Ne me demande pas – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Clarika
• Album: Joker

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Je f'rai tout pour toi

I'll do anything for you

M'ach'ter l'intégrale de Sardou

Buy me the complete works of Sardou

Me couper un doigt

Cut off a finger

Je te promets je ferai tout

I promise you I'll do everything

Pour toi je veux bien

For you, I'm willing

Habiter Saint-Germain en Laye

To live in Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Lire Marx en latin

Read Marx in Latin

Sortir avec Julien Courbet

Go out with Julien Courbet

Si ça t'fait kiffer

If that makes you happy

Tu pourras m'appeler Titine

You can call me Titine

Je me f'rai tatouer

I'll get a tattoo

Le drapeau belge sur la poitrine

The Belgian flag on my chest

Pour toi s'il le faut

For you, if necessary

Je travaill'rai chez Manpower

I'll work at Manpower

Je march'rai sur l'eau

I'll walk on water

J'écouterai pousser les fleurs

I'll listen to the flowers grow

Mais Ne Me Demande Pas

But Don't Ask Me

Non Ne Me Demande Pas

No, Don't Ask Me

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- No, Don't Ask Me

Non non non

No, no, no

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- No, Don't Ask Me

Non pas ça

No, not that

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- No, Don't Ask Me

Ma main

My hand

Si c'est ton délire

If that's your thing

Je chant'rai au bal du loto

I'll sing at the lottery ball

Je f'rai Casimir

I'll be Casimir

J'imit'rai bien les animaux

I'll imitate the animals well

Pour toi si t'en pinces

For you, if you're into that

Je porterai des mocassins

I'll wear loafers

J'anim'rai à Reims

I'll host in Reims

Des colloques sur Jean-Pierre Papin

Conferences on Jean-Pierre Papin

J'irai même jusqu'à

I'll even go so far as to

Lire Voici sans cacher la couv'

Read Voici without hiding the cover

Apprendre le finnois

Learn Finnish

Emmener tes parents au Louvre

Take your parents to the Louvre

Si c'est ton credo

If that's your creed

J'appliqu'rai les lois d'la finance

I'll apply the laws of finance

Je f'rai d'la rando

I'll go hiking

J'm'abonn'rai à Cheminées d'France

I'll subscribe to Cheminées d'France

Mais Ne Me Demande Pas

But Don't Ask Me

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- No, Don't Ask Me

Non non non

No, no, no

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- No, Don't Ask Me

Non pas ça

No, not that

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- No, Don't Ask Me

Ma main

My hand

Tu danses?

Are you dancing?

[rires]

[laughter]

Si pour toi ça l'fait

If that works for you

J'arrêt'rai la Danette vanille

I'll stop eating vanilla Danette

J'mang'rai du poney

I'll eat pony

Je ferai baptiser nos filles

I'll have our daughters baptized

Si t'y tiens vraiment

If you really care

Plus jamais je regarde la Boum

I'll never watch The Boum again

J'prendrai un amant

I'll take a lover

Je te racont'rai pim pam poum

I'll tell you a story, pim pam poum

Mais Ne Me Demande Pas

But Don't Ask Me

Non non non

No, no, no

Ne Me Demande Pas

Don't Ask Me

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- No, Don't Ask Me

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- No, Don't Ask Me

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- No, Don't Ask Me

- Non Ne Me Demande Pas

- No, Don't Ask Me

Ma main tu l'as déjà

You already have my hand

Alors ne la lâche pas

So don't let it go

Promets-moi

Promise me

Sans anneau ni contrat

Without a ring or contract

Tu seras tout pour moi

You will be everything to me

Je serai rien qu'à toi

I will be only yours

Allez, tope là!

Come on, high five!

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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.