| Une fleur à sa guitare
| A flower to his guitar
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| Quatre rubans de couleur
| Four colored ribbons
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| Ces rubans ont une histoire
| These ribbons have a story
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| C’est l’histoire de son cœur
| This is the story of his heart
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| Toute la nuit il a joué
| All night he played
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| J’avais le cœur qui tremblait
| my heart was shaking
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| Il m’a raconté l’histoire
| He told me the story
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| Des rubans et de son cœur
| Ribbons and his heart
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| Et la fleur, dis?
| And the flower, say?
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| Et la fleur?
| And the flower?
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| Elle n’a donc pas d’histoire
| She has no history
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| Et la fleur, dis?
| And the flower, say?
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| Et la fleur?
| And the flower?
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| Parle-moi d’elle ce soir
| Tell me about her tonight
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| Il y avait un ruban gris
| There was a gray ribbon
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| Pour sa mère et son pays
| For his mother and his country
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| Qui en partant lui ont dit
| Who on leaving told him
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| «Aller, bon vent mon petit»
| "Come on, good wind my little one"
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| Il y avait un ruban bleu
| There was a blue ribbon
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| Pour les filles aux jolis yeux
| For girls with pretty eyes
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| Qu’il rencontrait en chemin
| whom he met along the way
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| Qu’il oubliait le matin
| That he forgot the morning
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| Et la fleur, dis?
| And the flower, say?
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| Et la fleur?
| And the flower?
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| Elle n’a donc pas d’histoire
| She has no history
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| Et la fleur, dis?
| And the flower, say?
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| Et la fleur?
| And the flower?
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| Parle-moi d’elle ce soir
| Tell me about her tonight
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| Il y avait un ruban rouge
| There was a red ribbon
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| Pour son copain Nicolas
| For his friend Nicolas
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| Qui lui écrit quelques fois
| Who writes to him sometimes
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| «Je suis soldat ne m’oublie pas»
| "I am a soldier don't forget me"
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| Il y avait un ruban blanc
| There was a white ribbon
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| Il le garde pour l’enfant
| He keeps it for the child
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| L’enfant qu’il aura un jour
| The child he will one day have
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| Quand il trouvera l’amour
| When he finds love
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| Et la fleur, dis?
| And the flower, say?
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| Et la fleur?
| And the flower?
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| Tu n’en parles jamais
| you never talk about it
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| Et la fleur, dis?
| And the flower, say?
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| Et la fleur
| And the flower
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| La fleur, tu me l’as donnée | The flower, you gave it to me |