Ne me demande pas – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Clarika
• Album: Joker

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the witty and energetic French chanson "Ne me demande pas" by Clarika. Through its playful lyrics and unique blend of rumba and rock, this song offers a unique perspective on love and commitment, making it a fun way to engage with French culture and language.

[English]

I'll do anything for you

Buy me the complete works of Sardou

Cut off a finger

I promise you I'll do everything

For you, I'm willing

To live in Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Read Marx in Latin

Go out with Julien Courbet

If that makes you happy

You can call me Titine

I'll get a tattoo

The Belgian flag on my chest

For you, if necessary

I'll work at Manpower

I'll walk on water

I'll listen to the flowers grow

But Don't Ask Me

No, Don't Ask Me

- No, Don't Ask Me

No, no, no

- No, Don't Ask Me

No, not that

- No, Don't Ask Me

My hand

If that's your thing

I'll sing at the lottery ball

I'll be Casimir

I'll imitate the animals well

For you, if you're into that

I'll wear loafers

I'll host in Reims

Conferences on Jean-Pierre Papin

I'll even go so far as to

Read Voici without hiding the cover

Learn Finnish

Take your parents to the Louvre

If that's your creed

I'll apply the laws of finance

I'll go hiking

I'll subscribe to Cheminées d'France

But Don't Ask Me

- No, Don't Ask Me

No, no, no

- No, Don't Ask Me

No, not that

- No, Don't Ask Me

My hand

Are you dancing?

[laughter]

If that works for you

I'll stop eating vanilla Danette

I'll eat pony

I'll have our daughters baptized

If you really care

I'll never watch The Boum again

I'll take a lover

I'll tell you a story, pim pam poum

But Don't Ask Me

No, no, no

Don't Ask Me

- No, Don't Ask Me

- No, Don't Ask Me

- No, Don't Ask Me

- No, Don't Ask Me

You already have my hand

So don't let it go

Promise me

Without a ring or contract

You will be everything to me

I will be only yours

Come on, high five!

...

[French]

Je f'rai tout pour toi

M'ach'ter l'intégrale de Sardou

Me couper un doigt

Je te promets je ferai tout

Pour toi je veux bien

Habiter Saint-Germain en Laye

Lire Marx en latin

Sortir avec Julien Courbet

Si ça t'fait kiffer

Tu pourras m'appeler Titine

Je me f'rai tatouer

Le drapeau belge sur la poitrine

Pour toi s'il le faut

Je travaill'rai chez Manpower

Je march'rai sur l'eau

J'écouterai pousser les fleurs

Mais Ne Me Demande Pas

Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

Non non non

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

Non pas ça

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

Ma main

Si c'est ton délire

Je chant'rai au bal du loto

Je f'rai Casimir

J'imit'rai bien les animaux

Pour toi si t'en pinces

Je porterai des mocassins

J'anim'rai à Reims

Des colloques sur Jean-Pierre Papin

J'irai même jusqu'à

Lire Voici sans cacher la couv'

Apprendre le finnois

Emmener tes parents au Louvre

Si c'est ton credo

J'appliqu'rai les lois d'la finance

Je f'rai d'la rando

J'm'abonn'rai à Cheminées d'France

Mais Ne Me Demande Pas

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

Non non non

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

Non pas ça

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

Ma main

Tu danses?

[rires]

Si pour toi ça l'fait

J'arrêt'rai la Danette vanille

J'mang'rai du poney

Je ferai baptiser nos filles

Si t'y tiens vraiment

Plus jamais je regarde la Boum

J'prendrai un amant

Je te racont'rai pim pam poum

Mais Ne Me Demande Pas

Non non non

Ne Me Demande Pas

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

Ma main tu l'as déjà

Alors ne la lâche pas

Promets-moi

Sans anneau ni contrat

Tu seras tout pour moi

Je serai rien qu'à toi

Allez, tope là!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
faire /fɛʁ/ A1	verb - to do, to make
main /mɛ̃/ A1	noun - hand
promettre /pʁɔ.mɛtʁ/ B1	verb - to promise
tatouer /ta.tu.e/ B2	verb - to tattoo
danser /dɑ̃.se/ A1	verb - to dance
lire /liʁ/ A1	verb - to read
fleur /flœʁ/ A2	noun - flower
amour /a.muʁ/ B1	noun - love
rando /ʁɑ̃.do/ B2	noun - hiking
crédit /kʁe.di/ B2	noun - credit
animé /a.ni.me/ B2	adjective - animated, lively
loi /lwa/ A2	noun - law
délire /de.liʁ/ B2	noun - delirium, excitement
baptiser /baptize/ B2	verb - to baptize
loto /lo.to/ A2	noun - lottery

Key Grammar Structures

• Je f'rai tout pour toi

  ➔ Future tense with 'f'rai' (futur simple of 'faire') indicating a promise or intention.

  ➔ ‘f'rai’ is the contracted form of 'effectuerai', the future tense of 'faire' (to do/make).

• Mais Ne Me Demande Pas

  ➔ Imperative construction used with 'ne'…pas' for negation, often to urge someone not to ask.

  ➔ ‘Ne’…‘pas’ is the standard French negation form used with imperative or infinitive constructions to mean ‘not’.

• J'irai même jusqu'à

  ➔ Future tense with 'irai' (from 'aller') meaning 'I will go', with 'même jusqu'à' indicating 'even up to'.

  ➔ 'irai' is the first person singular future of 'aller', meaning 'to go'.

• Je me f'rai tatouer

  ➔ Future tense with ‘f'rai’ (from ‘faire’), passive construction indicating ‘I will get tattooed’.

  ➔ ‘f'rai’ is the contracted future of ‘faire’, and here used with a reflexive pronoun to express a future action done to oneself.

• Tu l'as déjà

  ➔ Present perfect tense with ‘as’ (from ‘avoir’), indicating that something has already been obtained or experienced.

  ➔ ‘Tu l'as déjà’ means ‘you already have it’ or ‘you already know it’, expressing possession or prior experience.