Ta Douleur

another attempt at translating (i'm french)

some mistake corrected but - previous attempts are good congrats

my feeling, it’s a pretty sad hospital lullaby to chase pain away … about cancer of the uterus or something fatal in your belly

basically it’s about transferring the pain away from someone but taking it for her. In French, pain is female (hence the “she”)

Lève toi c'est décidé Laisse-moi te remplacer Je vais prendre ta douleur  Translates  Get up its final  Let me take your place  I will carry your pain

Doucement sans faire de bruit Comme on réveille la pluie Je vais prendre ta douleur  Translates  Softly noiselessly  As rain rises up  I will carry your pain

Elle lutte elle se débat Mais ne résistera pas Je vais bloquer l'ascenseur... Saboter l'interrupteur  Translates  She fight she struggles  But she won’t stand up  I’m going to jam the elevator  Sabotage the switch

Mais c'est qui cette incrustée Cet orage avant l'été Sale chipie de petite soeur ?  Translates  Who is this ingrained  This storm out of season  This mischievous little sister

Je vais tout lui confisquer Ses fléchettes et son sifflet Je vais lui donner la fessée... La virer de la récrée  Translates  I’m going to strip her naked  No darts, no whistle  Spank her  Punish her out of school

Mais c'est qui cette héritière Qui se baigne qui se terre Dans l'eau tiède de tes reins ?  Translates  She’s born lucky (pejorative, like « born with a silver spoon in one`s mouth »)  She’s bathing, she’s hiding  In the warms waters of your kidneys

Je vais la priver de dessert Lui faire mordre la poussière De tous ceux qui n'ont plus rien... De tous ceux qui n'ont plus faim  Translates  I’m going to punish her off pudding  Make her eat/bite the dust  Of those who who have nothing left  Of those who do not feel hunger anymore

Dites moi que fout la science A quand ce pont entre nos panses ? Si tu as mal là où t'as peur Tu n'as pas mal là où je pense !  Translates  Tell me what is science doing  When shall we be able to connect our bellies?  If it hurts where your are afraid  It does not hurt your sex

Qu'est-ce qu´elle veut cette conasse Le beurre ou l'argent du beurre Que tu vives ou que tu meurs ?  Translates  What does this bitch want?  You can't have both the butter and the butter money  that you live or that you die?

Faut qu'elle crève de bonheur Ou qu'elle change de godasses Faut qu'elle croule sous les fleurs Change de couleur... Je vais jouer au docteur  let’s kill her with extreme pleasure  let her go shopping for luxury shoes  let her be covered with flower  let her hange color  I’m gonna play doctor

Dites moi que fout la science A quand ce pont entre nos panses ? Si tu as mal là où t'as peur Tu n'as pas mal là où je chante  Translates  Tell me what is science doing  When shall we be able to connect our bellies?  If it hurts where your are afraid  It does not hurt where I sing

Thankyou gsdf645 for the fantastic translation! I can sing along to pretty much all of the song but I had no idea what it meant. All I knew was that douleur meant "pain". It's such a great song and the film clip is even quirkier. With all of that wool knitting itself. I love all of Camille's background sounds and how for most of the album pretty much all of the music is voice and body percussion,

this song is so good. i wish i knew what it meant. anyone know?

you an look it up on the net they have a few mistakes wich are mostly obvious. i do know Je Vais prende ta douler means i can switch/take your pain and the sentences dont join together properly so be warned the song doesnt make much more sense in english then it doesn in french

i'm not sure about the translations, but this is the best i could come up with:

Lève toi c'est décidé - get up, it's decided Laisse-moi te remplacer - let me replace you Je vais prendre ta douleur - i'm going to take your pain

Doucement sans faire de bruit- softly without making noise Comme on réveille la pluie - like one awakes the rain Je vais prendre ta douleur - i'm going to take your pain

Elle lutte elle se débat - she\it fights she struggles Mais ne résistera pas - but will not resist. Je vais bloquer l'ascenseur...i will block the elevator Saboter l'interrupteur - sabotage the button

Mais c'est qui cette incrustée - but it's encrusted? Cet orage avant l'été - this storm before summer Sale chipie de petite soeur - little sister's bitch salt? haha

Je vais tout lui confisquer - i will take everything from him Ses fléchettes et son sifflet - his darts and his whistles Je vais lui donner la fessée... - i will give him a spanking La virer de la récrée - ??

Mais c'est qui cette héritière -?? Qui se baigne qui se terre - which bathes.. ?? Dans l'eau tiède de tes reins - in the warm water of your kidneys

Je vais la priver de dessert - i will deprive it of dessert Lui faire mordre la poussière - make him eat dust De tous ceux qui n'ont plus rien... - from all those that no longer have anything De tous ceux qui n'ont plus faim - from all those who are no longer hungry

Dites moi que fout la science - tell me who ? the science A quand ce pont entre nos panses ? - ?? Si tu as mal là où t'as peur - if you are sick or you're scared Tu n'as pas mal là où je pense ! - you don't hurt where i think

Qu'est-ce qu´elle veut cette conasse - what does this bitch want Le beurre ou l'argent du beurre - butter or butter money Que tu vives ou que tu meurs ? - that you live or that you die?

Faut qu'elle crève de bonheur - it's necessary that she explodes withhappiness Ou qu'elle change de godasses - or that she changes ..? Faut qu'elle croule sous les fleurs- it's necessary that she collapses beneath the flowers Change de couleur... - change of color Je vais jouer au docteur - i will play doctor

haha this song is so fun to groove to in the car with friends! Her voice is awesome

Allow me to correct a couple of translations above:

Lève toi c'est décidé - get up, it's decided Laisse-moi te remplacer - let me replace you Je vais prendre ta douleur - i'm going to take your pain

Doucement sans faire de bruit- Gently without making noise Comme on réveille la pluie - like one wakes up in the rain Je vais prendre ta douleur - i'm going to take your pain

Elle lutte elle se débat - she fights she struggles Mais ne résistera pas - but will not resist. Je vais bloquer l'ascenseur - i will block the elevator Saboter l'interrupteur - sabotage the button

Mais c'est qui cette incrustée - but it's set in stone Cet orage avant l'été - this storm before summer Sale chipie de petite soeur - little sister of a dirty bitch

Je vais tout lui confisquer - i will take everything from him Ses fléchettes et son sifflet - his darts and his whistles Je vais lui donner la fessée... - i will give him a spanking La virer de la récrée - transfer recreation

Mais c'est qui cette héritière - but this is the heiress Qui se baigne qui se terre - who bathes in the ground Dans l'eau tiède de tes reins - in the tepid water of your kidneys

Je vais la priver de dessert - i will take away dessert Lui faire mordre la poussière - make him eat dust De tous ceux qui n'ont plus rien... - of all those who don't have anything anymore De tous ceux qui n'ont plus faim - of all those who aren't hungry anymore

Dites moi que fout la science - tell me who fucked up the science A quand ce pont entre nos panses - when that bridge entered our bellies Si tu as mal là où t'as peur - if you are sick to where you have fear Tu n'as pas mal là où je pense - you're not sick where i think

Qu'est-ce qu´elle veut cette conasse - what does this silly bitch want Le beurre ou l'argent du beurre - butter or butter money Que tu vives ou que tu meurs ? - that you live or that you die?

Faut qu'elle crève de bonheur - she needs to burst with happiness Ou qu'elle change de godasses - or she changes her godesses Faut qu'elle croule sous les fleurs- She needs to crumble under flowers Change de couleur... - change of color Je vais jouer au docteur - i will play doctor

"godasses" is slang for "shoes"

When I first heard this song, it was on my car radio and I was changing CDs. I was so entralled that I actually stopped what I was doing and listened until they said the name of the song and its singer. And I haven't looked back from Camille since!

I always thought of this song as a cheeky "screw you for breaking up with me, look how awesome things are for me today" message to an ex. Perhaps it's the beat line of raspberries that give me this impression though :p

Awesome song, it's so much fun to try and remember and sing along to and get wrong time and time again!!! At least I can get the raspberries right.