Léo Ferré — Le temps du tango song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Le temps du tango" by Léo Ferré.

Lyrics

Moi je suis du temps du tango
OÃ¹ mÃªm' les durs Ã(c)taient dingos
De cett' fleur du guinche exotique
Ils y paumaient leur Ã(c)nergie
Car abuser d’la nostalgie
C’est comm' l’opium, Ã§ a intoxique
Costume clair et chemis' blanche
Dans le sous-sol du Mikado
J’en ai passÃ© des beaux dimanches
Des bell’s venaient en avalanche
Et vous offraient comme un cadeau
Rondeurs du sein et de la hanche
Pour qu’on leur fass' danser l’tango
Ces mÃ´m's-lÃ, faut pas vous tromper
C'Ã(c)tait d’la bell' petit' poupÃ(c)e
Mais pas des fill’s, ni des mondaines
Et dam', quand on a travaillÃ© Six jours entiers, on peut s’payer
D’un cÅ"ur lÃ(c)ger, un' fin d’semaine
Si par hasard et sans maniÃ¨res
Le coup d’bÃ(c)guin venait bientÃ´t
Ell’s se donnaient, c'Ã(c)tait sincÃ¨re
Ah, c’que les femmes ont pu me plaire
Et c’que j’ai plu, j'Ã(c)tais si beau
Faudrait pouvoir fair' marche arriÃ¨re
Comme on l’fait pour danser l’tango
Des tangos, y’en avait des tas
Mais moi j’prÃ(c)fÃ(c)rais 'Violetta'
C’est si joli quand on le chante
Surtout quand la boul' de cristal
Balance aux quatre coins du bal
Tout un manÃ¨g' d'Ã(c)toil's filantes
Alors, c'Ã(c)tait plus Valentine
C'Ã(c)tait plus Loulou, ni Margot
Dont je serrais la taille fine
C'Ã(c)tait la rein' de l’Argentine
Et moi j'Ã(c)tais son hidalgo
Oeil de velours et main cÃ¢line
Ah, c’que j’aimais danser l’tango
Mais doucement passent les jours
Adieu, la jeunesse et l’amour
Les petit’s mÃ´mes et les 'Je t’aime'
On laiss' la place et c’est normal
Chacun son tour d’aller au bal
Faut pas qu'Ã§ a soit toujours aux mÃªmes
Le cÅ"ur, Ã§ a se dit, corazÃ³n
En Espagnol dans les tangos
Et dans mon cÅ"ur, ce mot rÃ(c)sonne
Et sur le boul’vard, en automne
En passant prÃ¨s du Mikado
Je n’m’arrÃªt' plus, mais je fredonne
C'Ã(c)tait bath, le temps du tango

Lyrics translation

I'm from tango time
Where even the hard ones were dingos
From this exotic guinche flower
They used to have their energy
Because abusing nostalgia
It's like opium, it's intoxicating
Light suit and white shirt
In the basement of The Mikado
I've had a great time on Sundays.
Bell's were coming in avalanche
And offered you as a gift
Roundness of the breast and hip
So we can dance the tango
These machines, don't get me wrong
It (c)was of the beautiful' little ' poupÃ (c)e
But not fill's, or socialites.
And dam', when we worked six full days, we can pay
From a heart there( c) ger, a weekend
If by chance and without manners
The coup d ' bÃ (C) guin was coming soon
They gave each other, it was sincere
Ah, that women could please me
And it rained, I (C) quiet so beautiful
Should be able to fair ' reverse
As we do to dance tango
Tangos, there were lots of them
But I prefer(c)fÃ (C)rais 'Violetta'
It's so pretty when you sing it
Especially when the Crystal Ox
Balance at the four corners of the ball
All a handful of toilet's filantes
So, it's more Valentine
It was more Loulou, nor Margot
Of which I tightened the thin waist
It was the kidney of Argentina
And I (C) shut up his hidalgo
Velour eye and dog hand
Ah, that I liked to dance tango
But gently pass the days
Farewell, youth and love
The little ones themselves and the 'I love you'
We laiss ' the place and it's normal
Everyone's turn to go to the ball
It's not like it's always the same.
The heart, it is said, heart
In Spanish in tangos
And in my heart, this word R (c)sounds
And on the bull'vard, in autumn
By passing near The Mikado
I don't stop anymore, but I hum
This is (C) tait bath, the time of tango