Serge Gainsbourg - Je t'aime...moi non plus

Hello all! Please, could you translate to English this song Je t'aime...moi non plus?

Je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh, mon amour...
comme la vague irrésolu
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
et je me retiens

je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh mon amour...
tu es la vague, moi l'île nue
tu va, tu va et tu viens
entre mes reins
tu vas et tu viens
entre mes reins
et je te rejoins

je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh, mon amour...
comme la vague irrésolu
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
et je me retiens

tu va, tu va et tu viens
entre mes reins
tu vas et tu viens
entre mes reins
et je te rejoins

je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh mon amour...
l'amour physique est sans issue
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
et je me retiens
Non! Maintenant viens!

Je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh, mon amour...
comme la vague irrésolu
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
entre tes reins*
et je me retiens

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
No longer me
Oh, my love…
Like the undecided wave
I go, I go and I come
Between your back
I go and I come
Between your back
And I hold back.

je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh mon amour...
tu es la vague, moi l'île nue
tu va, tu va et tu viens
entre mes reins
tu vas et tu viens
entre mes reins
et je te rejoins

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
no longer me
Oh, my love…
You are the wave, I’m the naked island
You go, you go and you come
Between my back
You go and you come
Between my back
And I rejoin you.

je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh, mon amour...
comme la vague irrésolu
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
et je me retiens

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
no longer me
Oh, my love…
Like the undecided wave
I go, I go and I come
Between your back
I go and I come
Between your back
And I hold back.

tu va, tu va et tu viens
entre mes reins
tu vas et tu viens
entre mes reins
et je te rejoins

You go, you go and you come
Between my back
You go and you come
Between my back
And I rejoin you.

je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh mon amour...
l'amour physique est sans issue
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
et je me retiens
Non! Maintenant viens!

I love you, I love you
Oh, yes I love you!
No longer me
Oh, my love…
The physical love is without a way out
I go, I go and I come
Between your back
I go and I come back
And I hold back
No! Now come!

I did my best, dear lollipop! But i have a small doubt what concerns a phrase:

*entre tes reins i translated it this way: between your back, but i know it doesn't make any sense. Reins means also kidneys, but i don't think it could be translated by: "between your kidneys"! I'm a little confused. If someone could help me, i would appreciate that!

Hello,
when I was young we wanted our french teacher to translate this song into german. She refused to do it, she just said this song is not only about love but about sex. So I guess, with a little imagination we all know what they meant with back and kidneys.....

Tahira

Originally Posted by Tahira

Hello,
when I was young we wanted our french teacher to translate this song into german. She refused to do it, she just said this song is not only about love but about sex. So I guess, with a little imagination we all know what they meant with back and kidneys.....

Tahira

Yes, Tahira i was thinking the same way!

Thank you very very much!

And thanks for explanations too!

link to translation:

http://www.eggparm.com/gainsbourg/je...oinonplus.html

very useful site:

http://www.eggparm.com/gainsbourg/mo...econtents.html

In the form of a response, in this case (so I believe) "Moi non plus" can be translated into "I love you, not" in English. "Me neither" is a more direct translation, but this doesn't really work in the context. The above works better with the English dialogue of "I love you. I love you, not". Just my thoughts. Take care, everyone.

My husband's French dictionary says that word (reins) has a literary usage for "loins."

It means "I want to cum between your Kidneys"
A French guy used to fancy me and he translated all of serge's songs for me.
Not so romantic.. lol.. but there it is!
x

The Final Verse was not translated properly.
It Goes Something Like this;

je t'aime, je t'aime
oh, oui je t'aime!
moi non plus
oh mon amour...
l'amour physique est sans issue
je vais, je vais et je viens
entre tes reins
je vais et je viens
et je me retiens
Non! Maintenant viens!



I love you, I love you
oh, yes I love you!
no longer me
oh my love ...
physical love is without end
I go, I go and I just
between your kidneys
I go and I just
and I hold
No! Now come!

I'm French "je vais et je viens entre tes reins " means "I go in and go out through the back door". in this case it is a bit less explicit and much more poetic.
"telle la vague iresolue": refers to the waves movements.
"l'île nue": you can easily understand.
"Moi non plus" is a funy way to say me too.

Hiya. "Entre tes reins" translates as "Between your loins". Makes slighty more sense. Hope this helps.

Ok a couple things that have either been stated wrong, or stated wrong and fixed and I want to restate.
1) "Moi non plus" means "me neither". It's not "a funy* way to say me too" (*nice spelling), it's not "no longer" or whatever. It's "me neither". The whole point is that in response to "I love you" he's saying "me neither". It's supposed to be weird.
2) "Entre tes reins" means between your loins. He's saying "I go and I come between your loins". It's not "I want to cum between your kidneys". It's also not "I go in and go out through the back door" (which by the way is just as explicit if you know anything about words and what "the back door" could refer to).
3) Reidyboi, "I go and I just"? Really? Why would that seem more correct to you than "I go and I come"?

Originally Posted by Filthy Little Mudblood

Ok a couple things that have either been stated wrong, or stated wrong and fixed and I want to restate.
1) "Moi non plus" means "me neither". It's not "a funy* way to say me too" (*nice spelling), it's not "no longer" or whatever. It's "me neither". The whole point is that in response to "I love you" he's saying "me neither". It's supposed to be weird.
2) "Entre tes reins" means between your loins. He's saying "I go and I come between your loins". It's not "I want to cum between your kidneys". It's also not "I go in and go out through the back door" (which by the way is just as explicit if you know anything about words and what "the back door" could refer to).
3) Reidyboi, "I go and I just"? Really? Why would that seem more correct to you than "I go and I come"?

In fact "je vais et je viens entre tes reins "is a french idiom to talking about anal sex, so I think that you can't traduce by I go and and I come between your loin exept if it mean : I moving back and forth within your butt in english too .(sorry for the children)

been looking 4 this song 4 a long while (15yrs)and now i have it in english to .........

Ha ha ha ha ha. Je t'aime Filthy Little Mudblood!

Originally Posted by Filthy Little Mudblood

Ok a couple things that have either been stated wrong, or stated wrong and fixed and I want to restate.
1) "Moi non plus" means "me neither". It's not "a funy* way to say me too" (*nice spelling), it's not "no longer" or whatever. It's "me neither". The whole point is that in response to "I love you" he's saying "me neither". It's supposed to be weird.
2) "Entre tes reins" means between your loins. He's saying "I go and I come between your loins". It's not "I want to cum between your kidneys". It's also not "I go in and go out through the back door" (which by the way is just as explicit if you know anything about words and what "the back door" could refer to).
3) Reidyboi, "I go and I just"? Really? Why would that seem more correct to you than "I go and I come"?

I love you Filthy Little Mudblood.

Originally Posted by Christ

In fact "je vais et je viens entre tes reins "is a french idiom to talking about anal sex, so I think that you can't traduce by I go and and I come between your loin exept if it mean : I moving back and forth within your butt in english too .(sorry for the children)

You're exactly right. Every single French (and Quebecois) person that I have ever spoken to about this song says that entré tes reins and entré mes reins absolutely refers to anal sex. Which is why I giggle every time I see the Natalie Portman Miss Dior commercial (even though they intentionally leave that verse out)