Torrey Canyon

Translation after the jump...




Je suis né
I was born
Dans les chantiers japonais
in the japanese shipyards
En vérité, j'appartiens
Indeed, I belong
Aux Américains
To Americans
Une filiale
An affiliate
D'une compagnie navale
to a shipping company
Dont j'ai oublié l'adresse
I've forgotten the address
A Los Angeles
In Los Angeles

Cent vingt mili' tonn's de pétrol' brut
One hundred twenty thousand tons of crude oil
Cent vingt mill' tonn's
One hundred twenty thousand tons
Dans le Torrey Canyon
In the Torrey Canyon

Aux Bermudes
In Bermuda
A trent' degrés de latitud'
at thirty degrees latitude
Se tient la Barracuda
Stands the Barracuda
Tankers Corporation
Tankers Corporation
Son patron
Its boss
M'a donné en location*
Rented me
A l'union Oil Company
to the Union Oil Company
De California
Of California

Cent vingt mili' tonn's de pétrol' brut
One hundred twenty thousand tons of crude oil
Cent vingt mill' tonn's
One hundred twenty thousand tons
Dans le Torrey Canyon
In the Torrey Canyon

Si je bats
So I beat
Pavillon du Liberia
the Flag of Liberia
Le cap'tain et les marins
The Captain and sailors
Sont tous italiens
Are all italians
Le mazout,
Oil,
Dont on m'a rempli les soutes,
With which I have filled the bunkers
C'est celui du Consortium
Is that of the consortium
British Petroleum
British Petroleum

*Thanks to the help of Débordante



Lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg, Translation by Greg Smith