Riche

Claudio Capéo

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Album:

Claudio Capéo (2016)

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Englisch

Riche

Rich

There'll be days with and days without

Friends who return their jacket in no time

Days of pain that bind us and the torments

Miserable love affairs 1

At the age when one disowns their dad, you'll disown me

And I won't make manners, nor cinema

You'll tell me shit 2, slaps will be lost, that's how it is

I'll do the same

Perhaps you won't be the best, my son

But, me however, I'll be proud

What's the point of being rich

When I'm already rich by being a dad

Perhaps you won't be the strongest, my son

But the two of us will be millionaires

Whether I'm rich or poor

You'll be rich having a father

The years will go by quickly, we'll play again

Birthdays, Christmases, et cetera

Like every night your mother will be there

Waiting for you to come home

When I need you, where will you be?

Someplace travelling, on a beach, will you answer?

I'll dream of your face, I won't know anymore

What age you are

Perhaps you won't be the best, my son

But, me however, I'll be proud

What's the point of being rich

When I'm already rich by being a dad

Perhaps you won't be the strongest, my son

But the two of us will be millionaires

Whether I'm rich or poor

You'll be rich having a father

My little emperor, don't become a great man

Just become a grown man

That's enough

Perhaps you won't be the best, my son

But, me however, I'll be proud

What's the point of being rich

When I'm already rich by being a dad

Perhaps you won't be the strongest, my son

But the two of us will be millionaires

Whether I'm rich or poor

You'll be rich having a father

1. "amours chiennes" literally means "bitch loves". We don't really ahve a translation for this in English. It's a love is dysfunctional and that makes you miserable.
2. I'm unsure, but this expression could mean "you'll wish me luck". Sometimes in France, before an exam or an important performance peple will say "Je te dis merde" which literally means "I tell you shit" but it's like saying "break a leg" in English. You say it because the belief is that actually wishing somenody "good luck" will bring about bad luck.
So this line could mean one of two things:
(1) "You tell me shit" as in you tell me nothing of importance, as kids tend to keep their personal lives from their parents.
(2) "You'll wish me good luck" as in saying goodbye and then losing contact.

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SongsEF

28 Apr 2020, 18:21

Hello, in fact when he says "tu me diras merde" he means that they will have rows and that his son is going to insult him and say "merde". It is an interjection a bit like "shit" or "fuck" in english
So I would have translated with "You'll tell me "Shit !" "or something like that

Then when he says "des claques se perdront" he means that he is going to slap him in reaction to his insult, like in a row.

By the way you translated "I'll do the same" but it's rather "I did the same". He means that he had rows with his parents too so he can't completely blame him

All this sentence is about the fact that he knows that he is going to have rows with his son because every children/teens have it with their parents and he had some too with his that's why he knows he can't blame his son for that.

I hope I helped you to understand this sentence
But you are right "dire merde" can mean "to wish good luck" but not in that case.