Edith Piaf - Bravo Pour Le Clown Song (Including Lyrics n Translation)

A clown is my friend
Un clown est mon ami

A very ridiculous clown
Un clown bien ridicule

And whose name is written in capital letters
Et dont le nom s'écrit en gifles majuscules

Not pretty for an empire
Pas beau pour un empire

sadder than a hat
Plus triste qu'un chapeau

He drinks huge laughs
Il boit d'énormes rires

And eat cheers
Et mange des bravos
For your nose that lights up
Pour ton nez qui s'allume

Well done!
Bravo!

Well done!
Bravo!

Your hair that we pluck
Tes cheveux que l'on plume

Well done!
Bravo!

Well done!
Bravo!

You bite plates
Tu croques des assiettes

Sitting on a jet of water
Assis sur un jet d'eau

You gnaw glitter
Tu ronges des paillettes

twisted in a barrel
Tordu dans un tonneau

For your nose that lights up
Pour ton nez qui s'allume

Well done!
Bravo!

Well done!
Bravo!

Your hair that we pluck
Tes cheveux que l'on plume

Well done!
Bravo!

Well done!
Bravo!
The crowd with big hands
La foule aux grandes mains

Clings to his ears
S'accroche à ses oreilles

Steals her sorrows
Lui vole ses chagrins

And empties his bottles
Et vide ses bouteilles

Her unscrewing heart
Son cœur qui se dévisse

Can't sadden them
Ne peut les attrister

That's where they clap
Ç'est là qu'ils applaudissent

The life he missed!
La vie qu'il a ratée!
For your cheating wife
Pour ta femme infidèle

Well done!
Bravo!

Well done!
Bravo!

And you do the dishes
Et tu fais la vaisselle

Well done!
Bravo!

Well done!
Bravo!

Your life is a reproach
Ta vie est un reproche

that slaps on your back
Qui claque dans ton dos

Your son picks your pockets
Ton fils te fait les poches

And you, you're fooling around
Et toi, tu fais l'idiot

For your cheating wife
Pour ta femme infidèle

Well done!
Bravo!

Well done!
Bravo!

And you do the dishes
Et tu fais la vaisselle

Well done!
Bravo!

Well done!
Bravo!
The circus is deserted
Le cirque est déserté

Laughter is useless
Le rire est inutile

My clown is locked up
Mon clown est enfermé

In a certain asylum
Dans un certain asile

Straitjacket Success
Succès de camisole

Shed cheers
Bravos de cabanon

Hands gone crazy
Des mains devenues folles

Beat him their song
Lui battent leur chanson
I am king and I reign
Je suis roi et je règne

Well done!
Bravo!

Well done!
Bravo!

I have laughs that bleed
J'ai des rires qui saignent

Well done!
Bravo!

Well done!
Bravo!

Come, let me be cheered
Venez, que l'on m'acclame

I dialed my number
J'ai fait mon numéro

While dumping my wife
Tout en jetant ma femme

From the top of the marquee
Du haut du chapiteau

Well done!
Bravo!

Well done!
Bravo!

(Well done! Well done! Well done! Well done! Well done! Well done!)
(Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!)

Deluxe Olympia (1958) is a French album by Edith Piaf, one of the country's most widely known international stars. She is noted as France's national chanteuse, and best female French artist. Years of alcohol abuse alongside copious amounts of medications, initially for rheumatoid arthritis and later insomnia, damaged Piaf's health, and later she died due to liver failure. Her last words were "Every damn thing you do in this life, you have to pay for."

From Piaf' Deluxe Olympia