| C’est aujourd’hui que la fête au village
| Today is the party in the village
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| À midi, doit commencer
| At noon must start
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| La joie des autres garçons de son âge
| The joy of other boys his age
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| Fait mal au pauvre berger
| hurt the poor shepherd
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| Son cœur est amoureux
| Her heart is in love
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| De la couleur des cieux
| The color of the skies
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| De ses blanches montagnes
| Of its white mountains
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| De sa jolie campagne
| Of her lovely countryside
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| De ses vertes prairies
| Of its green meadows
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| De ses lacs si jolis
| Of its lakes so pretty
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| Son cœur est amoureux
| Her heart is in love
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| Des attraits de sa blonde aux yeux bleus
| Of the charms of his blue-eyed blonde
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| Pendant ce temps, une jolie fillette
| Meanwhile, a pretty little girl
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| Souffre aussi du mal d’aimer
| Also suffers from the pain of loving
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| Et délaissant les échos de la fête
| And leaving the echoes of the party behind
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| Aux étoiles elle va rêver
| To the stars she will dream
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| Son cœur est amoureux
| Her heart is in love
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| De la couleur des cieux
| The color of the skies
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| De ses blanches montagnes
| Of its white mountains
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| De sa jolie campagne
| Of her lovely countryside
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| De ses vertes prairies
| Of its green meadows
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| De ses lacs si jolis
| Of its lakes so pretty
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| Son cœur est amoureux
| Her heart is in love
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| Amoureux du berger aux yeux bleus
| Blue Eyed Shepherd Lover
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| Dieu veut parfois que la vie soit bien faite
| God sometimes wants life to be well done
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| Il le voulut ce jour-là
| He wanted it that day
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| Le berger osa dire à la fillette
| The shepherd dared to say to the little girl
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| Ce qu’elle-même lui avoua
| What she herself confessed to him
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| Mon cœur est amoureux
| My heart is in love
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| Amoureux de tes yeux
| In love with your eyes
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| Je t’aime, ô ma compagne
| I love you, oh my companion
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| Bien plus que mes montagnes
| Much more than my mountains
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| Bien plus que mes prairies
| Much more than my meadows
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| Que mes lacs si jolis
| That my lakes so pretty
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| Son cœur est amoureux
| Her heart is in love
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| Pour la vie, de sa blonde aux yeux bleus | For life, from his blue-eyed blonde |