Paroles et traduction Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B. (Live, Casino de Paris / 1985)

Initials B.B. (Live, Casino de Paris / 1985)

Une nuit que j'étais
À me morfondre
Dans quelque pub anglais
Du cœur de Londres
Parcourant l'Amour Monstre de Pauwels
Me vint une vision
Dans l'eau de Seltz
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
Tandis que des médailles
D'impérator
Font briller à sa taille
Le bronze et l'or
Le platine lui grave
D'un cercle froid
La marque des esclaves
À chaque doigt
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
Jusque en haut des cuisses
Elle est bottée
Et c'est comme un calice
À sa beauté
Elle ne porte rien
D'autre qu'un peu
D'essence de Guerlain
Dans les cheveux
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
À chaque mouvement
On entendait
Les clochettes d'argent
De ses poignets
Agitant ses grelots
Elle avança
Et prononça ce mot
Alméria
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)

Initials B.B. (Live, Casino de Paris / 1985)

One night I was
Brooding alone
In an English pub
In the heart of London
Leafing through Pauwels' Monster of Love
When I had a vision
In the sparkling water
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
As medals
Of an emperor
Glimmered around her waist
In bronze and gold
Platinum engraved
With a cold ring
The mark of slavery
On every finger
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
Up to her thighs
She was booted
And it was like a chalice
To her beauty
She wore nothing
But a touch
Of Guerlain perfume
In her hair
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
With every move
One could hear
The silver bells
On her wrists
Jingling
She moved forward
And uttered the word
Almeria
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)
(The initials, the initials, the initials B.B)