Paroles et traduction Les Rita Mitsouko - La belle vie

La belle vie

Les enfants en rêve
Se voient grande personne
Une grande personne
Truculente et vive
Pour dire en pleine forme
Vacant à ses affaires
De bon moral
Quelqu′un d'émérite
De belle dimension
Riant plus fort
Que eux les enfants
Sautant plus haut
Parce qu′on est grand.

Les espoirs des enfants
Se ratatinent
Leurs rêves se rembobinent
Lorsque les grands
En soupirant
En ricannant
Leur confient d'un air
Un peu vicieux,
Hochant lourdement la tête:

"Le bon temps c'était avant...
Eh ben oui! Tant pis!
Entends-tu eh! Petit?
Ah le bon temps.
C′était avant, j′étais enfant...
Quand on grand, c'est chiant!
Tout est bête et méchant!
C′est ennuyeux d'être vieux!
Amuse-toi bien, petit!
Profite, profite,
Consomme-toi
Car tu la vis là
Ta belle vie.
Après çà, c′est fini!
Tu vis tes années belles!"

Alors les enfants dépités
Vieux petits bien avant l'âge

Entrouvent un oeil terni
Sur l′avenir
Se regardant grandir
Et regrettent déjà certains matins
Ce bon vieux temps présent
Des éblouissements

The Good Life

Children dream
Of being grown-ups
Grown-ups
Lively and full of life
To say in top form
Busy with their affairs
In good spirits
Someone of merit
Of great stature
Laughing louder
Than they did as children
Jumping higher
Because we are grown-ups.

The hopes of children
Wither away
Their dreams rewind
When the grown-ups
Sighing
Scoffing
Confide in them with an air
A little vicious,
Shaking their heads heavily:

"The good old days were before...
Well yes! Too bad!
Do you hear that, little one?
Oh the good old days.
They were before, when I was a child...
When you grow up, it's boring!
Everything is stupid and mean!
It's boring to be old!
Have fun, little one!
Enjoy, enjoy,
Consume yourself
Because you live it there
Your beautiful life.
After that, it's over!
You live your beautiful years!"

Then the children, discouraged
Old little ones long before their age

Half open a dull eye
On the future
Watching themselves grow up
And already regretting some mornings
This good old present time
Of dazzling