Panpan cucul [English translation]

When I drag

A little doll into my old banger 1

It’s as if I’m giving her

Smack smack! 2

While my scrap heap

Goes putt putt putt

She, she doesn’t stop making Ooh

Oww, Ouch

When I drag

A little doll into my old banger

It’s as if I’m giving her

Smack smack!

Escaping from her little bum

Like from a comic strip

Stars of pain

Set themselves twinkling

When I drag

A little doll into my old banger

It’s as if I’m giving her

Smack smack!

Soon she’s warmed up

On hot coals

Me, I give warning shots

Which go...

1. ’un tape-cul’ can be a see-saw, literally a tap-arse, but the meaning here is an old car with busted shocks that gives the arse a good spanking on a bumpy road 2. Panpan cucul is what you might threaten a naughty child with - think ‘smack botty time’!

• Artist:Serge Gainsbourg
• Album:Vue de l'extérieur