WE

Static & Ben El Tavori

English translation

2 translations

Original lyrics

French, Hebrew

Translation

English

WE

Hola mademoiselle,

What is your name?

Mine is Ben-El 1

welcome to Israel 2

How you sit fittingly on the booms

a sweetie from abroad, a macaroon-girl

I have a crush because she's been showing off looks3

she's enlarged my heart like a zoom-in

So just move your pelvis forward

Until tomorrow's dawn has risen

All of me is a 'ah huh' voice, attached like a loop

because all of you is ooh la la

Oh enough, you know you are...

Refrain:

Ooh la la

What she did to my body, mama

And the heart, it's succumbed to her

just from the way she shakes it, ooh la la

WE4

From Tel Aviv to Pari 5

You and I, mon chéri 6

Champagne and lingerie

WE4

I'm here, baby bay

Love is a sin, I'm accused because of it

I dressed up nicely and planned

how we'd sleep together already above the Champs-Élysées7

You sweeten my heart, croissant

A European look, full of façon 8

Oh no, Nostradamus, there will be a disaster here

So long as you keep moving diagonally for me

No matter where I turn (ah huh)

Bottles of Chardonnay (ooh la la)

Disconnected, I am not picking up (ah huh)

so y'all don't start being jealous

Refrain:

Ooh la la

What she did to my body, mama

And the heart, it's succumbed to her

just from the way she shakes it, ooh la la

WE4

From Tel Aviv to Pari 5

You and I, mon chéri 6

Champagne and lingerie

WE4

Babe, you and I are like winter and summer

I'm excited as ever because you are coming to me

Babe don't you worry, you'll feel at home

And if anyone asks, just say you are Moroccan9

Ooh la la

What has become of you, dear, what?

In love like a little girl

Let's get him a Barbie doll for a gift

I am afraid for you 10

I am scared for you,

she'll say 'mon chéri'11

and will go on without you

1. these three first lines are sung in pseudo-French, not in Hebrew
2. sung originally in English
3. also: she's been eye-fucking me
4. a. b. c. d. meaning French 'oui', ie, 'yes'
5. a. b. meaning 'Paris', just in its French pronunciation
6. a. b. French for 'my dear', although they use it incorrectly: the Hebrew lyrics use female pronouns for the person this song is about, whereas in French, 'mon chéri' is the male form. The song is full of incorrect pseudo French lyrics in general
7. famous fancy & luxurious street in Paris
8. French for 'style'
9. the mother in the song is shown to be a Moroccan Jewish mother, so she will more accepting of a Moroccan daughter in law rather than a French one. Also most French people in Israel are French-Moroccan Jews, so that's probably a reference to that as well.
10. Sung in Moroccan Arabic
11. French for 'my dear'