| Les enfants qui jouent à la balle
| children playing ball
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| Contre le mur de mon jardin
| Against my garden wall
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| Les enfants qui jouent à la balle
| children playing ball
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| En chantant leur petit refrain
| Singing their little refrain
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| Ne savent pas comme il est triste
| Don't know how sad it is
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| Mais le découvriront demain
| But will find out tomorrow
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| Ne savent pas comme il est triste
| Don't know how sad it is
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| Leur petit refrain de chagrin
| Their little chorus of sorrow
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| Partie simple, sans bouger
| Simple part, without moving
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| Sans rire et sans parler
| Without laughing and without speaking
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| Partie simple, je te rencontre
| Simple part, I meet you
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| Tu me souris, le ciel est bleu
| You smile at me, the sky is blue
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| Partie simple, tu me rencontres
| Simple part, you meet me
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| C’est si simple, on est tous les deux
| It's so simple, we're both
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| Sans bouger, on va vivre ensemble
| Without moving, we will live together
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| Sans tricher, on sera si bien
| Without cheating, we'll be so good
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| Sans bouger, comme on se ressemble
| Without moving, as we look alike
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| Tiens-moi si fort que je te tiens
| Hold me so tight that I hold you
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| Partie simple, sans bouger
| Simple part, without moving
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| Sans rire et sans parler
| Without laughing and without speaking
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| Mais sans rire, tu me délaisses
| But no kidding, you forsake me
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| Tu t’en vas, tu t’en vas de moi
| You're leaving, you're leaving me
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| Mais sans rire, que tu me blesses
| But don't laugh, that you hurt me
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| La partie est finie, je crois
| Game over I believe
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| Sans parler, on va se défaire
| Not to mention, we're gonna unravel
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| Que c’est dur de se dénouer
| How hard it is to untie
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| Sans parler, on va se défaire
| Not to mention, we're gonna unravel
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| J’aurais bien dû ne pas jouer
| I should have not played
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| Partie simple, sans bouger
| Simple part, without moving
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| Sans rire et sans parler
| Without laughing and without speaking
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| D’une main, que tu m’abandonnes
| With one hand, that you abandon me
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| Et de l’autre, que tu m’oublies
| And on the other, that you forget me
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| Sur un pied, moi, je te pardonne
| On one foot, I forgive you
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| Et sur l’autre, c’est bien fini
| And on the other, it's over
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| Petit moulin, y avait ma tête
| Little windmill, there was my head
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| Grand moulin, et aussi mon cœur
| Big mill, and also my heart
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| Petit tourbillon, ça s’arrête
| Little whirlwind, it stops
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| Grand tourbillon, c’est le malheur
| Great whirlwind, it's misfortune
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| Partie simple, sans bouger
| Simple part, without moving
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| Sans rire et sans parler
| Without laughing and without speaking
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| Partie simple, sans bouger
| Simple part, without moving
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| Sans rire et ! | No laughing and! |