She's about this tall. . .
No. . .I'm exaggerating. . .
Let's say, she's like that. . .
Well . . .pretty close to that!
She may not look like much,
but gosh!
She's better than
This little piece of nothing. . .
And her bawling, Madame
She was all that could be heard, in the house
Since there are none, she has to look for reasons
For that, she put on quite a performance!
And her bawling, Madame
She said to me, as haughtily as she could:
"Don't think you scare me!"
She's tense, she's stamping her foot!
She unsheathes her claws, she opens her eyes
All movements, all shouts, completely furious
I wanted to take her in my arms
And hold her close against me
But. . .the way she carries on, madame!
It makes me laugh, but inside
I'm a gentleman, first and foremost,
and it's safer!
2 - to calm her, I searched for a trick
I said to myself, let's see. . .
I'll make her see reason!
And I said to her: "Oh, right! I'm in the wrong!"
"Ah! You admit it!" she said.
So. . .tut-tut-tut. . .
And again she bawls, Madame,
Even when everything's going smoothly in the house
Since there are none, she has to look for reasons
For it, she puts on quite a performance
And she bawls, Madame!
She stuck me there, close to my heart,
So, this one time, to scare her,
I clenched my fists, I raised my hand. . .
She looked at me, really surprised
And if you saw her eyes, you'd think she'd been punished!
So, of course, I opened my eyes
And she threw herself against me.
And she cried, Madame
We looked everywhere for a big handkerchief
In which we could hide her despair
Which hurts to see. . .
I consoled her and blew her nose
A moment later, I kissed her mouth
I held her against me again
And encircled her with my arms. . .
She was tiny, tiny. . .
But, really tiny. . .
For a moment, she said "Forgive me. . ."
Oh! But she's not proud, madame!
It's always satisfying
To make her admit that she's wrong
And since I'm stronger than her. . .
(Piaf): "Jacques!!! You're coming, right!?. . ."