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    Il fait si beau → English translation

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The weather is so nice

The weather is so nice this morning, my love
that I could court Christine Boutin1
The weather is so nice over the city, over the roofs,
I feel like letting the Jehovah's Witnesses in.
We could clink glasses with the former landlords.
The weather is so nice over the suburb trains running late2.
I feel like giving a cuddle to a diehard feminist3.
 
Over the meter maids4 and parking tickets, so nice a weather,
Over the UMP5 posters, so much warmth.
over the CCTVs,
there is sun all over France.
 
The weather is so nice, my love, such a sun
that I took an appointment for my blood test.
Sun over the parking meters, the roofs of the gym.
My kids, if they whish so, will be able to play jazz
on the trashcans, in the courtyard, since the weather is so nice.
I would like to experience a hazing in a business school6.
On the hind seats of vespas, in front of balconies7
I feel like putting Benetton posters on my walls.
 
Over the meter maids and parking tickets, so nice a weather,
Over the UMP posters, so much warmth.
Over the grannies with Pekinese dogs,
the old geezers8 with chihuahuas.
 
Over the herds of roller-skaters9
the weather is so nice.
On the politics high school10 competitive examinations, so much warmth.
The twatty scooters11,
over bachelor parties,
over the "may I see your ID?"
The weather is so nice
"I'm only doing my job, Ma'am"
So much warmth
Oh my love everything is all right
The weather is so nice this morning
 
  • 1. A christian traditionalist representative, known for her lack of humor and rigorist opinions.
  • 2. although in no such disaray as in England, Paris suburban train network is still plagued with mechanical malfunctions due to inadequate maintenance
  • 3. "les chiennes de garde" is a rather extreme feminist movement
  • 4. French traffic wardens named after the (former) color of their uniforms
  • 5. right-wing party of former president Sarkozy
  • 6. "sup de co" means "école supérieure de commerce". It's a cluster of high schools located in various French towns
  • 7. a metaphor for pampered youth having a good time
  • 8. Jean-Paul Belmondo is a French actor who can stand as an icon of old square former stars
  • 9. Since a decade or so, there is a custom for roller skaters to gather and have a ride in Paris on the weekends
  • 10. "sciences po" stands for "sciences politiques". Together with the ENA (école nationale de l'administration) they are the two high schools a vast majority of the French politicians went through
  • 11. child's scooters became very fashionable among white colars a decade ago
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Il fait si beau

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