Renaud
Le Père Noël et la petite fille lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1995
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:15
(Reprise d'une chanson de Georges Brassens)
(A reprise of a song by Georges Brassens)
Avec sa hotte sur le dos
With his sack upon his back
Avec sa hotte sur le dos
With his sack upon his back
Il s'en venait d'Eldorado
He was coming from Eldorado
Il s'en venait d'Eldorado
He was coming from Eldorado
Il avait une barbe blanche
He had a white beard
Il avait nom Papa Gâteau
His name was Papa Gâteau
Il a mis du pain sur ta planche
He put bread on your board
Il a mis les mains sur tes hanches
He placed his hands on your hips
Il t'a prom'née dans un landau
He took you for a stroll in a baby carriage
Il t'a prom'née dans un landau
He took you for a stroll in a pram
En route pour la vie d'château
On the way to a castle life
En route pour la vie d'château
On the way to a castle life
La belle vie dorée sur tranche
The beautiful golden life on a slice
Il te l'offrit sur un plateau
He offered it to you on a platter
Il a mis du grain dans ta grange
He filled your barn with grain
Il a mis les mains sur tes hanches
He placed his hands on your hips
Toi qui n'avais rien sur le dos
You who had nothing on your back
Toi qui n'avais rien sur le dos
You who had nothing on your back
Il t'a couverte de manteaux
He covered you with coats
Il t'a couverte de manteaux
He covered you with cloaks
Il t'a vêtue comme un dimanche
He dressed you up like a Sunday
Tu n'auras pas froid de sitôt
You won't feel cold anytime soon
Il a mis l'hermine à ta manche
He adorned your sleeve with ermine
Il a mis les mains sur tes hanches
He placed his hands on your hips
Tous les camées tous les émaux
All the cameos, all the enamels
Tous les camées tous les émaux
All the cameos, all the enamels
Il les fit pendre à tes rameaux
He had them hung from your branches
Il les fit pendre à tes rameaux
He had them hung from your branches
Il fit rouler en avalanche
He made them roll like an avalanche
Perles et rubis dans tes sabots
Pearls and rubies in your clogs
Il a mis de l'or à ta branche
He placed gold on your branch
Il a mis les mains sur tes hanches
He put his hands on your hips
Tire la belle tire le rideau
Pull the lovely, pull the curtain
Tire la belle tire le rideau
Pull the lovely, pull the curtain
Sur tes misères de tantôt
On your miseries from before
Sur tes misères de tantôt
On your miseries from before
Et qu'au-dehors il pleuve il vente
And outside, let it rain or blow
Le mauvais temps n'est plus ton lot
The bad weather is no longer your fate
Le joli temps des coudées franches
The lovely times of free reign
On a mis les mains sur tes hanches
We've placed our hands on your hips
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Key vocabulary
- vente
- saleB1
- reprise
- recoveryB1
- chanson
- songA1
- georges
- George
- brassens
- brews
- hotte
- hood
- dos
- backA1
- venait
- came
- barbe
- beardB1
- mains
- handsA1
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.”