Paie Tes Dettes (Chanson Frankreich France) - Charles Trenet

Il était couvert de dettes

De la tête aux pieds.

Chez lui, venaient faire la quête

Tous ses créanciers

Et pour fuir ces personnages

Qui le torturaient,

Un jour, sans faire de tapage

Il partit pour la forêt.

Au pied d’un arbre, il s’endormit

Et, pendant qu’il rêvait,

Un oiseau tout en haut de lui,

Sur une branche, lui chantait:

«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes, une, deux.

Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes, mon vieux.

Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes.

C’est mieux

Ou sans ça

Ça n’ira pas.»

Il se dit dans son sommeil:

«C'est la voix de ma conscience

Qui me poursuit, qui me surveille.

Je vais àmon réveil

Rembourser tous ces amis

Qui m’ont fait confiance.

Non plus jamais, je me le dis,

Je ne veux de crédit.»

«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes!"disait

«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes!"l'oiseau.

«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes.»

Allez!

Il y fût, fût tout de go.

Quel souvenir, quelle belle journée

Quand il régla tout (Tout!)

Ce qu’il devait depuis des années

Jusqu’au dernier sou.

Il se défit même de sa chemise.

On peut se passer de ça…

Dans les bois, soufflait la brise.

Tout joyeux, il y retourna.

Sous le même arbre, il s'étendit.

Alors, le même oiseau

Vint se poser là, tout près de lui,

En répétant d’un air idiot:

«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes, une, deux.

Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes, mon vieux.

Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes.

C’est mieux

Ou sans ça

Ça n’ira pas.»

Dans l’instant même, il comprit

Que la voix de sa conscience

N'était autre qu’un volatile

Absurde et obstiné

Qui répétait le même cri

Depuis sa naissance,

Sans savoir ce qu’il disait.

Quelle destinée!

«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes!"disait

«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes!"l'oiseau.

«Paye tes dettes, paye tes dettes.»

Assez,

Ou je vais te fracasser!

Et c’est ce qu’il fit,

A l’oiseau, le cou il tordit

Et le lendemain, dans tous les magasins

Et auprès de tous ses copains…

Il fit des dettes, fit des dettes, une, deux.

Il fit des dettes.

Ah!

Puis un soir, devenu vieux,

Très vieux,

Il mourut

Couvert de dettes.

He was in debt

From head to toes.

At his house, came to collect

All his creditors

And to run away from these characters

who tortured him,

One day without making a fuss

He left for the forest.

At the foot of a tree he fell asleep

And, while he was dreaming,

A bird on top of him,

On a branch sang to him:

“Pay your debts, pay your debts, one, two.

Pay your debts, pay your debts, old man.

Pay your debts, pay your debts.

It's better

Or without it

It won't work."

He said to himself in his sleep:

"It's the voice of my conscience

Who pursues me, who watches me.

I go when I wake up

Pay back all those friends

who trusted me.

Not ever again, I tell myself,

I don't want credit."

"Pay your debts, pay your debts!" ​​said

“Pay your debts, pay your debts!” the bird.

“Pay your debts, pay your debts.”

Go on!

He was there, was all right.

What a memory, what a beautiful day

When he settled everything (Everything!)

What he owed for years

Down to the last penny.

He even takes off his shirt.

We can skip that...

In the woods, the breeze blew.

Joyfully, he returned.

Under the same tree he lay down.

So the same bird

Came to rest there, very close to him,

By repeating with an idiotic air:

“Pay your debts, pay your debts, one, two.

Pay your debts, pay your debts, old man.

Pay your debts, pay your debts.

It's better

Or without it

It won't work."

In that very moment he understood

That the voice of his conscience

Was none other than a volatile

Absurd and obstinate

Who repeated the same cry

Since his birth,

Not knowing what he was saying.

What destiny!

"Pay your debts, pay your debts!" ​​said

“Pay your debts, pay your debts!” the bird.

“Pay your debts, pay your debts.”

Enough,

Or I'll smash you!

And that is what he did,

To the bird, the neck he twisted

And the next day, in all the stores

And to all his friends...

He ran into debt, ran into debt, one, two.

He made debts.

Ah!

Then one evening, when I grew old,

Very old,

He died

Covered in debt.