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    Maladroit → English translation

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Maladroit

Mais que ses doigts
sont maladroits, oui.
Il ne sait pas
jouer de moi
qui rêvais
d'arpège et de solfège, oui.
D'un corps tout nu de retenue
 
Oui j'avais cru
tout ce temps cru que
des mains douées me toucheraient
Mais ce n'est pas le cas.
il ne joue pas, non
il meurt et doit...
avec ses doigts.
 
Maladroit (x4)
 
Et me voilà,
dans de beaux draps,
car je ne ne peux pas
m'enfuir de là.
Je rêvais d'arpège et de solfège.
Il ne joue pas, non
il meurt et doit...
avec ses doigts.
 
Maladroit
 
Translation

Clumsy

But that his fingers
are clumsy, yes.
He doesn't know
play me
who dreamed
Arpeggio and solfeggio, yes.
A naked body of restraint
 
Yes I had believed
all this time believed that
talented hands would touch me
But this isn't the case.
he doesn't play, no
he dies and must ...
with his fingers.
 
Clumsy (x4)
 
And here I am,
in beautiful sheets,
because I can't
run away from there.
I dreamed of arpeggio and solfège.
He doesn't play, no
he dies and must ...
with his fingers.
 
Clumsy
 
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PääsukePääsuke
   Fri, 05/07/2019 - 19:36

Thanks for translating this, I really love the song :)

SarasvatiSarasvati
   Fri, 05/07/2019 - 21:26

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