by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
La belle jeunesse
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG GER
Il fut s'aimer toujours
Et ne s'épouser guère.
Il faut faire l'amour
Sans curé ni notaire.
Cessez, messieurs, d'être épouseurs,
Ne visez qu'aux tirelires,
Ne visez qu'aux tourelours,
Cessez, messieurs, d'être épouseurs,
Ne visez qu'aux cœurs
Cessez, messieurs, d'être épouseurs,
Holà messieurs, ne visez plus qu'aux cœurs.
Pourquoi se marier,
Quand la femme des autres
Ne se font pas prier
Pour devenir les nôtres.
Quand leurs ardeurs,
Quand leurs faveurs,
Cherchent nos tirelires,
Cherchent nos tourelours,
Cherchent nos cœurs.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Goldene Jugend", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Simon Chalifoux) , "The pretty young woman", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sonja Lohmiller) , "Die schöne Jugend", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 79
The pretty young woman
Language: English  after the French (Français)
We only need to love each other
and never marry.
We must make love
without priest or notary.
Stop, sirs, don't marry!
Aim only for the cash;
Aim only for the pleasure.
Stop, sirs, don't marry,
Aim only for the hearts.
Why should we marry,
If we don't need to beg
The wives of other man
To become ours.
When their passions,
When their favors,
Look for our money,
Look for our pleasures,
Look for our hearts.
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-26
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Word count: 77