Notes pour trop tard (réécriture) x Le Malamour

Barbara Pravi

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French

Translation

English

Notes pour trop tard (réécriture) x Le Malamour

J’avais ton âge y a encore quelques pages

Le passage à l’âge adulte est grisant dans le virage

Devenir une femme y a pas de stage, pas de rattrapage

Je sais que tu l’as pas décidé, mais tu le portes cet héritage

Alors apprends à faire avec, rien n’est acquis vraiment

Mais n’oublie pas d’être une femme avant d’être une maman

Pense à ton arrière grand-mère qui pouvait pas décider, même pas divorcer, à peine respirer

Fais pas l’enfant gâté, rien n’est jamais gagné

Écoute, j’ai pris quelques notes

Petite, t’as le sentiment d’être différente, tu marches pas dans les clous, c’est peut-être toi qui a raison et les autres qui sont fous

Après tout qui crée les codes et les tabous?

Qui a dit que ceux qui rentraient pas dans le cadre deviendraient rien du tout

Souvent les futures génies sont mauvaises à l’école et souvent c’est les plus timides qui deviennent des idoles

Alors en classe, si le professeur te casse, te dit que t’es bonne à rien

L’ouvre pas trop ou alors ouvre la bien

T’inquiète pas si t’es petite, t’inquiète pas si t’es grosse

Les popus du collège sont les premières à devenir des cassos

Regarde pas les autres, leurs conseils à la con

Écoute ce que dit ton coeur, il a souvent raison

Apprends à t’aimer toi, t’es quelqu’un de spécial

Spécial c’est suffisant, pas besoin de la jouer original

Les petits bonheurs de la vie sont souvent les plus cools

Chanter Céline Dion à tue-tête, tu verras ça défoule

Entoure-toi bien, de gens qui t’aiment, regarde seulement ceux qui te donnent et pas ceux qui te prennent

Petite, tu as eu le temps petite

Petite, prends de l’élan, la vie c’est une course de fond, t'as besoin d’entraînement

Tu monteras des projets qui se casseront la figure, mais relève toi, trouve une échelle et escalade les murs

Tu veux devenir patronne, alors deviens patronne

Ne laisse personne te dire que t’es pas assez bonne

C’est jamais ceux qui foutent rien qui arrivent au sommet

Te compare pas aux autres, ça c’est un coup à déprimer

Tu sais, il y a pas de limite, même pas de temps, les seules limites sont les regrets que t’auras d’avoir dit: "pas maintenant"

D’avoir dit: "pas maintenant"

Écoute pas les ragots, te mêle pas des histoires

La vérité, c’est que les choses ne seront jamais toutes blanches ou noires

La vérité, c’est aussi que la vie ne sera pas toujours rose

C’est du même style de personne dont tu tomberas amoureuse, tu sais?

Le style de personne qui te rendra malheureuse

S’il te fout une claque, faudra que tu te fasses la malle

S’il te touche alors que tu veux pas, faudra pas que tu trouves ça normal

L’amour et la violence ne font pas bon ménage, surtout laisse rien passer, pour pas tomber dans l’engrenage

Il n’y a pas d’exception, pas d’excuses, c’est que du mytho

Une fois, deux fois, trois fois, n’attends pas celle de trop

N’aie pas peur d’en parler, n’aie pas peur de le dire

Fais moi confiance, c’est en parlant qu’on commence à guérir

Et y a pas que les gestes qui feront des dégâts

Les mots seront comme des balles qui resteront bloquées en toi

Laisse personne croire que c’est de ta faute, que tu as mérité la violence

Stoppe l’influence, qu’elle qu’elle soit des gens toxiques qui évolueront près de toi

Tu es trop forte, tu es trop belle, tu es trop importante

Tu es trop forte, tu es trop belle, trop importante

Alors…

N’aie plus honte, il faut que tu saches assez

De toutes les plaies que l’on cache

Et de tous les cris que l’on garde en soi

Tout ce mal qu’on se fait par amour

Adieu le malamour, le malamour

Souvenir des coups qu’on prend pour des caresses

Adieu le malamour, le malamour

C’est un amour aveugle et sourd qui blesse

Adieu le malamour, le malamour

Souvenir des coups qu’on prend pour des caresses

Adieu le malamour, le malamour

C’est un amour aveugle et sourd qui blesse

Notes for too late (rewriting) x The malamour

I was your age some pages ago

Becoming an adult is heady in the corner

Becoming a woman, there are no lessons, no retakes

I know you didn't decide it, but you carry this legacy

So learn to make do, nothing is really assured

But don't forget to be a woman before being a mom

Think about your great-grandmother who couldn't decide, not even divorce, barely breathe

Don't be a spoiled child, nothing is really won

Listen, I took some notes

Little girl, you feel like you're different, you don't walk within the lines, maybe you're the one who's right and the others are mad

After all, who creates the codes and the taboos ?

Who said the ones who don't fit in would become nothing at all ?

Often future geniuses are bad in school and often the shiest become idols

So, in class, if the teacher hacks you off, says that you're a good-for-nothing

Don't open it too much or open it well

Don't worry if you're small, don't worry if you're fat

Popu girls of junior highschool are the first to become trailer trash

Don't look at the others, their bloody stupid advices

Listen to your heart, it is often right

Learn to love yourself, you're special

Special is enough, no need to be original

The small joys of life are often the coolest

Singing Celine Dion at the top of your voice, you'll see it lets off steam

Surround yourself well, with people who love you, look only at the ones who give you and not at the ones who take you

Little girl, you've had the time, little girl

Little girl, gather speed, life is a full-speed race, you need training

You will develop projects that will come a cropper, but pick yourself up, find a ladder and climb the walls

You want to be a boss, so become one

Don't let anyone tell you you're not good enough

It's never the people who don't do a fucking thing that get to the top

Don't compare yourself to others, it'll get you down

You know, there's no limits, not even time, the only limits are the regrets that you'll have for saying "not now"

For saying "not now"

Don't listen to the gossips, don't meddle in problems

The truth is that things will never be either all white or all black

The truth is also that, in life, things won't always be looking so good

You'll fall in love with the same type of person, you know ?

The type of person who will make you unhappy

If he slaps you, you'll need to get packing

If he touches you while you don't want to, you can't think it's normal

Love and violence don't go well together, don't overlook anything to avoid falling into the spiral

There are no exceptions, no excuses, it's only b*llsh*t

Once, twice, three times, don't wait for the one too many

Don't be afraid to talk about it, don't be afraid to say it

Trust me, it is by talking we start to heal

And actions aren't the only things that will do damage

The words will be like bullets which will stay stuck inside of you

Don't let anyone believe that it's your fault, that you deserved violence

Stop the influence, no matter which one, of toxic people who will develop near you

You're so strong, you're so beautiful, you're so important

You're so strong, you're so beautiful, so important

So then...

Don't be ashamed anymore, you have to know enough,

Of all the wounds we hide

And of all the screams we keep inside,

All the evil we do to each other for love

Goodbye the malamour, the malamour1

Memories of the punches we confuse with the caresses

Goodbye the malamour, the malamour

It is a blind and deaf love which hurts

Goodbye the malamour, the malamour

Memories of the punches we confuse with the caresses

Goodbye the malamour, the malamour

It is a blind and deaf love which hurts

1. "Malamour" is an invented word produced of the mix of "mal" and "amour" which mean "bad" and "love".

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Translation details

This is my own translation, please don't copy :)
Ceci est ma propre traduction, s'il vous plaît ne copiez pas :)
Questa è la mia propria traduzione, per favore non copia :)

SongsEF

submitted on 5 Aug 2019 - 19:39

Give a shoutout to SongsEF

Author's comments:

This song is a rewriting of "Notes pour trop tard" by Orelsan (https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/orelsan-notes-pour-plus-tard-lyrics.html) and the end is a part of "Le malamour" by Barbara Pravi

This song is full of slang and it is very hard to translate. I'm kind of sure I made some mistakes.
So if you see a sentence which doesn't sound english or if you know english slang and therefore know a better way to translate a sentence, don't hesitate to tell me :)

Comments 3

Torpedo23

29 Mar 2020, 06:43

à corriger :
But don't forget to be a woman before to be a mom > But don't forget to be a woman before *being* a mom
You will developp projects that will come a cropper > You will *develop* projects that will come a cropper

Quelques suggestions pour la traduction :
you've the feeling of being different
> you feel like you're different
Who said that the one who don't fall within the scope become nothing at all ?
> Who said the oneS who don't fit in (would) become nothing at all?
Often the future geniuses are bad at school and often it's the most shy who become idols
> Often(times) future geniuses are bad in school, and often the shiest become idols
So, in class, if the teacher hacks you off, says you that you're a good-for-nothing
> ... says (that) you are a good-for-nothing (or worthless)
Listen to what your heart says, it is often right > peut être raccourci en "listen to your heart, it's often right"
Surround yourself with good persons, persons who love you
> Surround yourself well, with *people* who love you
Little girl, you had the time, little girl
> Little girl, you've had time, little girl
The truth is also that in life things are not always looking so good
> The truth is also that, in life, things won't always be looking so good
There's no exception, no excuses, it's only tales
> There are no exceptions, no excuses, it's all just b.s.
And there aren't only the gestures which will do damage
> And actions aren't the only things that will do damage
The words will be like bullets which will be blocked inside you
> ... which will stay stuck inside of you
Don't let anyone believe that it's your fault, that you deserve violence
> ... that you deserveD violence

J'espère que ça aidera (:

SongsEF A

29 Mar 2020, 08:57

Merci beaucoup pour les corrections/suggestions :)

Torpedo23

31 Mar 2020, 09:41

De rien ! C'est toujours un plaisir d'aider en faisant des relectures et en partageant mes suggestions (:

En parlant de relecture, je ne veux pas être pénible, mais la phrase "The truth is also that, in life, things won't always looking so good" est un peu bancale - soit il manque le "be" avant "looking so good", soit "looking" devient "look" - à vous de choisir ^^

à bientôt pour une nouvelle traduction !