Charlotte Forever Serge & Charlotte Gainsbourg English Subtitles

Based on the lovely piano composition Andantino by Aram Khatchaturian, Serge Gainsbourg composed the score for the 1986 film Charlotte For Ever, introducing his daughter by the English actress Jane Birkin, Charlotte. The film centers around the near incestuous love of a suicidal alcoholic Hollywood producer for his fifteen year old daughter. Thanks to the Word Reference Forum, the Lyrics Forum and especially to philipchek of YouTube, DailyMotion and Paris for help with this translation. It was he who discovered the musical source for this composition and helped me to appreciate the nuances of Gainsbourg’s lyric. __* this apparently meaningless phrase “vu ni vu ni couleur“ reminded four French speaking people of the idiom “ni vu ni connu“ “not seen, not known“ and so I have translated it as if it were a child’s way of mis-speaking this idiom. “Corruption of a minor“ may also refer to a minor musical chord , according to philipchek, who says Gainsbourg liked double meanings. _French lyrics:_Charlotte_Charlotte for ever_ Petit papa rêveur_ Charlotte_Charlotte for ever_ À jamais dans mon coeur_ _Charlotte_Charlotte for ever_ Recherche d’un never _More yes for ever_ Tous les amours se meurent _Sans toi_Je n suis plus moi _J dérive à linfini_Sens-moi_Approche-toi_Amour de ma vie __Charlotte_Charlotte for ever_Amour outsider _Charlotte_Charlotte for ever_No leader no dealer_ _Charlotte_Charlotte for ever_De moi tu es l’auteur _Charlotte_Charlotte for ever_ Es-tu à la hauteur_ Sans toi_Je n suis plus moi_Je dérive à linfini_ Sens-moi_Approche-toi_Amour de ma vie__ Charlotte_Charlotte for ever_Pitié pour moi mon coeur_ Charlotte_Charlotte for ever_Tu as gagné je pleure__Charlotte_Charlotte for ever _Papa papa jai peur_ Charlotte_Charlotte for ever _De goûter ta saveur__ Charlotte_Charlotte for ever _Vu ni vu ni couleur _Charlotte_Charlotte for ever _Détournement de mineure