Comment trouvez-vous ma sœur ?
Serge Gainsbourg Lyrics


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Toutes les femmes sont jolies
Enfin plus ou moins jolie jolie

Yes sir, yes sir, mais comment trouvez vous ma sœur?
Celle ci bien sur est charmante
Celle là est ravissante

Yes sir, yes sir, mais comment trouvez vous ma sœur?
N'est elle pas à la hauteur
Pour qui cherche un souffre douceur
Toutes les femmes sont à prendre
Enfin y en a qui peuvent attendre

Yes sir, yes sir, mais comment trouvez vous ma sœur?
N'est elle pas à la hauteur
Pour qui cherche un souffre douceur
Toutes les femmes sont à prendre
Enfin y en a qui peuvent attendre





Yes sir, yes sir, mais comment trouvez vous ma sœur?
Yes sir, yes sir, mais comment trouvez vous ma sœur?

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Serge Gainsbourg's song 'Comment trouvez-vous ma sœur?' explore the concept of feminine beauty through an interestingly playful and slightly provocative lens. The singer appears to be asking for opinions on different women, with the repeated line "Yes sir, yes sir, mais comment trouvez vous ma sœur?" implying a desire for validation or approval of the women in question.


However, the song takes a slightly darker turn as the singer questions whether his sister is desirable enough for someone seeking a gentle love ("N'est elle pas à la hauteur pour qui cherche un souffre douceur"). This reveals an underlying tension between the singer's admiration for women and his desire to control and limit their freedom of choice in relationships.


The song ultimately hints at the societal pressure placed on women to conform to certain beauty standards and to be deemed desirable by men. It suggests that a woman's value and worth is based solely on her physical appearance and ability to please men, rather than her individual personality and desires.


Line by Line Meaning

Toutes les femmes sont jolies
All women are pretty


Enfin plus ou moins jolie jolie
Well, more or less pretty


Yes sir, yes sir, mais comment trouvez vous ma sœur?
Yes sir, yes sir, but how do you find my sister?


Celle ci bien sur est charmante
This one, of course, is charming


Celle là est ravissante
That one is delightful


N'est elle pas à la hauteur
Isn't she up to the task


Pour qui cherche un souffre douceur
For whoever seeks a gentle suffering


Toutes les femmes sont à prendre
All women are to be taken


Enfin y en a qui peuvent attendre
Well, some can wait


Yes sir, yes sir, mais comment trouvez vous ma sœur?
Yes sir, yes sir, but how do you find my sister?


N'est elle pas à la hauteur
Isn't she up to the task


Pour qui cherche un souffre douceur
For whoever seeks a gentle suffering


Toutes les femmes sont à prendre
All women are to be taken


Enfin y en a qui peuvent attendre
Well, some can wait


Yes sir, yes sir, mais comment trouvez vous ma sœur?
Yes sir, yes sir, but how do you find my sister?


Yes sir, yes sir, mais comment trouvez vous ma sœur?
Yes sir, yes sir, but how do you find my sister?




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Written by: Serge Gainsbourg

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Elian


on Ford Mustang

We're swapping spits / We're snorting lines [double entendre] (On s' fait des "lines")
In a Ford Mustang
And then, "Bang"
We're banging in [triple entendre]
To the plane trees / And then, "Bang," we're getting high ("embrasser les platanes = planer" [ French] (=to get high)
"Mus" to the left
"Tang" to the right
And to the left, to the right

A windshield wiper
A pack of Kool
A badge with the inscription
"Keep Cool"
A bar of
Chocolate
A Coca-Cola

We're swapping spits / We're snorting lines
In a Ford Mustang
And then, "Bang"
We're banging in
To the plane trees
"Mus" to the left
"Tang" to the right
And to the left, to the right

A bottle
Of make-up fluid
A flashgun
A Browning (automatic pistol)
A phonograph
A volume
Of Edgar A. Poe
And a plain brass ZIPPO

We're swapping spits / We're snorting lines
In a Ford Mustang
And then, "Bang"
We're banging in
To the plane trees
"Mus" to the left
"Tang" to the right
And to the left, to the right

An edition
Of Superman
A nut from
Paco
Rabanne
A pic of
Marilyn
A tube of aspirin

We're swapping spits / We're snorting lines
In a Ford Mustang
And then, "Bang"
We're banging in
To the plane trees
"Mus" to the left
"Tang" to the right
And to the left, to the right

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