L'hôtel particulier Lyrics in English Serge Gainsbourg
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song L'hôtel particulier by Serge Gainsbourg from French to English.
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Au cinquante-six, sept, huit, peu importe
At fifty-six, seven, eight, no matter
De la rue x, si vous frappez à la porte
From street x, if you knock on the door
D'abord un coup, puis trois autres, on vous laisse entrer
First one shot, then three more, we'll let you in
Seul et parfois même accompagné
Alone and sometimes even accompanied
Une servante, sans vous dire un mot, vous précède
A maid, without saying a word, precedes you
Des escaliers, des couloirs sans fin se succèdent
Stairs, endless corridors follow one another
Décorés de bronzes baroques, d'anges dorés
Decorated with baroque bronzes, golden angels
D'aphrodites et de salomés
Aphrodites and salomes
S'il est libre, dites que vous voulez le quarante-quatre
If it is free, say you want the forty-four
C'est la chambre qu'ils appellent ici de cléopâtre
This is the room they call here cleopatra
Dont les colonnes du lit de style rococo
Whose columns of the bed rococo style
Sont des nègres portant des flambeaux
Are carrying torches
Entre ces esclaves nus taillés dans l'ébène
Between these naked slaves carved from ebony
Qui seront les témoins muets de cette scène
Who will be the silent witnesses of this scene
Tandis que là-haut un miroir nous réfléchit
While up there a mirror reflects us
Lentement j'enlace melody
Slowly I embrace melody
Melody
Melody
Melody
Melody
English translation 'the private mansion'
English translation 'the private mansion'
At number fifty-six, seven, eight, it doesn't matter
At number fifty-six, seven, eight, it doesn't matter
On x street, if you knock on the door
On x street, if you knock on the door
First one time, then three more, they let you in
First one time, then three more, they let you in
Alone and sometimes even with a friend
Alone and sometimes even with a friend
A servant, without a word, before you went his way
A servant, without a word, before you went his way
Long endless passages, spiral stairways
Long endless passages, spiral stairways
Decorated with baroque bronzes, golden angels
Decorated with baroque bronzes, golden angels
Aphrodites and salomés
Aphrodites and salomes
If it's free, say you want number fourty-four
If it's free, say you want number fourty-four
It's the room they call 'the cleopatra'
It's the room they call 'the cleopatra'
Around the four-posted rococo-style bed
Around the four-posted rococo-style bed
Stand black statues holding torches
Stand black statues holding torches
Between these naked slaves, carved from ebony
Between these naked slaves, carved from ebony
Who are the silent witnesses of this scene
Who are the silent witnesses of this scene
While up on the ceiling, a mirror reflects us
While up on the ceiling, a mirror reflects us
Slowly, i embraced melody
Slowly, i embraced melody
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Serge Gainsbourg
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