La Blonde exquise [English translation]

Oh my delicious,

oh my deceiver,

my little boaster,

my merry widow,

when I light you,

you my exquisite blond,

you dispel my mists,

oh the naughty girl,

hanging on my lips,

who swanks and shines,

my non-U friend,

my mischievous pupil,

when you light me up

I toy with the devil,

the devil aye, aye, aye, aye, aye,

yes the devil aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.

In order, after love, and in order, before death1,

to fill with smoke rings the sleeping sky's pool,

to do as did Gainsbourg,2

to do as did Marlène,3

to challenge fate,

oh my old lady,4

my little sorceress,

when I inhale you,

my God what pleasure,

my teenage girl,

you will make me snuff it5 tempting me so much.

aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye

yes, you tempt me,

aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.

When I deprive myself of you,

when I'm doing Lent,

something breaks,

something wilts,

the silk of my spirit6 is softly torn apart,

when I tell myself to behave, when I put behind me

your soft greys,

our wild nights,

I feel my youth leaving the shore,

so come then little one,

poisonous tenderness, silent calm, forbidden sweetness,

we must drop each other, we must forget each other, we must part,

oh my trusted friend,

my study nights,

my chapel of rest,

my burning defeat.

I have to try to forget your taste, your sweet torment,

aye, aye, aye, aye, aye,

you torment me

aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.

1. A shared cigarette after intercourse is nothing unusual, but "before death"?2. Almost all pictures of Serge Gainsbourg show him smoking, and he had a remarkable ashtray collection3. perhaps people picture Marlène Dietrich as a seductive figure with a cigarette in a long holder, like something out of a rather old spy film; but I don't know that she actually smoked much, just that France, America and Israel all decorated her highly for her anti-Nazi work4. "réguliere" is a bit ambiguous; it could mean "regular daily routine" rather than "long term partner of the opposite sex" ("old lady" in the slang of much of England)5. die6. or soul

• Artist:Carla Bruni
• Album:Little French Songs (2013)