Lyrics and translation Jean Bertola - La nymphomane

La nymphomane

Mânes de mes aïeux, protégez-moi, bons mânes
Les joies charnell′s me perdent
La femme de ma vie, hélas est nymphomane
Les joies charnell's m′emmerdent
Les joies charnell's m'emmerdent
Sous couleur de me donner une descendance
Les joies charnell′s me perdent
Dans l′alcôve ell' me fait passer mon existence
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent
J′ai beau demander grâce, invoquer la migraine
Les joies charnell's me perdent
Sur l'autel conjugal, implacable, ell′ me traîne
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent
Et je courbe l′échine en déplorant, morose
Les joies charnell's me perdent
Qu′on trouv' plus les enfants dans les choux, dans les roses
Les joies charnell's m′emmerdent
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent
Et je croque la pomme, après quoi, je dis pouce
Les joies charnell′s me perdent
Quand la pomme est croquée, de plus belle ell' repousse
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent
Métamorphose inouïe, métempsycose infâme
Les joies charnell's me perdent
C′est le tonneau des Danaïd′s changé en femme
Les joies charnell's m′emmerdent
Les joies charnell's m′emmerdent
J'en arrive à souhaiter qu′elle se dévergonde
Les joies charnell's me perdent
Qu'elle prenne un amant ou deux qui me secondent
Les joies charnell′s m′emmerdent
Les joies charnell's m′emmerdent
Or, malheureusement, la bougresse est fidèle
Les joies charnell's me perdent
Pénélope est une roulure à côté d′elle
Les joies charnell's m′emmerdent
Les joies charnell's m'emmerdent
Certains à coups de dents creusent leur sépulture
Les joies charnell′s me perdent
Moi j′use d'un outil de tout autre nature
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent
Après que vous m′aurez emballé dans la bière
Les joies charnell's me perdent
Prenez la précaution de bien sceller la pierre
Les joies charnell's m′emmerdent
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent
Car, même mort, je devrais céder à ses rites
Les joies charnell′s me perdent
Et mes os n'auraient pas le repos qu′ils méritent
Les joies charnell's m′emmerdent
Les joies charnell's m'emmerdent
Qu′on m′incinère plutôt, ell' n′os'ra pas descendre
Les joies charnell′s me perdent
Sacrifier à Vénus, avec ma pauvre cendre
Les joies charnell's m′emmerdent
Les joies charnell's m'emmerdent
Mânes de mes aïeux, protégez-moi, bons mânes
Les joies charnell′s me perdent
La femme de ma vie, hélas, est nymphomane
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent
Les joies charnell′s m'emmerdent

The Nymphomaniac

Shades of my ancestors, protect me, good spirits,
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
The woman of my life, alas, is a nymphomaniac,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
Under the guise of giving me descendants,
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
In the bedroom, she makes me spend my entire existence,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
I beg for mercy, invoke a migraine,
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
To the conjugal altar, relentless, she drags me,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
And I bend my back, lamenting, morose,
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
That children are no longer found in cabbages, in roses,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
And I bite the apple, after which I say "enough",
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
When the apple is bitten, it grows back even stronger,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
An incredible metamorphosis, an infamous metempsychosis,
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
It's the barrel of the Danaïdes turned into a woman,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
I even wish she would become shameless,
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
That she would take a lover or two to help me,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
But, unfortunately, the hussy is faithful,
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
Penelope is a floozy compared to her,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
Some dig their own graves with their teeth,
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
I use a tool of a completely different nature,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
After you have wrapped me in the shroud,
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
Take the precaution of sealing the stone well,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
For, even dead, I would have to yield to her rites,
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
And my bones would not have the rest they deserve,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
Cremate me instead, she won't dare to descend
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
To sacrifice to Venus, with my poor ashes,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
Shades of my ancestors, protect me, good spirits,
The pleasures of the flesh are my undoing.
The woman of my life, alas, is a nymphomaniac,
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.
The pleasures of the flesh are driving me crazy.