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Translation
Je M’en Fous Pas Mal
I was born on Good-Seed Alley
And it planted a seed in me
And for a long time now
I've been working like a dog the whole week through
i can assure you that the boss, he's happy
[But] My friends get angry
"It's not too smart, what you're doing
What has to be done has to be done, but you, you go too far
You'll see, one day you'll regret it..."
I really couldn't care less
Anything might happen to me
I really couldn't care less
i have my Sundays which are [all] mine
It might be a cliché
But what other people think of you
It makes no difference to me!
I don't care
There are the banks of the Seine
There's the Avenue de l'Opera
There's Vincennes wood
What lovely Sundays we have there!
And then there's the dancing/dancehall
Which makes you tremble all over
There are the stars
Which are more beautiful than jewels
There are the handsome men
Who kiss you on your neck
As for the rest, after all
I couldn't care less
It was on one of those wonderful Sundays
That, the two of us, we started dancing
[His] big black eyes, long white hands
And then, I let him kiss me
My friends got angry
"That guy, it's well-known, is heartless
He's a bum, a down-and-out
You'll go through hell with him..."
There are his arms which embrace me
There's his body, soft and warm
There's his mouth which kisses me
Ah, my lover, he's just so handsome!
And then there's the dancehall
When I'm in his arms, it's crazy
I feel like i'm about to faint
When he says to me: "Come! let's go back to our place!"
Oh! the devil!
With him, I'd go anywhere
As for the rest, after all
I couldn't care less
I lived through such wonderful moments
When he was holding me in his arms
I would never have believed, that in this life
You could be as happy as that
But one dat when everything was going so smoothly
A spring day full of joy
He went away without saying a word
Without even giving me one last kiss...
My memories embrace me
Sing deep in my heart
And all the places where I go
Recall to me my happiness
And then there is the dancehall
I dance, and I close my eyes
I make believe that we're still together
Sometimes, it hurts
My heart starts beating harder and harder
It makes no difference to me
i couldn't care less!
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Édith Piaf: Top 3
| 1. | La vie en rose (English) |
| 2. | La vie en rose |
| 3. | Padam padam |
Idioms from "Je m'en fous pas mal"
| 1. | Ca m'est égal |
| 2. | en voir de toutes les couleurs |
Comments
About translator
Note that en prendre de la graine is a fairly common expression meaning 'to take one's lead from someone/something' ie. (literally) to take (good) seed from somewhere else (to plant in your own garden). However here the punning suggestion seems to be that being born there formed her character.