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Madame Pipi
Saule Lyrics
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Au milieu de nos odeurs
Quel bonheur,
Madame pipi fait la gueule
Dans son assiette qui s'abîme
Luisent les pièces de vingt centimes
Sublime, Madame pipi s'fait son film
Ref :
Elle a plus de style dans ses gestes
Que toutes ces stars du show-business
Plus de classe qu'les gens qui passent
En costard trois pièces
Avec sa bombe, elle vaporise
La vie salace des journées grises
Elle aseptise les fosses plus sceptiques
Qu'une église
Puis le soir quand tout s'éteint
Madame pipi attend son train
Elle regarde le cœur léger
Son p'tit ciel étoilé
Elle dandine sur la voie ferrée
Sur son visage on voit pointer
Le sourire d'une fée
Si c'était vrai
Ref
Moi, j'dis
Que dans ces personnes qu'on oublie
Sommeille un soleil de minuit
Une p'tite lueur qui fait de ces femmes
De jolies dames
The song "Madame Pipi" by Saule tells the story of a woman who works as a toilet attendant. She is sitting at her little yellow flowered table amidst the odors of the restroom, feeling unhappy. Her food is in a deteriorating state and her mood reflects that. Yet, there is something sublime about her. Her collection of twenty centime coins glimmer in her dish, but the real shimmer is in her attitude. She is completely immersed in her own world, making her own movie. Even as she goes about her mundane job of cleaning up the messes of strangers, there is a gracefulness to her movements and a certain beauty in her ways. She is altogether more stylish and classy than the busy people who rush past her in their suits.
The chorus of the song pays tribute to the grace and style of this woman. Saule sings that Madame Pipi has more style than all of the show-business stars, and more class than those people who wear a three-piece suit. Her work is to sanitize the most doubtful corners of the restrooms, and she does it with a sense of purpose as if she were in a church. Despite the tedium of her work, Madame Pipi has her own little world, and it is evident in her demeanor.
Despite her seeming contentment while at work, Madame Pipi also has a life outside of it. She waits for her train in the evenings with a light heart, admiring her starry sky. When she dandles on the train track, a grin like a fairy spreads across her face. Even though the existence of this happy, content world might only be in the singer's imagination, it is real to her.
Line by Line Meaning
Sur sa p'tite table jaune à fleurs
On her small yellow flowered table
Au milieu de nos odeurs
Amidst our smells
Quel bonheur, Madame pipi fait la gueule
What happiness, Madame pipi is sulky
Dans son assiette qui s'abîme
In her deteriorating plate
Luisent les pièces de vingt centimes
Shine the twenty cent coins
Sublime, Madame pipi s'fait son film
Sublime, Madame pipi makes her movie
Elle a plus de style dans ses gestes
She has more style in her movements
Que toutes ces stars du show-business
Than all those show business stars
Plus de classe qu'les gens qui passent
More class than people passing by
En costard trois pièces
In three-piece suits
Avec sa bombe, elle vaporise
With her spray can, she vaporizes
La vie salace des journées grises
The filthy life of gray days
Elle aseptise les fosses plus sceptiques
She disinfects the most skeptical toilets
Qu'une église
Like a church
Puis le soir quand tout s'éteint
Then in the evening when everything turns off
Madame pipi attend son train
Madame pipi waits for her train
Elle regarde le cœur léger
She looks with a light heart
Son p'tit ciel étoilé
Her little starry sky
Elle dandine sur la voie ferrée
She sways on the railway track
Sur son visage on voit pointer
On her face, we see appear
Le sourire d'une fée
The smile of a fairy
Si c'était vrai
If it were true
Moi, j'dis
I say
Que dans ces personnes qu'on oublie
That in these forgotten people
Sommeille un soleil de minuit
Sleeps a midnight sun
Une p'tite lueur qui fait de ces femmes
A little glow that makes these women
De jolies dames
Pretty ladies
Contributed by Addison L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
gaidgin
Une si jolie chanson pour toutes ces petites madames :)