Go, get yourself a smile

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Go, get yourself a smile

Go, get yourself a smile

 

Boyfriend talks to me as if I was a slave.

He says: Eat. He says: Love your chain.

Boyfriend says: Do not see yourself as a prisoner in my house.

Boyfriend offers me money,

he tells me to go buy a smile.

 

 

Allez, va te chercher un sourire

 

Boyfriend me parle comme à une esclave. 

Il dit : mange.  Il dit : adore tes chaines.

Boyfriend dit : ne te prends pas pour une prisonnière dans ma maison.

Boyfriend me donne de l’argent,

il me dit d’aller acheter un sourire.

Traduction : Christine Berlioz & Laila Flink Thullesen

Ga jij maar een glimlach kopen

 

Boyfriend praat tegen me alsof ik een slaaf ben.

Hij zegt: Eet. Hij zegt: hou van je ketting.

Boyfriend zegt: zie jezelf niet als een gevangene in mijn huis.

Boyfriend biedt me geld aan,

hij zegt, ga jij maar een glimlach kopen.

Vertaling: Henk van der Liet

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HAGEN Christina

HAGEN Christina

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Go, get yourself a smile

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