Chaque nuit bébé

Words: Pascal Jaqueman

Music: Alain Bashung

Chaque nuit bébé

Each night baby
Cherche et retrouve

Seek and you shall find
Tendres livreuses

Tender delivery girls
Gentilles patrouilles

Nice patrols
Baisers soldés

Paid-off kisses
Fin de l'hiver

End of winter

Passé futur imparfait

Past future the imperfect
 

Filles de kermesses

Girls of the kermess*
Beauté passive

Passive beauty
Juste agressive

Just aggressive
S'voir tout donner

Imagine giving all
Effleurer sans cesse

To touch without stop
L'heure du goûter

Hour of tasting

Passé futur imparfait

Past future the imperfect
Etrange est la nuit

Strange is the night
On fait des rêves

One is dreaming

D'éminents duels

Of emanent duels
Accords de fous

Agreements between fools
Etreintes si denses

Embraces so dense
Crosse à l'appui

Crozier for support
S'voir tout donner

Imagine giving all
Baisers soldés

Paid off kisses
Descente de lit

Descent of the bed

Passé futur imparfait

Past future the imperfect
Chaque nuit

Each night

Chaque nuit bébé

Each night baby
Cherche et retrouve

Seek and you shall find
Tendres virées

Tendre rides
Acidulées

Mildly acidic
Je survivrai

I will survive
À tes caresses

Your caresses

Passé futur imparfait

Past future the imperfect

Fiancée

Fiancée
Poisson d'avril

April fools
Moi bissextile

I'm leap year
S'voir tout donner

Imagine giving everything
Baisers soldés

Paid off kisses
Rien qu'des amis

Nothing but friends

Passé futur imparfait

Past future the imperfect

Chaque nuit

Each night

Chaque nuit bébé

Each night baby ...

* From Wikipedia: Kermesses are popular festivals, generally organized every year by associations or schools, They originated in the Netherlands, but have spread throughout France and Belgium as well as England. They often feature demonstrations of dance, carnivals, games, music, banquets, and/or funfairs.