| Il y avait trois jeunes garçons, par un beau dimanche
| There were three young boys, one fine Sunday
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| Sur la route blanche, qui marchaient
| On the white road, who walked
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| La la la, qui chantaient
| La la la, who were singing
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| Il y avait là sur le gazon, par un beau dimanche
| There was there on the grass, on a beautiful Sunday
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| Mademoiselle Blanche, une fille
| Miss Blanche, a girl
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| Très gentille, qui rêvait
| Very nice, who was dreaming
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| Et le soleil riait à pleines dents
| And the sun was laughing out loud
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| Et ses rayons illuminait la terre
| And its rays illuminated the earth
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| L’amour courait sur tout le continent
| Love ran all over the continent
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| Cherchant des cœurs en quête de lumière
| Searching for hearts in search of light
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| Il y avait trois jeunes garçons, par un beau dimanche
| There were three young boys, one fine Sunday
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| Sur la route blanche, qui marchaient
| On the white road, who walked
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| Qui marchaient
| who walked
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| Le premier ne trouvait rien de drôle
| The first didn't find anything funny
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| Sans rien dire il haussa les épaules
| Without saying a word he shrugged his shoulders
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| Le second gars qui n’avait pas de chance
| The second guy who had no luck
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| Dit: «L'amour ça n’a pas d’importance»
| Said, "Love don't matter"
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| Le troisième qui la trouvait très belle
| The third who found her very beautiful
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| Dit: «Partez, je resterai près d’elle»
| Said, "Go, I'll stay by her"
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| Il y avait trois jeunes garçons, par un beau dimanche
| There were three young boys, one fine Sunday
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| Sur la route blanche, qui marchaient
| On the white road, who walked
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| La la la, qui chantaient
| La la la, who were singing
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| Il y avait là sur le gazon, par un beau dimanche
| There was there on the grass, on a beautiful Sunday
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| Mademoiselle Blanche, une fille
| Miss Blanche, a girl
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| Très gentille, qui riait
| Very nice, who was laughing
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| Et le garçon décoiffait ses cheveux
| And the boy messed up his hair
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| Et le garçon fripait tout son corsage
| And the boy wrinkled his whole bodice
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| Et la fillette riait à ces jeux
| And the girl laughed at these games
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| Son rire résonnait au voisinage
| His laugh echoed around
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| Il y avait deux jeunes garçons, par un beau dimanche
| There were two young boys, one fine Sunday
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| Sur la route blanche, qui marchaient
| On the white road, who walked
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| Qui chantaient
| who were singing
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| Quand il parla de choses étranges
| When he spoke of strange things
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| Elle crut entendre chanter les anges
| She thought she heard the angels sing
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| Alors la belle ferma les yeux
| So beauty closed her eyes
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| Comme pour remercier les cieux
| As if to thank the heavens
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| Mais dieu n’entendit pas sa prière
| But god didn't hear his prayer
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| Et quand elle releva les paupières
| And when she lifted her eyes
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| Il y avait un jeune garçon, par un beau dimanche
| There was a young boy, on a beautiful Sunday
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| Sur la route blanche, qui marchait
| On the white road, who walked
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| La la la, qui chantait, bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo…
| La la la, singing, bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo...
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| Il restait là sur le gazon, par un beau dimanche
| He lay there on the grass, on a beautiful Sunday
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| Mademoiselle Blanche, une fille
| Miss Blanche, a girl
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| Très gentille, qui pleurait
| Very nice, who was crying
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| Elle pleurait sa jeunesse perdue
| She cried for her lost youth
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| Et le vent cherchait à sécher ses larmes
| And the wind was trying to dry her tears
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| Mais l'écho lui disait: «tu as perdu
| But the echo was telling him, "You've lost
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| Mademoiselle Blanche ta blancheur et ton charme»
| Mademoiselle Blanche your whiteness and your charm"
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| Il y avait là sur le gazon, par un beau dimanche
| There was there on the grass, on a beautiful Sunday
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| Mademoiselle Blanche, qui pleurait
| Mademoiselle Blanche, who was crying
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| Tandis que le gars marchait
| As the guy walked
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| Tandis que la nuit tombait
| As night fell
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| La belle pleurait, pleurait… la vie ! | Beauty was crying, crying... life! |