JAVA DE CEZIGUE Lyrics in English Édith Piaf
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song JAVA DE CEZIGUE by Édith Piaf from French to English.
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Cézigue est un p'tit bonhomme
Cézigue is a little guy
Rose et joufflu comme un' pomme
Pink and chubby like an apple
Qui joue d'l'accordéon
Who plays the accordion
L' soir chez un bougnat de la rue d'Charenton
In the evening at a bougnat on rue d’Charenton
Faut l'voir avec sa casquette
You have to see him with his cap
Mise à la casseur d'assiettes
Plate breaking
Et son p'tit bout d'mégot
And his little butt
Qui l'fait sans arrêt clignoter des carreaux
Who keeps the tiles flashing
Moi, d'habitude, la musique
Me, usually, music
C'est rigolo, ça me donne envie d'roupiller
It's funny, it makes me want to sleep
Ça me rend neurasthénique
It makes me neurasthenic
Et j'me sens pas du tout pour gambiller
And I don't feel like fooling around at all
oui, mais quand c'est l'p'tit Cézigue
yes, but when it’s little Cézigue
En bras d'chemise qui fait l'zigue
In shirt arms that zigzag
Il tir' des sons d'son accordéon
He draws sounds from his accordion
Qui fich'nt le frisson
Who doesn't give a thrill
On vous corn' dans les oreilles
We're horning you in the ears
Qu'les javas sont tout's pareilles
That javas are all the same
Et ben ceux qui dis'nt ça
Well those who say that
C'est qu'ils connaiss'nt pas
It’s because they don’t know
Cézigue et sa java
Cézigue and his java
Quand l'Cézigue a fait un' touche
When Cézigue made a hit
La môm' n'attrap' pas les mouches
Mom doesn't catch flies
Et la carrée d'l'hôtel
And the square of the hotel
Devient tout à coup la succursal'du ciel
Suddenly becomes the branch of heaven
Et puis après, le béguin s'tasse
And then afterward, the crush dies down
Pour un mot qui n'est pas en place
For a word that is out of place
C'est fini d'rigoler
It's over laughing
Cézigue se déguise en machine à boss'ler
Cézigue disguises himself as a boss'ler machine
Quand un monsieur ordinaire
When an ordinary gentleman
Corrige un' dam' parc' qu'il a les nerfs agacés
Correct a lady because his nerves are on edge
Ça chang' de plac' la poussière
It changed the place of the dust
Mais cinq minut's après, tout est classé
But five minutes later, everything is classified
REFRAIN
CHORUS
oui, mais quand c'est qu'c'est Cézigue
yes, but when it’s Cézigue
En bras d'chemis' qui fait l'zigue
In arms of 'chemis' that zigzags
Y fout des gnons
There's no problem
Quell' distribution
What' distribution
Ca fich' le frisson
It ruins the thrill
On vous corn' dans les oreilles
We're horning you in the ears
Qu' les javas sont tout's pareilles
That javas are all the same
ben ceux qui dis'nt ça
well those who say that
C'est qui connaiss'nt pas
It's who doesn't know
Cézique et sa java
Cézique and his java
Vous pensez bien que Cézigue
You think that Cézigue
Ne sort pas d'un' caiss' de fiques
Don't come out of a box of fiction
Comme on l' demande partout
As we ask everywhere
Qui fass' n'importe quoi,c'est jamais pour des clous
Who does anything, it's never for nails
Y pourrait comm' tout comme les potes
You could just like your friends
R'paumer ça à la belote
Restoring that with belote
Ou bien sur le toquard
Or on the loser
Qui fait à la p'lous' le grand coup d'Trafalgar
Who makes the big Trafalgar coup
Non il en met à la planque
No, he puts some in the hideout
Sans avoir sa Bugatti comme un gigolo
Without having his Bugatti like a gigolo
Il a un compte à la banque
He has a bank account
Et un' bath petit' crèche au bord de l'eau
And a little nursery at the water's edge
REFRAIN
CHORUS
Aussi, quand on voit Cézigue
Also, when we see Cézigue
En bras d'chemis' qui fait l'zigue
In arms of 'chemis' that zigzags
Sans attiger
Without attracting
Mêm' les étrangers
Even strangers
Dis'nt 'Y sait nager'
Say 'He can swim'
On vous corn' dans les oreilles
We're horning you in the ears
Qu' la vie n'est pas un' merveille
That life is not a wonder
ben ceux qui dis'nt ça
well those who say that
C'est qui connaiss'nt pas
It's who doesn't know
Cézigue et sa java
Cézigue and his java
Comm' tous les soirs au musette
Comm' every evening at the musette
Y rappliqu' des gens très chouettes
There are very nice people there
L'député du quartier
The district deputy
Y vient d'temps en temps pour siffler un d'mis'tier
He comes from time to time to whistle a mis'tier
Au ministre, sans intrigue
To the minister, without intrigue
Il a d'mandé, pour Cézigue
He asked for Cézigue
Au nom d'tous les danseurs
In the name of all dancers
Simplement, l'ruban de la Légion d'honneur
Simply, the ribbon of the Legion of Honor
Mais Cézigue est un modeste
But Cézigue is a modest
Et comme il trouv'qu'un ruban ça n'a l'air de rien
And since he finds that a ribbon doesn't seem like anything
On y a collé, quel beau geste
We stuck to it, what a nice gesture
La médaill' de l'encourag'ment au bien
The medal for encouraging good
REFRAIN
CHORUS
Alors, fallait voir Cézigue
So, you had to see Cézigue
Devant l'miniss', fair' le zigue
In front of the miniss', do the zig
Les officiels
The officials
L'vaient les bras au ciel
They raised their arms to the sky
C'qui fait, c'est réel
That's it, it's real
Qu'à l'Elysée, n'vous déplaise
That at the Elysée, don't mind
En plac' de la Marseillaise
In place of the Marseillaise
Dans les soiré's d'gala
In gala evenings
Tout l'monde entendra
Everyone will hear
Cézigue et sa java
Cézigue and his java
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