Paroles et traduction Serge Reggiani - Mathusalem

Mathusalem

Lorsque Mathusalem
Alla dire "je t′aime"
A la jeune fille
Il... apporta des jonquilles
Elle aimait les jonquilles

Il avait huit cents ans
Elle avait seulement
Six cent trente-quatre ans
Et... ses parents ne furent pas
D'accord surtout Papa...

Il attendit un siècle
Et enfin le vieux type
Un soir cassa sa pipe
Mathusalem aussi sec
Retourna voir sa belle
Avec des asphodèles

Il avait neuf cents ans
Elle maintenant
Sept cent trente-quatre ans
Mais... paraissait sept cent... trente
Et elle avait des... rentes

Elle fit sa timide
Soixante ans encore
Elle était candide
Lui... était fou de son... corps
Il attendit encore

Elle finit vieille fille
Lui toujours joyeux drille
Apportait des jonquilles
A neuf cent soixante-neuf billes
Mathusalem enfin
Approcha de sa fin...

Parce qu′après tant de jours
Il mourut d'amour
Alors toi tu penses
Que moi j'aurai sa pa... tience
Moi j′aurai sa patience
Moi j′aurai sa patience
Moi j'aurai sa patience...

Methuselah

When Methuselah
Went to say "I love you"
To the young woman
He... brought daffodils
She liked daffodils

He was eight hundred years old
She was only
Six hundred and thirty-four years old
And... her parents were not
In agreement, especially Papa...

He waited a century
And finally the old guy
Kicked the bucket one night
Methuselah immediately
Went back to see his beauty
With asphodels

He was nine hundred years old
She now
Seven hundred and thirty-four years old
But... looked seven hundred... thirty
And she had... annuities

She played coy
For another sixty years
She was innocent
He... was crazy about her... body
He waited again

She ended up an old maid
He, always the merry prankster
Brought daffodils
At nine hundred and sixty-nine marbles
Methuselah finally
Approached his end...

Because after so many days
He died of love
So you think
That I will have his pa... tience
I will have his patience
I will have his patience
I will have his patience...