Caroline - English translation

MC Solaar

Caroline

6 translations

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Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

Original lyrics

Translation

Caroline

I was cool, sitting on a bench, it was spring

They pick up a daisy, they're two lovers

Overdose of softness, they're playing like children

I love you a little, a lot, like crazy, passionetly

But following a painful sentimental disappointment

I went from warm to brutal

The hatred of a being isn't in our prerogatives

Tchernobyl, tcherno-stupid ! Radioactive jealousy

Caroline was a friend, a splendid girl

I remember her, us, our vanilla cones

Her strawberry, raspberry, blueberry cravings

I'm the ace of clubs spading your heart

The ace of clubs spading your heart

Caroline* (x2)

Just as a four-leaf clover, I'm here to make you happy

I'm the man who's just in time to take your heart

Gotta watch your step, Caro this message comes from the heart**

A pyramide of kisses, a friendship storm

A wave of caress, a hurricane of softness

An ocean of thoughts, Caroline I offered you a building of tenderness

I was scared to death, I'm chased by the Red arm(y)

I took green notes for you, had to move

Arsonist of your heart, fire-fighting plane of your fears

I offered you a color symphony

She left, maso

With an old macho

She met in a subway station

When I see them holding hands smoking the same cigarette

I feel a twinge in her heart, but she doesn't dare to say a word

It's because I'm the ace of clubs spading your heart, Caro-Line

I'm the ace of clubs spading your heart (x3)

MC Claude takes on the mic love story ragga muffin style

To tell you about a friend named Caroline

She was my lady, my fix, she was my vitamin

She was my drug, my dope, my coke, my crack

My amphetamine, Caroline

I remember her, present day woman, 20, young and pretty

Let's rewind the movie, life VCR

Tears flowed for her, if I have to admit it

Eye haemorrhage, long live our friendship

The one that was, is, and I hope will be

I passed by to be present... In your future

Life is a cards game,

Paris a casino

I play red... heart... Diamond/Caro

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Translation details

loudmi

submitted on 29 Nov 2017 - 15:37

Author's comments:

* Diamond cards in French are called "carreau", which sounds exactly the same as the beginning of Caroline.
** The three following lines are also play on words on cards:
"Comme le trefle quatre feuilles, je cherche votre bonheur" = here we have "trèfle", which means club in French
"Je suis l'homme qui tombe pic, pour prendre ton coeur" = "tomber à pic" means to arrive just in time, but pic is a homophone for "pique", which means spade.
"Il faut se tenir carreau, caro ce message vient du coeur" = "Se tenir à carreau" means "to watch your step", but also can be heard as "hold on to Caro". Also there are the two remaining diamond (=carreau) and heart (= coeur) in this last line.

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