| Si vous passez le soir
| If you spend the evening
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| Auprès du vieux lavoir
| Near the old washhouse
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| Vous entendrez un chant étrange et doux
| You will hear a strange and sweet song
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| Le chant d’un berger
| A Shepherd's Song
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| Qui vient jouer de sa flûte
| Who comes to play his flute
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| Et les gens disent qu’il est fou
| And people say he's crazy
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| Dans son regard d’enfant au sourire éternel
| In her child's gaze with an eternal smile
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| On voit souvent passer un reflet de ciel
| We often see a reflection of the sky passing by
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| Berger, berger, joue sur ton pipeau
| Shepherd, shepherd, play on your pipe
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| Berger, berger, tu appelles ton troupeau
| Shepherd, shepherd, you call your flock
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| Mais ta chanson, mais ta chanson n’a plus d'écho
| But your song, but your song no longer echoes
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| C’est pour les yeux moqueurs
| It's for mocking eyes
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| D’une fille sans cœur
| Of a heartless girl
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| Que le berger a perdu la raison
| That the shepherd has lost his mind
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| Pour la décider à lui céder
| To persuade her to give in to him
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| Un par un, il a donné tous ses moutons
| One by one he gave away all his sheep
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| Mais le dernier parti,
| But the last party,
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| La belle en fit autant
| Beauty did the same
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| Et c’est depuis qu’au long des nuits on l’entend
| And it's since that throughout the nights we hear it
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| Berger, berger, joue sur ton pipeau
| Shepherd, shepherd, play on your pipe
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| Berger, berger, tu appelles ton troupeau
| Shepherd, shepherd, you call your flock
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| Mais ta chanson, mais ta chanson n’a plus d'écho
| But your song, but your song no longer echoes
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| Hé, berger! | Hey, Shepherd! |
| Berger! | Shepherd! |