| Un vieux monsieur, décoré d’une fleur, se promène
| An old gentleman, decorated with a flower, walks
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| Près d' la Seine
| Near the Seine
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| Cours la Reine
| Run the Queen
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| Le vieux monsieur ne dit rien mais du bout de sa canne
| The old gentleman says nothing but the tip of his cane
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| Il enflamme
| It ignites
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| Notre-Dame
| Our Lady
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| Ce vieux monsieur, on l’appelle le printemps de Paname
| This old gentleman, they call him the spring of Paname
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| Bichonné, pomponné, parfumé, du lilas plein les bras
| Pampered, dolled up, scented, hands full of lilac
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| Dans sa prom’nade
| In his walk
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| Le Luxembourg, Verlaine
| Luxembourg, Verlaine
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| Dans son programme
| In his program
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| Deux mots d’amour: Je t’aime
| Two words of love: I love you
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| A petits pas, le bonhomme s’en va
| With small steps, the man goes away
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| En jetant ses lilas à tout l' monde
| By throwing his lilacs to everyone
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| Et grâce à lui l’amoureux du sam’di
| And thanks to him the lover of Saturday
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| A fleuri son amour éblouie
| Bloomed her dazzled love
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| Un vieux monsieur, décoré d’une fleur, se promène
| An old gentleman, decorated with a flower, walks
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| Près d' la Seine
| Near the Seine
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| Cours la Reine
| Run the Queen
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| Le vieux monsieur ne dit rien mais du bout de sa canne
| The old gentleman says nothing but the tip of his cane
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| Il enflamme
| It ignites
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| Notre-Dame
| Our Lady
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| Ce vieux monsieur, on l’appelle le printemps de Paname
| This old gentleman, they call him the spring of Paname
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| Bichonné, pomponné, parfumé, il sourit à la vie
| Pampered, dolled up, perfumed, he smiles at life
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| Et voilà, c’est comme ça qu’il y a des beaux jours à Paris | And that's how there are beautiful days in Paris |