| D’où vient le pouvoir que tu possèdes,
| Where does the power you possess come from,
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| Ton charme impérieux qui m’obsède;
| Your imperious charm that obsesses me;
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| D’où vient que je vois tout resplendir
| Where does it come from that I see everything shine
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| Et tout refleurir
| And bloom again
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| Au gré de ton sourire?
| By your smile?
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| Amapola
| Amapola
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| L’oiseau léger qui passe,
| The light bird that passes,
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| La rose et le lilas
| The rose and the lilac
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| Chantent ta grâce,
| Sing your grace,
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| Amapola
| Amapola
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| L’onde où les cieux se mirent
| The wave where the heavens reflected
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| N’a pas autant d'éclat que ton sourire.
| Doesn't have as much sparkle as your smile.
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| Le vent même
| The very wind
|
| T’apportant le poème
| Bringing you the poem
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| Que je lui ai confié ce soir pour toi,
| Which I entrusted to him tonight for you,
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| Amapola,
| Amapola,
|
| Amapola,
| Amapola,
|
| Dans sa chanson te dira;
| In his song will tell you;
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| «Je t’aime !
| "I love you !
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| Je t’aime ! | I love you ! |
| "
| "
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| Le soir… lorsque l’ombre étend son voile
| In the evening... when the shadow spreads its veil
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| Je dis mon amour à chaque étoile
| I say my love to every star
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| Et quand l’aube annonce enfin le jour
| And when dawn finally announces day
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| Au ruisseau qui court
| To the running stream
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| Je chante le cœur lourd;
| I sing with a heavy heart;
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| Amapola
| Amapola
|
| L’oiseau léger qui passe,
| The light bird that passes,
|
| La rose et le lilas
| The rose and the lilac
|
| Chantent ta grâce,
| Sing your grace,
|
| Amapola
| Amapola
|
| L’onde où les cieux se mirent
| The wave where the heavens reflected
|
| N’a pas autant d'éclat que ton sourire.
| Doesn't have as much sparkle as your smile.
|
| Le vent même
| The very wind
|
| T’apportant le poème
| Bringing you the poem
|
| Que je lui ai confié ce soir pour toi,
| Which I entrusted to him tonight for you,
|
| Amapola,
| Amapola,
|
| Amapola,
| Amapola,
|
| Dans sa chanson te dira;
| In his song will tell you;
|
| «Je t’aime !
| "I love you !
|
| Je t’aime ! | I love you ! |
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