I told her that I was a flop with chics
Kukatakan padanya bahwa aku gagal dengan barang bawaan
I've been this way since 1986*
Aku sudah seperti ini sejak 1986 *
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
Dia melihat telapak tanganku dan dia membuat sebuah tanda ajaib
She said “What you need is Love Potion Number Nine”
Dia berkata “Yang Anda butuhkan adalah Love Potion Number Nine”

She bent down, turned around and gave me a wink
Dia membungkuk, berbalik dan mengedipkan mata
She said “I'm gonna mix it up right here in the sink”
Dia berkata “Saya akan mencampurnya di sini, di wastafel”
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink
Baunya seperti terpentin, rasanya seperti tinta India
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
Saya memegang hidung saya, saya memejamkan mata, saya minum

I didn't know if it was day or night
Aku tidak tahu apakah itu siang atau malam
I started kissin' everything in sight
Aku mulai mencium segala sesuatu yang terlihat
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Tapi saat aku mencium seorang polisi di atas Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
Dia memecahkan botol kecil Love Potion Number Nine

She bent down, turned around and gave me a wink
Dia membungkuk, berbalik dan mengedipkan mata
She said “I'm gonna mix it up right here in the sink”
Dia berkata “Saya akan mencampurnya di sini, di wastafel”
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink
Baunya seperti terpentin, rasanya seperti tinta India
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
Saya memegang hidung saya, saya memejamkan mata, saya minum

I didn't know if it was day or night
Aku tidak tahu apakah itu siang atau malam
I started kissin' everything in sight
Aku mulai mencium segala sesuatu yang terlihat
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Tapi saat aku mencium seorang polisi di atas Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
Dia memecahkan botol kecil Love Potion Number Nine

*This could be “gold-capped tooth” as in the other versions, but the way
* Ini bisa jadi “gigi yang tertutup emas” seperti pada versi lainnya, tapi caranya
Martinez sings it, it really sounds more like “gold tatoo”. Secondly, he
Martinez menyanyikannya, itu terdengar lebih seperti “tatoo emas”. Kedua, dia
has modernized the song so that it really is “since 1986”.
telah dimodernisasi lagu sehingga benar-benar “sejak 1986”.