**Translation:** “I'll just call you Maria.”

- **J'vais**: contraction of “je vais,” meaning “I am going to” or simply “I'll.” Very common spoken-French shortening.
- **m'contenter de**: from “me contenter de,” literally “to content myself with,” i.e., “to settle for / be satisfied with.”
- **t'appeler**: “to call you.” “t'” is the clitic pronoun “te” (“you”) attached to the infinitive *appeler* (“to call, to name”).
- **Maria**: the first name “Maria.”

In context, the singer says he’ll be satisfied with calling the woman “Maria,” suggesting either playful familiarity or that he doesn’t yet know (or chooses to ignore) her full name but still wants a way to address her affectionately.

ZHVAY m'KOHN-TAHN-TAY duh tah-PLAY mah-REE-ah

SPEAK LYRICS