Le Rat [English translation]

When I see you, I feel a pang in my heart

When I see you, I see nothing but you

I've got good tobacco in my pouch

I've got good tobacco, you'll be the one to get it1

When I see you, it's under the moonlight2

as we have a drink among friends.

We then take a stroll and kiss on the dunes

And I gather nice poppies for you.

You very well know I like potatoes,

so why do you keep cooking green peas?

If you go on like this, I'll call the superintendent,

and you know, this guy is pretty tough.

When I see you, we go into the clearing

and there we play games like back in the days

and then you start eating brackens,

because I know you just love brackens3

When I see you, we go to visit your mother

and we sing nice songs to her

in order to soothe her, because your viper of a mother

she bites your pigeon of a father in the foot.

When I see you, you lick lightning rods,

there are lots of chocolate eclais4 on them

I think you've got a screw loose

since you started reading the bhagavad gita

When I see you, we go into my little bedroom

and there I eat your chocolate head.

Then I show you my nice cap,

and right then a very big rat knocks on the door...

1. from a nursery rhyme that goes "I've got good tobacco in my pouch / I've got good tobacco, you won't get any"2. from "under the moonlight, Pierrot, my friend, lend me your quill to write a few words". "entre amis, l'apéro" mimics the second line3. ??? except implying his G/F is actually a goat, I don't see what he means here4. for some reason (maybe their short baking time) the name of the "éclair" pastry means "lightning"