Текст и перевод песни Georges Brassens - L'amandier

L'amandier

J′avais le plus bel amandier du quartier
J'avais le plus bel amandier du quartier
Et, pour la bouche gourmande
Des filles du monde entier
J′faisais pousser des amandes
Le beau, le joli métier

Un écureuil en jupon dans un bond
Un écureuil en jupon dans un bond
Vint me dire "je suis gourmande"
Et mes lèvres sentent bon
Et, si tu me donnes une amande
J'te donne un baiser fripon

Grimpe aussi haut que tu veux, que tu peux
Grimpe aussi haut que tu veux, que tu peux
Et tu croques, et tu picores
Puis tu grignotes, et puis tu
Redescends plus vite encore
Me donner le baiser dû

Quand la belle eut tout rongé, tout mangé
Quand la belle eut tout rongé, tout mangé
Je te paierai, me dit-elle
À pleine bouche quand les
Nigauds seront pourvus d'ailes
Et que tu sauras voler

Monte m′embrasser si tu veux, si tu peux
Monte m′embrasser si tu veux, si tu peux
Mais dis-toi que, si tu tombes
J'n′aurais pas la larme à l'œil
Dis-toi que, si tu succombes
Je n′porterai pas le deuil

Les avait, bien entendu toutes mordues
Les avait, bien entendu toutes mordues
Toutes grignotées, mes amandes
Ma récolte était perdue
Mais sa jolie bouche gourmande
En baisers m'a tout rendu

Et la fête dura tant que le beau temps
Et la fête dura tant que le beau temps
Mais vint l′automne, et la foudre
Et la pluie, et les autans
Ont changé mon arbre en poudre
Et mon amour en même temps

The Almond Tree

I had the most beautiful almond tree in the neighborhood
I had the most beautiful almond tree in the neighborhood
And, for the greedy mouth
Of the girls of the whole world
I grew almonds
The beautiful, the pretty profession

A squirrel in a petticoat in a leap
A squirrel in a petticoat in a leap
Came to tell me "I am greedy"
And my lips smell good
And, if you give me an almond
I'll give you a naughty kiss

Climb as high as you want, as high as you can
Climb as high as you want, as high as you can
And you'll crunch, and you'll peck
Then you'll nibble, and then you'll
Come down faster still
To give me the kiss due

When the beautiful woman had gnawed and eaten everything
When the beautiful woman had gnawed and eaten everything
I'll pay you, she told me,
With a full mouth when
Fools will be provided with wings
And when you know how to fly

Come up and kiss me if you want, if you can
Come up and kiss me if you want, if you can
But tell yourself that, if you fall
I won't have a tear in my eye
Tell yourself that, if you succumb
I won't wear mourning clothes

She had bitten them all, of course
She had bitten them all, of course
She had nibbled them all, my almonds
My harvest was lost
But her pretty greedy mouth
Returned everything to me in kisses

And the party lasted as long as the good weather
And the party lasted as long as the good weather
But came the autumn, and the lightning
And the rain, and the south wind
Have turned my tree into dust
And my love at the same time