| Cousin, quelle joie m’inonde
| Cousin, what joy overwhelms me
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| À te recevoir ici
| To receive you here
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| De ta campagne profonde
| From your deep countryside
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| Tu t’es arraché, merci !
| You pulled it off, thank you!
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| Au restaurant je t’invite
| At the restaurant I invite you
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| Car je veux te régaler
| 'Cause I wanna treat you
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| Mais tu trembles, tu m'évites
| But you're shaking, you're avoiding me
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| Fais mine de t’en aller
| Pretend to leave
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| Qu’est-ce, qu’est-ce
| What, what
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| Que ce bruit?
| What that noise?
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| S’il ne cesse
| If he doesn't stop
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| Je m’enfuis !
| I am running away !
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| Peste, peste
| plague, plague
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| Mon ami
| My friend
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| Je ne reste
| I don't stay
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| Point ici !
| Dots here!
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| Cousin, pour t'être agréable
| Cousin, to please you
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| Je vais fermer la radio
| I'll turn off the radio
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| Viens, j’ai retenu la table
| Come, I held the table
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| Dans un très charmant bistrot
| In a very charming bistro
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| Mais d’où vient que tu grimaces?
| But where does your grimace come from?
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| D’où vient qu'à peine installé
| Where does that just installed
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| Tu t’agites à ta place
| You fuss in your place
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| Au risque de basculer?
| At risk of tipping over?
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| Qu’est-ce, qu’est-ce
| What, what
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| Que ce bruit?
| What that noise?
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| S’il ne cesse
| If he doesn't stop
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| Je m’enfuis !
| I am running away !
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| Peste, peste
| plague, plague
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| Mon ami
| My friend
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| Je ne reste
| I don't stay
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| Point ici !
| Dots here!
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| Si cet endroit te chagrine
| If this place bothers you
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| Je peux t’emmener ailleurs
| I can take you somewhere else
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| Mais quoi? | But what? |
| Tu fais grise mine
| You look gray
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| Que faut-il à Monseigneur?
| What does Monsignor need?
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| Tu te bouches les oreilles
| You cover your ears
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| Te sauvant comme un perdu
| Saving you like a lost
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| Dis-moi donc ce qui t’effraye
| So tell me what scares you
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| Moi, je n’ai rien entendu
| I didn't hear anything
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| Qu’est-ce, qu’est-ce
| What, what
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| Que ce bruit?
| What that noise?
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| S’il ne cesse
| If he doesn't stop
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| Je m’enfuis !
| I am running away !
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| Peste, peste
| plague, plague
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| Mon ami
| My friend
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| Je ne reste
| I don't stay
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| Point ici !
| Dots here!
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| N’aimes-tu pas la musique?
| Don't you like music?
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| Voyons ! | Let's see! |
| Tu quittes les lieux?
| Are you leaving?
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| Viens chez moi, dit le rustique
| Come to my house, said the rustic
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| Nous y mangerons bien mieux
| We'll eat much better there
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| Là, nous ferons nos échanges
| There, we will make our exchanges
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| Sans être assommés de sons
| Without being overwhelmed with sounds
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| Je mettrai, s’il te dérange
| I will put, if you mind
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| Une sourdine au pinson
| A Finch Mute
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| N’est-ce, n’est-ce
| Is it, is it
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| Que le vent
| Let the wind
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| Qui caresse
| Who caresses
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| Nos tympans?
| Our eardrums?
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| Peste, peste
| plague, plague
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| Mon cousin
| My cousin
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| Reste, reste
| Stay, stay
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| On est si bien | We're so good |