Le jeune vigile [English translation]

A young guard plainclothes hiring at the department store

He dresses up as Cerberus, walks out of the locker room with a walkie-talkie in his hand

He's a little fragile, the young guard, and from a distance it looks like

That he's calm and serene, that he's afraid of nothing, it's not true.

He's ambitious and rightly worried about what his life is going to be like

Sports coach "it would be my favorite" as he says it.

He's a little fragile, the young guard, and from a distance it looks like

That he's calm and serene, that he's afraid of nothing, it's not true.

He sees a deceptively cheerful salesgirl selling bags

He searches the bags, and when he's on patrol, it's so she'll notice him.

He's a little fragile, the young guard, and from a distance it looks like

That he's calm and serene, that he's afraid of nothing, it's not true.

Gracious and gracious the little salesgirl her heart has ravished

He looks at her and spots a pervert in the alley who's also looking at her.

He's a little fragile, the young guard, but from a distance it looks like...

That he's calm and serene, that he's afraid of nothing, it's not true.

He chased away the intruder who runs away like a rabbit, the saleswoman smiles at him...

Princess saved by her gallant knight who blushes...

He's a little fragile, the young guard, and from a distance it looks like...

That he's calm and serene, that he's afraid of nothing, it's not true.

The pervert put his hat back on and didn't even chase him...

The salesgirl on leave, no reason for him to worry, it made him laugh.

His mood is joyful because the little salesgirl he's meeting tonight

There'll be ups and downs, they'll be happy or not, you never know.

There'll be ups and downs, they'll be happy, I don't know, but I want to believe it

• Artist:Bénabar
• Album:Le début de la suite (2018)