M'en voulez-vous ? [English translation]

From life I only take

"La dolce vita" that's all*

Do you hold it against me?

From love I expect nothing but

One hand without a ring on its finger

Do you understand

Uh, oh ...

Do you hold it against me?

ooh, oh ...

From boys I only take

Indian feathers, that's all

Do you hold it against me?

From emperors of Rome

[I only take] laurels and wine, but neither gold

Nor jewels

Uh, oh ...

Do you hold it against me?

Uh, oh ...

From my childhood

I have kept in my heart only

That carelessness

Of colored pencils

It is enough for me

To draw who I am

It is enough for me

To invent other lives

From life I only take

"La dolce vita" that's all*

Do you hold it against me?

From love I expect nothing but

One hand without a ring on its finger

Do you understand

Uh, oh ...

Do you hold it against me?

ooh, oh ...

Of my stories

I only take the best

The words of a night

The promises of travelers

Are enough for me

To decide who I am

Are enough for me

To invent other lives

From life I only take

"La dolce vita" that's all*

Do you hold it against me?

From love I expect nothing but

One hand without a ring on its finger

Do you understand

Uh, oh ...

Do you hold it against me?

ooh, oh ...

From sailors I only take

Returns, not goodbyes

Do you hold it against me

From a thousand and one nights

[I only take] those where with a fire-eater

I have a date

Uh, oh ...

Do you hold it against me?

ooh, oh ...