Текст и перевод песни Edith Piaf - Elle Frequentait la Rue Pigall

Elle Frequentait la Rue Pigall

Elle fréquentait la rue Pigalle
1.
Ell' fréquentait la rue Pigalle,
Ell' sentait l'vice à bon marché,
Elle était tout' noir' de péchés
Avec un pauvr' visag' tout pâle.
Pourtant y'avait dans l'fond d'ses yeux
Comm' quequ' chos' de miraculeux
Qui semblait mettre un peu d'ciel bleu
Dans celui tout sal' de Pigalle.
2.
Il lui avait dit: "Vous êt's belle."
Et d'habitud' dans c'quartier là
On dit jamais les chos's comm'çà
Aux fill's qui font l'mêm' métier qu'elle;
Et comme ell' voulait s'confesser
Il la couvrait tout'de baisers
En lui disant: "Laiss' ton passé,
Moi j'vois qu'un' chos', c'est qu'tu es belle."
3.
Y'a des imag's qui vous tracassent;
Et quand ell' sortait avec lui
Depuis Barbés jusqu'à Clichy
Son passé lui f'sait la grimace.
Et sur les trottoirs pleins d'souv'nirs
Ell' voyait son amour s'flétrir,
Alors ell' lui d'manda d'partir
Et il l'emm'na vers Montparnasse.
4.
Ell' croyait r'commencer sa vie,
Mais c'est lui qui s'mit à changer,
Il la r'gardait tout étonné
Disant: "J'te croyais plus jolie,
Ici le jour t'éclair' de trop,
On voit tes vic's à fleur de peau,
Vaudrait p't'êtr' mieux qu'tu r'tourn' là-haut
Et qu'on reprenn' chacun sa vie.
5.
Elle est r'tourné' dans son Pigalle,
Y'a plus personn' pour la r'pêcher,
Elle a r'trouvé tous ses péchés,
Ses coins d'ombre et ses trottoirs sales.
Mais quand ell' voit des amoureux
Qui r'mont'nt la rue d'un air joyeux,
Y'a des larm's dans ses grands yeux bleus
Qui coul'nt le long d'ses jou's tout's pâles.

She Used to Frequent the Rue Pigalle

She used to frequent the Rue Pigalle
1.
She frequented the Rue Pigalle,
She reeked of vice at a good price,
She was covered in sin,
With a poor pale face.
Yet there was something in the depths of her eyes,
Like something miraculous,
Which seemed to put a bit of blue sky
In the dirty Rue Pigalle.
2.
He had told her: "You are beautiful."
And usually in that neighborhood,
People don't usually say such things
To the girls who do the same work as her;
And when she wanted to confess,
He covered her with kisses,
Telling her: "Forget your past,
All I see is that you are beautiful."
3.
There are images that haunt you;
And when she went out with him,
From Barbès to Clichy,
Her past was grimacing at her.
And on the sidewalks full of memories,
She saw her love withered,
So she asked him to leave,
And he took her to Montparnasse.
4.
She thought she was starting her life over,
But it was he who began to change,
He looked at her in astonishment,
Saying: "I thought you were prettier,
The daylight here is too bright for you,
Your vices are showing,
Maybe it would be better if you went back up there
And we each went our separate ways.
5.
She returned to her Pigalle,
There's no one left to save her,
She has found all her sins again,
Her shady corners and dirty sidewalks.
But when she sees lovers
Walking up the street, looking happy,
There are tears in her big blue eyes,
Which run down her pale cheeks.