Le Droit Des Femmes [English translation]

Since with man on earth she was placed

Woman for millennia was subjugated

This tradition was clearly transmitted

She obeyed her peers and the church

Women’s rights

Women’s rights no longer are

And this I proclaim

What once they were

The women have fought but they've won

Women’s rights

And won’t give them up again

Many things have evolved

Since Rome

Contrived to find them guilty

For an apple

Women’s rights

Women’s rights no longer are

And this I proclaim

What once they were

The women have fought but they've won

Women’s rights

And won’t give them up again

Often our mothers lived

Through the intolerable

Enduring, as they were violated and cheated on

The inacceptable

Guys, that time has been overthrown

So what the hell

The chips are down, betting is closed

Cards on the table

Women’s rights

Women’s rights no longer are

And this I proclaim

What once they were

The women have fought but they've won

Women’s rights

And won’t give them up again

Women as dolls, women as housewives

Women we mess up

All these women liberated

From their complexes

Talking about choice, talking about ideas

Sex too

So, guys, let’s see fair play

Let's show the right instinct

Women’s rights

Women’s rights no longer are

And this I proclaim

What once they were

The women have fought but they've won

Women’s rights

And won’t give them up again

This husband, sometime macho man

Can without a problem

With a blush, push a pram

Right past the spot

Where all his mates are preening themselves

Over a latte

We have the makings of a hero

Once we love

Women’s rights

Women’s rights no longer are

And this I proclaim

What once they were

The women have fought but they've won

Women’s rights

And won’t give them up again

Today the world has changed

Anything goes and everything breaks

Woman in society

Has taken her place

Pilot, writer, CEO

And cutting to the chase

Will end up in the Elysée1

One fine day

Women’s rights

Women’s rights no longer are

And this I proclaim

What once they were

The women have fought but they've won

Women’s rights

And won’t give them up again

Fair exchange is no robbery

Man can do

A few of the little

Housekeeping jobs

You can see him walk

The high road

In make-up, scantily clad, soliciting

His fellow creatures.

Women’s rights

Women’s rights no longer are

And this I proclaim

What once they were

The women have fought but they've won

Women’s rights

And won’t give them up again

Women’s rights

And won’t give them up again

1. Presidential residence

• Artist:Charles Aznavour