Marie
MARSHMELLO & ANNE Lyrics

Quand Marie passait seulette, oh ! Comme on la regardait !
When Marie walked alone, everyone stared at her!

Quand Marie passait simplette, sans rubans et sans apprêts
Even when Marie walked without any adornments, people still judged her appearance!

Les crétins devant leur verre, les chipies à leur carreau
Foolish men sitting at the bar, and judgmental women standing at their windows were the ones criticizing Marie!

Qui jugeraient la terre entière, qui voient pas ce qui est beau
These people would judge the entire world without being able to appreciate beauty!

Disaient "Elle fait sa fière, Marie qui ne compte pas
They said, 'Marie, who doesn't matter, is too proud!'

Marie taillée à la serpe, Marie au visage ingrat"
They called her 'Marie, carved with an axe, Marie with an ugly face.'

Et Marie disait le soir à Clément, à son espoir
Marie would talk to Clément, her hope, in the evening.

"Dis-moi ce qu'ils me trouvent, qui ne leur plaît pas
She'd ask, 'Tell me what they find wrong with me that they don't like.'

Dis-moi ce qu'ils me trouvent, c'qu'ils n'me trouvent pas
She asked again, 'Tell me what they don't like about me that they don't find.'

Qu'ils aillent demander à ma mère de quelle peau elle m'a cousue
Marie suggests, 'If they're curious, they should go ask my mother which skin she used when she sewed me.'

Qu'ils aillent demander à mon père de quel amour il m'a voulue
She also adds, 'They can ask my father which love he had in mind when he wanted me.'

Et à ma fille, à Maïté, si j'suis pas la plus douce à embrasser"
Lastly, she insists, 'And they can also ask my daughter, Maïté, if I'm not the sweetest to kiss.'

Et Marie, devant sa glace, se disait à demi-voix
Marie, standing in front of her mirror, whispered to herself.

"J'peux me regarder en face, j'aime bien ce que je vois
She said, 'I can look at myself in the mirror, and I like what I see.'

J'ai, tant au long de ma vie, cherché la beauté que, si
Marie has been searching for beauty throughout her life.

J'étais pas un peu jolie, j'serais déjà plus ici
She believes that if she wasn't even a little bit pretty, she wouldn't be alive.

J'ai pourtant la peau si douce, j'ai pourtant les plus beaux yeux
Marie has very soft skin and the most beautiful eyes.

Qu'on ait vu d'mémoire de source, de mémoire d'amoureux"
These are the most beautiful eyes that anyone alive or in love has ever seen.

Et Marie disait toujours à Clément, à son amour
Marie would always say to Clément, her love.

"Dis-moi ce qu'ils me trouvent, qui ne leur plaît pas
She'd ask again, 'Tell me what they find wrong with me that they don't like.'

Dis-moi, dis-moi, ce qu'ils me trouvent, c'qu'ils ne me trouvent pas
She pleaded, 'Tell me what they don't like about me that they can't find.'

Qu'ils aillent demander à ma mère de quelle soie elle m'a tricotée
Marie suggested, 'If people are interested, they can ask my mother which silk she used to knit me.'

Qu'ils aillent demander à mon père de quelle tendresse il m'a parée
She added, 'Or they can ask my father which affection he used to clothe me.'

Et à ma fille, à Maïté, si j'suis pas la plus douce à embrasser"
She concluded, 'And they can also ask my daughter, Maïté, if I'm not the sweetest to kiss.'

Et Marie, la toute fière, se disait d'un ton bien las
Marie, proud and tired, whispered to herself.

"Quelle serpe a pu me faire ce visage et ces mains-là ?
She wondered, 'Which axe carved my face and my hands?'

S'ils ne peuvent pas comprendre qu'au moins ils ne disent rien
Marie wished that if they could not understand her appearance, they would refrain from commenting at all.

Je suis femme et je suis tendre, certains s'en souviennent bien
She affirmed her femininity and tenderness, which some could still remember.

Et si l'amour se rappelle autant que je l'aime, moi
She said, 'If love remembers me as much as I love it,'

Il faut bien que je sois belle, sinon je ne vivrais pas"
She concluded, 'then I must be beautiful, otherwise I wouldn't be alive.'

Et lui répondit Clément, en cherchant ses mots longtemps
Clément responded, taking a long time to choose his words.

"J'sais pas ce qu'ils te trouvent, qui ne leur plaît pas
He replied, 'I don't know what they find wrong with you that they don't like.'

J'sais pas ce qu'ils te trouvent, moi, je ne trouve pas
He confessed, 'I don't know what they find wrong with you because I don't see anything.'

J'sais que le jour où je t'ai vue, j'ai eu envie de te garder
Clément revealed that when he saw Marie, he knew he wanted to keep her forever.

Que le jour où je t'ai connue, moi, ma maison, j't'ai tout donné
He added that since the day he met her, he had given her everything he had, including his home.

Et que pour moi, pour Maïté, tu restes la plus douce à embrasser.
Lastly, he confirmed that for him and their daughter, Maïté, Marie remained the sweetest to kiss.