ch'ti mi i-est in nache

    When this little guy is in a bad spot

  16. Pou s'ardonner du courache

    To give himself some courage

  17. I bot un d'mi

    He's got half a mind

  18. I bot un d'mi

    He's got half a mind

  19. Et pis l'jour qu'cha va mal

    And then the day when things go awry

  20. Pou s'arcrinquer sins moral

    To crank himself up without any morale

  21. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  22. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  23. Eun' pression ed' jus d'houblon

    A pressure of hop juice

  24. Tint qu'cha mouss' ch'est tout du bon

    While your foam is all good

  25. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  26. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  27. Au preme café o' sonmes rintrès

    At the first café where we came in

  28. Un monhomme in noir et blanc i s'amène d'ssus nous

    A man in black and white is coming over us

  29. Et i nous fait comm' cha: "Pour messieurs-dame qu'est-ce que ce s'ra?"

    And he tells us like this: "For gentlemen-ladies, what will it be?"

  30. Eh min tiot lout' vas nous mett'tros d'mis

    Eh well my little one, you're going to put us in a half

  31. I m'rawêt' d'un drôl' d'œul i n'avot rin compris

    I'm telling you, with a funny look, he didn't understand anything

  32. Trint' six cops j'a du i dir' qué ç' qu'in volot ch'tot tros d'mis

    Thirty-six times I had to tell him what he wanted from me

  33. Car pour un ch'ti mi chou qui compt' ch'est sin d'mi

    Because for a little girl who counts, it's her choice

  34. Quind un ch'ti mi i-est d'sorti

    When a little girl comes out

  35. Quo qui bot à vou n'avis

    What does that matter to you?

  36. I bot un d'mi

    It matters to me

  37. I bot un d'mi

    It matters to me

  38. Quind in ch'ti mi i-est in nache

    When a little girl is in the game

  39. Pou s'ardonner du courache

    To give courage to the heart

  40. I bot un d'mi

    It matters to me

  41. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  42. Et pis l'jour qu'cha va mal

    And then the day when everything goes bad

  43. Pou s'arcrinquer sins moral

    To get a bit tipsy, no morals

  44. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  45. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  46. Eun' pression ed' jus d'houblon

    A pressure of hop juice

  47. Tint qu'cha mouss' ch'est tout du bon

    As long as it foams, it's all good

  48. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  49. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  50. Quind un ch'ti mi i-est d'sorti

    When a little friend has come out

  51. Quo qui bot à vou n'avis

    What do you see in my eyes?

  52. I bot un d'mi

    I bought myself a drink.

  53. I bot un d'mi

    I bought myself a drink.

  54. Quind in ch'ti mi i-est in nache

    When in this life there's a hitch,

  55. Pou s'ardonner du courache

    To give you back some courage.

  56. I bot un d'mi

    I bought myself a drink.

  57. I bot un d'mi

    I bought myself a drink.

  58. Et pis l'jour qu'cha va mal

    And then the day when everything goes wrong,

  59. Pou s'arcrinquer sins moral

    To get back up without a soul.

  60. I bot un d'mi

    I bought myself a drink.

  61. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  62. Eun' pression ed' jus d'houblon

    A press of hop juice

  63. Tint qu'cha mouss' ch'est tout du bon

    As long as your foam, it's all good

  64. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  65. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  66. Eun' pression ed' jus d'houblon

    A press of hop juice

  67. Tint qu'cha mouss' ch'est tout du bon

    As long as your foam, it's all good

  68. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

  69. I bot un d'mi

    I bought a half

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Key vocabulary

aut
other
min
mine
biau
beautiful
vient
comes
blanc
whiteA1
boire
drinkA1
bon
goodA1
vir
see
mason
stonecutter
dit
said

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.”

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I bot un d’mi

L'aut' jour min biau frère i vient m'vir à l'mason

The other day my dear brother came to see me at home

I m'dit comm' cha Marcel ti qui n'az janmais sorti

He told me like this, Marcel who's never been out

En'main j'vas à Paris si veux viens avec mi

Tomorrow I'm going to Paris, well if you want, come with me

Pinsez si j'tos contint mi qui n'sus janmais sorti

Think if I can't hold it in, I've never been out

Pus lon qué d'min pat'lin infin j'd'allos vir Paris

The longer I’m away from my little town, the more I want to see Paris

In visit'ra tous chès meusées paraît qu'ch'est biau à vir

We'll visit all these museums, they say it's beautiful to see

L'lenn'main nous v'là parti min bieu-frère et m'sœur pis mi

The next morning, there we go, my dear brother, my sister, and me

O' sonmes arrivés su l'cop d'dix-heures et n'mi

We arrived at the stroke of ten and there we were

El' premièr' cosse à fair' qui m'dit ch'est d'aller boire un d'mi

The first thing to do is to tell me to go have a drink

Car pour un ch'ti mi chou qui compt' ch'est sin d'mi

Because for a little one like me, who counts, it is his turn

Quind un ch'ti mi i-est d'sorti

When a little guy comes out to play

Quo qui bot à vou n'avis

What's bothering you, my friend?

I bot un d'mi

He's got half a mind

I bot un d'mi

He's got half a mind

Quind in ch'ti mi i-est in nache

When this little guy is in a bad spot

Pou s'ardonner du courache

To give himself some courage

I bot un d'mi

He's got half a mind

I bot un d'mi

He's got half a mind

Et pis l'jour qu'cha va mal

And then the day when things go awry

Pou s'arcrinquer sins moral

To crank himself up without any morale

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

Eun' pression ed' jus d'houblon

A pressure of hop juice

Tint qu'cha mouss' ch'est tout du bon

While your foam is all good

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

Au preme café o' sonmes rintrès

At the first café where we came in

Un monhomme in noir et blanc i s'amène d'ssus nous

A man in black and white is coming over us

Et i nous fait comm' cha: "Pour messieurs-dame qu'est-ce que ce s'ra?"

And he tells us like this: "For gentlemen-ladies, what will it be?"

Eh min tiot lout' vas nous mett'tros d'mis

Eh well my little one, you're going to put us in a half

I m'rawêt' d'un drôl' d'œul i n'avot rin compris

I'm telling you, with a funny look, he didn't understand anything

Trint' six cops j'a du i dir' qué ç' qu'in volot ch'tot tros d'mis

Thirty-six times I had to tell him what he wanted from me

Car pour un ch'ti mi chou qui compt' ch'est sin d'mi

Because for a little girl who counts, it's her choice

Quind un ch'ti mi i-est d'sorti

When a little girl comes out

Quo qui bot à vou n'avis

What does that matter to you?

I bot un d'mi

It matters to me

I bot un d'mi

It matters to me

Quind in ch'ti mi i-est in nache

When a little girl is in the game

Pou s'ardonner du courache

To give courage to the heart

I bot un d'mi

It matters to me

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

Et pis l'jour qu'cha va mal

And then the day when everything goes bad

Pou s'arcrinquer sins moral

To get a bit tipsy, no morals

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

Eun' pression ed' jus d'houblon

A pressure of hop juice

Tint qu'cha mouss' ch'est tout du bon

As long as it foams, it's all good

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

Quind un ch'ti mi i-est d'sorti

When a little friend has come out

Quo qui bot à vou n'avis

What do you see in my eyes?

I bot un d'mi

I bought myself a drink.

I bot un d'mi

I bought myself a drink.

Quind in ch'ti mi i-est in nache

When in this life there's a hitch,

Pou s'ardonner du courache

To give you back some courage.

I bot un d'mi

I bought myself a drink.

I bot un d'mi

I bought myself a drink.

Et pis l'jour qu'cha va mal

And then the day when everything goes wrong,

Pou s'arcrinquer sins moral

To get back up without a soul.

I bot un d'mi

I bought myself a drink.

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

Eun' pression ed' jus d'houblon

A press of hop juice

Tint qu'cha mouss' ch'est tout du bon

As long as your foam, it's all good

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

Eun' pression ed' jus d'houblon

A press of hop juice

Tint qu'cha mouss' ch'est tout du bon

As long as your foam, it's all good

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

I bot un d'mi

I bought a half

I bot un d’mi

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