Les Râteaux [English translation]

We have all been rejected

It tans playboy's leather

It can hurt a lot, do you know?

How vulnerable a womanizer is !!

It's very dirty, self-love1

Especially when the lion runs away

Chased by an antelope

Who suddenly beheads him

There's the heroic rake 2

Collected in public

The rake that dots the i's

You're obnoxious now, give it a rest !

Alzheimer's rake

She is the same girl as earlier

The Medusa's rake 3

For the pun, I apologize

There is the overwhelming rake

You really loved this girl

And the unnecessary rake

You didn't really like her anyway

The rake that costs an arm and a leg

Because your ring, she doesn't care about

If she slaps you, congrats !!

It's the cherry on top of the rake

To the young wolf who gives up

The old man explains with wisdom

For twenty Englishwomen who reject you

There is one that will say Yes

In a nightclub, it becomes extreme

When you get them without a break

Everyone is a witness

You're up to anything, you're starving to death

And shame, it does nothing to you anymore !!

There is the rake that shows off

When the girl is a star

The anti big-head rake

Because you are the star

The coming out rake

That's a rake just like the others

The one we want to forget

Often, that's the first

There's the romantic rake

Who ruminates on it in tune

The rake of the bad guys

With the friends' wife

And rake of error

Because in fact it was his sister

The repeating rake

When she says no, it's no !!

Do they have to, in front of their girlfriends

Of their vitriol-like disdain

Tear the heart out of our chest

Before driving over it in a car

While a benevolent smile

Would say kindly

That we shouldn't waste our time

That we are nice, but beat it.

Back off right now !!

There's the husband's rake

It's my wife, thank you very much.

The hedgehog rake

It stings but it's so cute

Georges Clooney's rake

If it existed, it would be known

As for the last rake

Don't worry, it's not anytime soon

The Gentleman's rake

Always polite with the ladies

The condescending rake

What the ?! Who does she think she is?

The one that could have avoided

Just had not to speak to her

And the rake that inspires you

Worst case, you'll make a song of it !

1. Play on word as in French "self" in self-love sounds like "clean" 2. In French "Taking a rake" ("prendre un râteau") is a metaphor for being rejected by a prospective lover, in an image like this : https://giphy.com/gifs/danny-steps-rake-94Zx59gnQtWh2 As I don't know any equivalent in English I'll keep using "rake" 3. Another play on word based on the sound similarity between "Râteau" and "Radeau" : Raft, pun on this painting : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raft_of_the_Medusa

• Artist:Bénabar
• Album:Les Bénéfices du Doute