Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Chanson Pour Marilyn by Claude Nougaro from French to English.
Marilyn, Marilyn
Marilyn, Marilyn
Quel est le film, le scénario
What is the movie, the script
Qu'il te faut tourner de nouveau
That you need to shoot again
Et dans quel néant s'illumine
And in what emptiness does
Le néon de ton nom, Marilyn
The neon of your name light up, Marilyn
Avais-tu donc le cœur si las
Did you have such a tired heart
Que tu préfères l'au-delà
That you prefer the afterlife
À l'eau si bleue de la piscine
To the water so blue of the pool
Ô Marilyn, Marilyn
Oh Marilyn, Marilyn
Le talent payé à prix d'or
Talent paid in gold
La beauté en technicolor
Beauty in technicolor
Et le soleil californien
And the Californian sun
Non, tout cela ne sert à rien
No, all of this is useless
Quand on voit l'envers du décor
When we see behind the scenes
ca tourne mal, ca tourne court
It goes wrong, it ends quickly
Nos reves, nos joies, nos amours
Our dreams, our joys, our loves
L'espoir comme un vieux magazine
Hope like an old magazine
A glissé de tes doigts, Marilyn
Slipped from your fingers, Marilyn
Nos vies ne sont qu'un bout d'essai
Our lives are just a trial
Pour qui, pourquoi, Dieu seul le sait
For whom, why, only God knows
Toi qui connait la fin du film
You who knows the end of the movie
Dis Marilyn, est-ce un baiser
Tell me Marilyn, is it a kiss
Dis Marilyn, est-ce un baiser
Tell me Marilyn, is it a kiss
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