The French song you are about to discover today was dedicated, already a few decades ago, to those French girls who often enjoy playing the exalted role of “divas” and “drama queens”, most especially les Parisiennes amongst them—well, à quelques exceptions près (with minor exceptions), of course!
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Way long before Aqua came up with “I’m a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie World”, Michel Polnareff sang his “Poupee qui fait non, non, non” (The Doll Who Goes “No, No, No”)!
C’est une poupée qui fait non, non, non, non
She’s a doll who goes “No, no, no, no”
Toute la journée, elle fait non, non, non, non
All day long, she goes “no, no, no, no”
Elle est tellement jolie
She’s so cute
Que j’en rêve la nuit
That I dream of her at night
C’est une poupée qui fait non, non, non, non
She’s a doll who goes “No, no, no, no”
Toute la journée, elle fait non, non, non, non
All day long, she goes “No, no, no, no”
Personne ne lui a appris
No one taught her
Qu’on pouvait dire oui
That it was possible to say yes
Sans même m’écouter, elle fait non, non, non, non
Without even listening to me, she goes “No, no, no, no”
Sans me regarder, elle fait non, non, non, non
Without looking at me, she goes “No, no, no, no”
Pourtant, je donnerais ma vie
Even though I would offer my life
Pour qu’elle dise oui
For her to say yes
C’est une poupée qui fait non, non, non, non
She’s a doll who goes “No, no, no, no”
Toute la journée, elle fait non, non, non, non
All day long, she goes “No, no, no, no”
Personne ne lui a appris
No one taught her
Qu’on pouvait dire oui
That it was possible to say yes
The first time Mylène Farmer would sang in a duo was with Khaled, in this interpretation of Michel Polnareff’s song
If you often think French is hard and say “Non, non, non, non” to learning it, then check our great Transparent Language learning tools, and you will for sure say “Oui, oui, oui, oui“! 🙂
