| Elles germaient, ces peuplades
| They germinated, these tribes
|
| Comme écume sur le flot
| Like foam on the water
|
| Secouez la mer malade
| Shake the sick sea
|
| Une troupe sort de l’eau
| A troop comes out of the water
|
| Secouez la mer malade
| Shake the sick sea
|
| Clopin-clopant sur l'îlot
| hobbling on the islet
|
| Une race cherche un lot
| A race seeks a lot
|
| Et commence la parade
| And the parade begins
|
| Une race cherche un lot
| A race seeks a lot
|
| Polit ses armes, ses jades
| Polishes his weapons, his jades
|
| Ses dieux, ses chants, ses grelots
| Its gods, its songs, its bells
|
| Ses ongles, ses palissades
| His nails, his palisades
|
| Ses dieux, ses chants, ses grelots
| Its gods, its songs, its bells
|
| Pullulent quelques décades
| Pullulate a few decades
|
| Puis tout passe à la cascade
| Then it all goes down the drain
|
| Et retourne dans le flot
| And go back in the flow
|
| Elles germaient, ces peuplades
| They germinated, these tribes
|
| Comme écume sur le flot
| Like foam on the water
|
| Secouez la mer malade
| Shake the sick sea
|
| Une troupe sort de l’eau
| A troop comes out of the water
|
| Secouez la mer malade
| Shake the sick sea
|
| Clopin-clopant sur l'îlot
| hobbling on the islet
|
| Une race cherche un lot
| A race seeks a lot
|
| Et commence la parade
| And the parade begins
|
| Une race cherche un lot
| A race seeks a lot
|
| Polit ses armes, ses jades
| Polishes his weapons, his jades
|
| Ses dieux, ses chants, ses grelots
| Its gods, its songs, its bells
|
| Ses ongles, ses palissades
| His nails, his palisades
|
| Ses dieux, ses chants, ses grelots
| Its gods, its songs, its bells
|
| Pullulent quelques décades
| Pullulate a few decades
|
| Puis tout passe à la cascade
| Then it all goes down the drain
|
| Et retourne dans le flot
| And go back in the flow
|
| Elles germaient, ces peuplades
| They germinated, these tribes
|
| Comme écume sur le flot
| Like foam on the water
|
| Secouez la mer malade
| Shake the sick sea
|
| Une troupe sort de l’eau
| A troop comes out of the water
|
| Secouez la mer malade
| Shake the sick sea
|
| Clopin-clopant sur l'îlot
| hobbling on the islet
|
| Une race cherche un lot
| A race seeks a lot
|
| Et commence la parade
| And the parade begins
|
| Une race cherche un lot
| A race seeks a lot
|
| Polit ses armes, ses jades
| Polishes his weapons, his jades
|
| Ses dieux, ses chants, ses grelots
| Its gods, its songs, its bells
|
| Ses ongles, ses palissades
| His nails, his palisades
|
| Ses dieux, ses chants, ses grelots
| Its gods, its songs, its bells
|
| Pullulent quelques décades
| Pullulate a few decades
|
| Puis tout passe à la cascade
| Then it all goes down the drain
|
| Et retourne dans le flot | And go back in the flow |