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| Versione francese di Riccardo Venturi
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| MY CAT | MON CHAT |
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| They found him dead, stretched in the garden, | On l'a trouvé raid' mort dans un jardin, |
| His eyes were red and slightly turned up, | les yeux rouges et la tête renversée, |
| I'd like to know who is the dirty bastard | va savoir qui a été le grand crétin |
| Who took my cat and butchered him. | qui à mon chat le ventre a troué. |
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| He was so nice, so pretty and pleasant, | 'Y était si chouette, si sympa et beau, |
| All black and white, a real beauty! | tout noir et blanc, un vrai bijou, |
| If I catch the bastard who bumped him off | si j'attrape çui qui lui a fait la peau |
| I swear I'm going to kick his ass. | à coups de pied j'lui cass' le cul. |
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| My friends told me, “It was Ninetta, | Mes copains m'ont dit "C'était la Ninon, |
| You know her, she has one crooked leg. | la vieille mégère à la jambe tordue, |
| We saw her in the garden yesterday morning | on l'a vue hier matin dans le jardin |
| Spying your cat with a knife in her hands.” | couver des yeux ton chat armée de couteau". |
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| She's ill-tempered, has an ugly face | Sale caractère, vilain' figure, |
| And a big button nose, a true monster! | un gros nez en patat' qui fait bien peur |
| You get sick when she's going around | quand on la voit errer dans les rues, |
| And all the boys can't really stand her. | tout' la marmaille lui balanc' des horreurs. |
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| Today I've been waiting in Savona street | Je l'ai attendue en Rue de la Carrière |
| Till she was coming home in the afternoon, | à midi, quand elle rentre, la vilaine, |
| I suddenly slipped in behind her back, | je m' suis planté derrière la mégère |
| Gave her a sound thrashing on the straight leg. | et j' lui ai cassé la jamb' qui était encor' saine. |
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| I heard a crack of broken bones, | J'ai entendu craquer ses os cassés, |
| She fell to the ground like a potato sack | ell' est tombée raide comme une masse |
| Crying aloud, “Help me my God!”, | en criant "au secours" comme une possédée, |
| Then I got scared and sneaked off. | j'ai eu peur, 'y a fallu q' je me casse. |
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| Tonight I'm going to sleep in the youth jail | Ce soir on va me foutre en Basse-Ville |
| In Filangieri square number two, | Planche Inférieur', numéro dix-huit, |
| They called me a hooligan, a true devil, | on m'a appelé loubard et blouson noir, |
| Still, I'm persuaded I am in the right. | mais je vous dis, je ne m'suis pas repenti. |
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| What should I say to you, good people? | Braves gens, bien, j' suis un voyou, |
| About Ninetta, I really don't give a damn. | et de la Ninon, moi je m'en fous, |
| Justice and laws make me wrong, | c'est la justice qui m'a fait un tort, |
| Ninetta's alive, but my cat is dead ! | Ninon est en vie, mon chat est mort, |
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| Justice and laws make me wrong, | c'est la justice qui m'a fait un tort, |
| Ninetta's alive, but my cat is dead ! | Ninon est en vie, mon chat est mort. |
