| Belle, belle, belle,
| Beautiful beautiful beautiful,
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| Que voulez-vous que je dise,
| What do you want me to say,
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| À votre frimousse exquise?
| To your exquisite face?
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| Riez rose sans cervelle.
| Laugh brainless pink.
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| Vos yeux de saphir grands et clairs,
| Your large and clear sapphire eyes,
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| Inquiètent comme les ondes,
| Worry like the waves,
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| Des fleuves, des lacs et des mers,
| Of rivers, lakes and seas,
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| Et j’en ai des rages profondes.
| And I have deep rages about it.
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| Mais je suis pourtant désarmé,
| But I'm still disarmed,
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| Par la bouche rose de mai,
| By the rosy mouth of May,
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| Qui parle si bien sans paroles.
| Who speaks so well without words.
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| Et qui dit le mot sans pareil,
| And who says the word peerless,
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| Fleur délicieusement folle,
| Delightfully mad flower,
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| Éclose à Paris au soleil.
| Hatched in Paris in the sun.
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| Belle belle belle.
| Beautiful beautiful beautiful.
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| Que voulez-vous que je dise,
| What do you want me to say,
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| À votre frimousse exquise,
| To your exquisite face,
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| Riez rose sans cervelle. | Laugh brainless pink. |