| Quand je suis venu au monde
| When I came into the world
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| Ma m?? | My m?? |
| re m’a tout donn?
| gave me everything?
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| Une panse bien ronde
| A round belly
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| Des pieds, des grands pieds
| Feet, big feet
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| Pour marcher, pour marcher
| To walk, to walk
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| Pour danser
| To dance
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| Mais la plus belle chose
| But the most beautiful thing
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| Qu’elle ait pu me donner
| That she could give me
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| Dans l’fond
| In the background
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| C’est? | It is? |
| peine si j’ose
| hardly if I dare
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| Le dire … c’est mon…
| Saying it...it's my...
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| Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? | Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
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| J’ai le plus beau des papayou l? | I have the most beautiful papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
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| Qu’on ait vu depuis des ann? | What have we seen for years? |
| es
| are
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| Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? | Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
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| Ma m?? | My m?? |
| re me disait faut pas le montrer
| told me don't show it
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| ?‡a f’rait des jaloux dans le quartier
| ?‡ it would be jealous in the neighborhood
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| ?‡a f’rait pleins de jaloux qui n’en n’ont pas du tout
| ?‡ it would make a lot of jealous people who don't have any at all
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| ?‡a f’rait pleins d’envieux qui n’en ont pas chez eux
| ? ‡ it would make a lot of envious people who don't have one at home
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| ?‡a f’rait pleins de m? | ?‡it would be full of m? |
| chants qu’en ont pas de si grands
| songs that have none so great
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| Il faut pas le montrer du tout !
| You don't have to show it at all!
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| Un jour l’institutrice
| One day the teacher
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| Me dit: mais que t’as grandi
| Said to me: but that you have grown up
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| Je r? | I r? |
| ponds sans malice
| lay without malice
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| Mais mon papayou il grandit lui aussi
| But my papayou he's growing too
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| Elle me dit je suppose
| She tells me I guess
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| Que c’est une plaisanterie
| That's a joke
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| Mais en voyant la chose
| But seeing the thing
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| Elle pousse un cri: (cri)
| She lets out a scream: (scream)
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| Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? | Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
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| C’est le plus beau des papayou l? | It's the most beautiful papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
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| Que j’ai vu depuis des ann? | That I've seen for years? |
| es
| are
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| Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? | Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
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| Garde le pour moi ne le montre pas
| Keep it to me don't show it
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| ?‡a f’rait des jaloux dans le quartier
| ?‡ it would be jealous in the neighborhood
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| ?‡a f’rait pleins de jaloux qui n’en n’ont pas du tout
| ?‡ it would make a lot of jealous people who don't have any at all
|
| ?‡a f’rait pleins d’envieux qui n’en ont pas chez eux
| ? ‡ it would make a lot of envious people who don't have one at home
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| ?‡a f’rait pleins de m? | ?‡it would be full of m? |
| chants qu’en ont pas de si grands
| songs that have none so great
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| ?‡a f’rait pleins de badauds qu’on rien vu d’aussi beau
| ?‡it would be full of onlookers that we saw nothing so beautiful
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| Et qui diraient partout c’est un dr?? | And who would say everywhere it's a dr?? |
| le de joujou
| the toy
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| Il faut pas le montrer du tout, non !
| You don't have to show it at all, no!
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| Un jour? | One day? |
| colin-maillard
| blind man
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| Une fille aux yeux band? | A blindfolded girl? |
| s
| s
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| Le d? | The d? |
| couvrant par hasard
| covering by chance
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| Me dit: qu’est-ce que c’est, qu’est-ce que c’est, qu’est-ce que c’est
| Said to me, what is it, what is it, what is it
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| Et depuis au village
| And since in the village
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| Toutes les filles de la r? | All the girls in the r? |
| gion
| gion
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| Me demande en mariage
| Propose to me
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| Pour avoir mon…
| To have my...
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| Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? | Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
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| J’ai le plus beau des papayou l? | I have the most beautiful papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
|
| Qu’on ait vu depuis des ann? | What have we seen for years? |
| es
| are
|
| Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? | Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
|
| Ma m?? | My m?? |
| re me disait faut pas le montrer
| told me don't show it
|
| ?‡a f’rait des jaloux dans le quartier
| ?‡ it would be jealous in the neighborhood
|
| Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? | Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
|
| J’ai le plus beau des papayou l? | I have the most beautiful papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
|
| Qu’on ait vu depuis des ann? | What have we seen for years? |
| es
| are
|
| Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? | Papayou, papayou, papayou, papayou l? |
| l?
| I?
|
| Ma m?? | My m?? |
| re me disait faut pas le montrer
| told me don't show it
|
| ?‡a f’rait des jaloux dans le quartier | ?‡ it would be jealous in the neighborhood |