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quatre heures du matin</td> <td>His voice at the answering machine round four AM</td></tr> <tr><td>Qui me dit: "Mon p'tit cœur, je vous embrasse, tout va bien"</td> <td>Tells me: "My sweetheart, lots of kisses, everything's fine"</td></tr> <tr><td>Je l'attends un peu comme le voleur attend son heure</td> <td>I'm waiting for him, a bit like a thief waiting for the good hour</td></tr> <tr><td>J'ai l'idée que cet homme est un chat ou un charmeur</td> <td>I have the idea that this man is a sweetie or a charmer</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Il me donne rendez-vous, souvent il me dit vous</td> <td>He makes a date with me, often he tells me politely</td></tr> <tr><td>"Vous permettez, mam'zelle"</td> <td>"If you will permit me, miss"</td></tr> <tr><td>"De pendre à votre cou un baiser, un bijou"</td> <td>"To put a kiss, a jewel on your neck"</td></tr> <tr><td>"Quelque chose d'éternel"</td> <td>"Something eternal"</td></tr> <tr><td>Il me donne rendez-vous, alors je vous l'avoue</td> <td>He makes a date with me, then I admit</td></tr> <tr><td>J'me sens pousser des ailes</td> <td>That I feel wings growing on me</td></tr> <tr><td>Et l'Bon Dieu est jaloux de cet ange un peu fou</td> <td>And the Good Lord is jealous of this angel who is a bit crazy</td></tr> <tr><td>Qui me fait croire au ciel</td> <td>It makes me believe in heaven</td></tr> <tr><td>Il me donne rendez-vous comme il donnerait sa vie</td> <td>He makes a date with me as if he would give his life</td></tr> <tr><td>Je n'avais jamais dit vous à personne avant lui</td> <td>Before him, I've always been on first-name terms</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>C'est un billet d'avion directions les Îles Marquises</td> <td>It's an airline ticket bound for the Marquesas Islands</td></tr> <tr><td>Parce que j'avais dit non à New York et à Venise</td> <td>Because I've said no to New York and Venice</td></tr> <tr><td>C'est une grande limousine garée en bas d'l'ascenseur</td> <td>It's a big limousine parked at the bottom of the elevator</td></tr> <tr><td>Il est capable en prime de s'déguiser en chauffeur</td> <td>He's also capable to desguise himself as a chauffeur</td></tr> <tr><td>Il est un peu dandy, un peu voyou, un peu dingue</td> <td>He's a bit dandy, a bit hooligan, a bit crazy</td></tr> <tr><td>Et moi, j'suis, comme on dit, la chanteuse de son bastringue</td> <td>But I am, as they say, the singer of his dance band</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Il me donne rendez-vous, souvent il me dit vous</td> <td>He makes a date with me, often he tells me politely</td></tr> <tr><td>"Vous permettez, mam'zelle"</td> <td>"If you will permit me, miss"</td></tr> <tr><td>"De pendre à votre cou un baiser, un bijou"</td> <td>"To put a kiss, a jewel on your neck"</td></tr> <tr><td>"Quelque chose d'éternel"</td> <td>"Something eternal"</td></tr> <tr><td>Il me donne rendez-vous, alors je vous l'avoue</td> <td>He makes a date with me, then I admit</td></tr> <tr><td>J'me sens pousser des ailes</td> <td>That I feel wings growing on me</td></tr> <tr><td>Et l'Bon Dieu est jaloux de cet ange un peu fou</td> <td>And the Good Lord is jealous of this angel who is a bit crazy</td></tr> <tr><td>Qui me fait croire au ciel</td> <td>It makes me believe in heaven</td></tr> <tr><td>Il me donne rendez-vous comme il donnerait sa vie</td> <td>He makes a date with me as if he would give his life</td></tr> <tr><td>Je n'avais jamais dit vous à personne avant lui</td> <td>Before him, I've always been on first-name terms</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Il me donne rendez-vous, souvent il me dit vous</td> <td>He makes a date with me, often he tells me politely</td></tr> <tr><td>"Vous permettez, mam'zelle"</td> <td>"If you will permit me, miss"</td></tr> <tr><td>"De pendre à votre cou un baiser, un bijou"</td> <td>"To put a kiss, a jewel on your neck"</td></tr> <tr><td>"Quelque chose d'éternel"</td> <td>"Something eternal"</td></tr> <tr><td>Il me donne rendez-vous, alors je vous l'avoue</td> <td>He makes a date with me, then I admit</td></tr> <tr><td>J'me sens pousser des ailes</td> <td>That I feel wings growing on me</td></tr> <tr><td>Et l'Bon Dieu est jaloux de cet ange un peu fou</td> <td>And the Good Lord is jealous of this angel who is a bit crazy</td></tr> <tr><td>Qui me fait croire au ciel</td> <td>It makes me believe in heaven</td></tr> <tr><td>Qui me fait croire au ciel</td> <td>It makes me believe in heaven</td></tr> <tr><td>Qui me fait croire au ciel</td> <td>It makes me believe in heaven</td></tr> </table> </center> <br /> <div class='notes'> <p>Translation by Anthony Florent.</p> <ul> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquesas_Islands" title="Look for Marquesas Islands on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Marquesas Islands</a></span> - a group of islands in French Polynesia.</li></ul> </div> </div> <table id='footer' style='width: 100%; border-top: dotted 1px #000000;'> <tr><td 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