Renaud
Si t’es mon pote lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1985
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:07
Bon d'accord, j'ai triché,
Alright, I cheated,
J'ai r'posé l'W
I put down the W
Discrètement
Discreetly
J'savais pas où l'placer
I didn't know where to place it
J'pensais pas que tu m'voyais
I didn't think you could see me
Sincèrement
Honestly
On annule la partie,
We cancel the game,
Si tu veux on l'oublie
If you want, we can forget it
On l'efface
We erase it
J'ai quatre cents points d'avance
I have four hundred points ahead
Et ça c'est pas d'la chance
And that's not just luck
C'est la classe
It's classy
Mais si t'es mon pote
But if you're my buddy
Tu m'laisses tricher un scrabble
You let me cheat at Scrabble
Tu ramènes pas ta gueule
You don't show your face
Quand tu m'vois magouiller
When you see me scheming
Moi je veux juste gagner
I just want to win
ça m'amuse pas de jouer
It doesn't amuse me to play
Si t'es mon pote: tu t'tais!
If you're my buddy: you stay quiet!
Bon d'accord, il est tard
Alright, fine, it's late
Pi t'en as un peu marre
Well, you're getting a bit tired of it
Des bistrots
From bistros
T'as beau boire comme un trou
You may drink like a fish
T'arrives pas à être saoul
You can't seem to get drunk
T'as pas d'pot
You're out of luck
Mais faut pas m'planter là
But don't leave me hanging here
Moi j'suis fait comme un rat
I'm made like a rat
Allumé
Lit
Je m'en fous, arrache-toi
I don't care, take yourself away
La tournée c'est pour moi
The tour is for me
Enfoiré!
You jerk!
Mais si t'es mon pote
But if you're my buddy
Tu m'laisses pas boire tout seul
You won't let me drink alone
Et tu m'fais pas la gueule
And you won't give me the cold shoulder
Quand tu m'vois délirer
When you see me going wild
J't'offre un verre chez Ali
I'll buy you a drink at Ali's
Le dernier, c'est promis,
The last one, I promise,
Si t'es mon pote: tu m'suis!
If you're my buddy: you'll follow me!
Bon, d'accord, elle est bonne
Alright, fine, she's good-looking
Mais j'vois pas c'qu'elle te donne
But I don't see what she gives you
De plus que moi
More than I do
Des semaines que tu m'délaisses
It's been weeks since you've ignored me
Pour une histoire de fesses
For a tale of lust
J'le crois pas!
I can't believe it!
Fais gaffe que l'amitié
Watch out that friendship
Se laisse pas enterrer
Doesn't get buried
Par cette peste
By this plague
Qu'est jalouse comme un pou
Who's as jealous as a louse
Qui t'connaît pas du tout,
Who doesn't know you at all,
Et qui m'déteste.
And who hates me.
Mais si t'es mon pote
But if you're my buddy
T'avoues que c'est un peu la crainte
You admit it's a bit of fear
C'est pas franchement une sainte
She's not exactly a saint
C'est pas Christine Ockrent
It's not Christine Ockrent
Pi elle a l'intellect
But she has the intellect
Plutôt près d'la moquette,
Rather close to the carpet,
Si t'es mon pote: tu jettes!
If you're my buddy: you throw it away!
Bon, d'accord, j'suis taré
Alright, fine, I'm crazy
Frimeur comme une voiture
Showy like a car
De pompiers
Of firefighters
C'est que j'ai été bercé
It's that I was rocked
Un peu trop près du mur
A little too close to the wall
Tout bébé
As a baby
Mais faut tout m'pardonner,
But you have to forgive me everything,
Parc'que d'main j'peux crever
Because tomorrow I could die
C'est la vie
That's life
Jamais tu t'en r'mettrais
You'd never recover from it
Et qu'est c'qui t'resterait
And what would remain for you
Comme ami?
As a friend?
Mais si t'es mon pote
But if you're my buddy
Tu meurs un peu avant moi
You die a little before me
J'te promets que toutes les semaines
I promise you that every week
T'auras des chrysanthèmes
You'll have chrysanthemums
Mais tant que je suis là
But as long as I'm here
N'oublie pas que j't'aime
Don't forget that I love you
Et que si t'es mon pote: tu m'aimes!
And if you're my buddy: you love me!
Si t'es mon pote: tu n'aimes
If you're my buddy: you love
Que moi!
Only me!
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Key vocabulary
- scrabble
- word game
- bercé
- rockedB2
- tais
- be quiet
- trou
- holeB1
- arrives
- arrive
- saoul
- drunkC1
- faut
- must
- planter
- plant
- arrache-toi
- pull off
- tournée
- tourB1
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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.”