| Elle pleure son marin
| She mourns her sailor
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| Son marin n’est pas le sien,
| Her sailor is not hers,
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| Elle dit que les vagues sont follesx2
| She says the waves are crazyx2
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| Quand elles chantent le fa do,
| When they sing fa do,
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| Son chant est un oiseaux,
| Her song is a birds,
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| Un oiseaux qui s’envole x2
| A bird taking flight x2
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| (refrain:)
| (chorus:)
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| Sao loucas x4
| Sao Loucas x4
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| L’oiseau emporte une prière vers une Bouteille a la mer
| The bird carries a prayer to a Bottle in the sea
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| Son adresse c’est le grand large x2
| His address is the open sea x2
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| On dit que la vieille est bargex2
| They say the old one is bargex2
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| (refrain)
| (chorus)
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| Mais dès qu’elle porte le châle
| But as soon as she wears the shawl
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| Le silence s’installe
| The silence settles
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| On écoute ses paroles x2
| We listen to his words x2
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| Elle pose sur ses reins
| She lays on her loins
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| Les lignes de ses mains
| The lines of his hands
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| Qui se remplissent d’alcool x2
| Who fill up with alcohol x2
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| (refrain)
| (chorus)
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| Alors elle ferme les yeux
| So she closes her eyes
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| Elle est seule devant dieu
| She is alone before god
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| Elle n’a peur de personne x2
| She's not afraid of anyone x2
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| Attiser le coeur de sao loucas x2
| Stir the heart of sao loucas x2
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| (refrain)
| (chorus)
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| Elle donne son chagrin
| She gives her grief
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| Son chagrin n’est plus le sien
| His grief is no longer his
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| C’est celui de Lisbonne x2
| This is Lisbon x2
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| Et dans | And in |