| Pigeon vole (original) | Pigeon vole (translation) |
|---|---|
| Amoureux d’une cousine | In love with a cousin |
| Qui pouvait avoir vingt ans | Who could have been twenty years old |
| Je vivais, on le devine | I was alive, you can guess |
| Haletant | panting |
| On se couchait sur la plage | We were lying on the beach |
| C'était pas encor l'été | It wasn't summer yet |
| On avait l’air d'être sage | We seemed to be wise |
| En vérité, on l'était | In truth, we were |
| Quel état que l'été met en moi, quel émoi | What a state summer puts in me, what a thrill |
| Et quel mois de Mai | And what a month of May |
| Pigeon vole | pigeon flies |
| Le ciel vole | The sky is flying |
| Chapeau vole | hat flies |
| Et vole aussi mon cœur | And steal my heart too |
| Plein de bonheur | Full of happiness |
| Cheveu vole | Hair flies |
| Herbe vole | grass flies |
| Dindon vole | Turkey flies |
| Et vole mon regard | And steal my gaze |
| Vers tes yeux noirs | To your black eyes |
| Ah ! | Ah! |
| Quel vent du Nord ! | What a north wind! |
| Qu’il fait bon dehors | It's good outside |
| Qu’il fait beau et doux | How nice and sweet it is |
| Près de vous | Close to you |
| Rentrons vite | Let's go home quickly |
| Ma petite | My little |
| Car j’ai peur à l’horizon | Because I'm afraid on the horizon |
| De voir s’envoler la maison | To see the house fly away |
