# La Panse Italian-to-English translation

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**Created:** [June 18, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-panse-italian-to-english-translation/361185 "2006-06-18T16:40:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
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I hope this doesn’t violate copyright, but I’m looking for a translation for the lyrics of Karl Zero’s [_La Panse_](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/x-filesepisodes2/lapanse.htm). Babelfish doesn’t seem to know some of the words, and the syntax sometimes doesn’t make sense.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-panse-italian-to-english-translation/361185/2 "2006-06-28T01:55:39Z")

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One bump…

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**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-panse-italian-to-english-translation/361185/3 "2006-06-28T09:36:46Z")

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My Italian boyfriend translates it like this (breast being like the chest, not a woman’s breast exactly):

Each day I change/replace a flower  
And I put it on your breast  
This morning on your heart  
You had put a pansy (he says the sentence isn’t Italian but we guess that’s what it means)  
And why did you put the pansy there  
If I did make a mistake, now I understand  
Will you tell me, beautiful fairy  
That you think always of me

Chorus:  
Ah ah ah what a beautiful pansy you have  
What a beautiful flower you have  
Give it to me?  
No!  
Give it to me?  
No, give me your pansy  
I’ll keep another one on my chest  
And I’ll put them together  
My pansy, your pansy  
To remember our love

Pansy, pansy  
Always think of me

This silky flower  
Is very precious to me  
When it wilts  
I will still keep it

It has 3 petals darling  
And each one has a wish  
Each petal is coloured  
One yellow and 2 brown

Chorus

You are like a butterfly  
That flies around me  
And you rest on my shoulder  
Like a breast and a pansy  
I become naiive  
Then I kiss you on the mouth  
It feels like fireworks  
This kiss that I give you.

Chorus

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**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-panse-italian-to-english-translation/361185/4 "2006-06-28T12:02:26Z")

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Grazie! 🙂