| Le chapeau de Mireille
| Mireille's Hat
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| Quand en plein vol je l’ai rattrapé
| When in mid-flight I caught up with him
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| Entre Sète et Marseille
| Between Sète and Marseille
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| Quel est l' bon vent qui l’avait chipé?
| What is the good wind that had stolen it?
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| Le chapeau de Mireille
| Mireille's Hat
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| Quand en plein vol je l’ai rattrapé
| When in mid-flight I caught up with him
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| Entre Sète et Marseille
| Between Sète and Marseille
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| Quel joli vent l’avait chipé?
| What pretty wind had snatched it?
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| C’est pas le zéphyr
| It's not the zephyr
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| N’aurait pu suffir'
| Couldn't have been enough'
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| C’est pas lui non plus
| It's not him either
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| L’aquilon joufflu
| The Chubby Weatherlight
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| C’est pas pour autant
| It is not for all that
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| L’autan
| the autan
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| Non, mais c’est le plus fol
| No, but it's the craziest
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| Et le plus magistral
| And the most masterful
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| De la bande à Eole
| From the gang to Aeolus
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| En un mot: le mistral
| In a nutshell: the mistral
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| Il me la fit connaître
| He introduced her to me
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| Aussi, dorénavant
| Also, from now on
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| Je ne mouds plus mon blé
| I no longer grind my wheat
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| Qu'à des moulins à vent
| than windmills
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| Quand la jupe à Mireille
| When Mireille's skirt
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| Haut se troussa, haut se retroussa
| High rolled up, high rolled up
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| Découvrant des merveilles:
| Discovering wonders:
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| Quel est l' bon vent qui s’est permis ça?
| What is the good wind that allowed itself that?
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| Quand la jupe à Mireille
| When Mireille's skirt
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| Haut se troussa, haut se retroussa
| High rolled up, high rolled up
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| Découvrant des merveilles:
| Discovering wonders:
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| Quel joli vent s’est permis ça?
| What pretty wind allowed itself that?
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| C’est pas le zéphyr
| It's not the zephyr
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| N’aurait pu suffir'
| Couldn't have been enough'
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| C’est pas lui non plus
| It's not him either
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| L’aquilon joufflu
| The Chubby Weatherlight
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| C’est pas pour autant
| It is not for all that
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| L’autan
| the autan
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| Non, mais c’est le plus fol
| No, but it's the craziest
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| Et le plus magistral
| And the most masterful
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| De la bande à Eole
| From the gang to Aeolus
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| En un mot: le mistral
| In a nutshell: the mistral
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| Il me montra sa jambe
| He showed me his leg
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| Aussi reconnaissant
| Also grateful
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| Je lui laisse emporter
| I let him take away
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| Mes tuiles en passant
| My tiles by the way
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| Quand j’embrassai Mireille
| When I kissed Mireille
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| Qu’elle se cabra, qu’elle me rembarra
| That she reared up, that she backed me up
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| Me tira les oreilles
| Pulled my ears
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| Quel est l' bon vent qui retint son bras?
| What is the good wind that held back his arm?
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| Quand j’embrassai Mireille
| When I kissed Mireille
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| Qu’elle se cabra, qu’elle me rembarra
| That she reared up, that she backed me up
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| Me tira les oreilles
| Pulled my ears
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| Quel joli vent retint son bras?
| What pretty wind held back his arm?
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| C’est pas le zéphyr
| It's not the zephyr
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| N’aurait pu suffir'
| Couldn't have been enough'
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| C’est pas lui non plus
| It's not him either
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| L’aquilon joufflu
| The Chubby Weatherlight
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| C’est pas pour autant
| It is not for all that
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| L’autan
| the autan
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| Non, mais c’est le plus fol
| No, but it's the craziest
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| Et le plus magistral
| And the most masterful
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| De la bande à Eole
| From the gang to Aeolus
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| En un mot: le mistral
| In a nutshell: the mistral
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| Il m'épargna la gifle
| He spared me the slap
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| Aussi, dessus mon toit
| Also, above my roof
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| Y' avait un' seul' girouette
| There was only one weathervane
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| Y' en a maintenant trois
| There are now three
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| Et quand avec Mireille
| And when with Mireille
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| Dans le fossé on s’est enlacés
| In the ditch we hugged
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| A l’ombre d’une treille
| In the shade of a trellis
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| Quel est l' bon vent qui nous a poussés?
| What's the good wind that blew us away?
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| Et quand avec Mireille
| And when with Mireille
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| Dans le fossé on s’est enlacés
| In the ditch we hugged
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| A l’ombre d’une treille
| In the shade of a trellis
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| Quel joli vent nous a poussés?
| What pretty wind blew us away?
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| C’est pas le zéphyr
| It's not the zephyr
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| N’aurait pu suffir'
| Couldn't have been enough'
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| C’est pas lui non plus
| It's not him either
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| L’aquilon joufflu
| The Chubby Weatherlight
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| C’est pas pour autant
| It is not for all that
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| L’autan
| the autan
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| Non, mais c’est le plus fol
| No, but it's the craziest
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| Et le plus magistral de la bande à Eole
| And the most masterful of the band in Eole
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| En un mot: le mistral
| In a nutshell: the mistral
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| Il me coucha sur elle
| He laid me on top of her
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| En échange aussitôt
| In exchange immediately
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| Je mis un' voil' de plus
| I put on one more veil
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| A mon petit bateau
| To my little boat
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| Quand j’ai perdu Mireille
| When I lost Mireille
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| Que j'épanchai le cœur affligé
| That I poured out the afflicted heart
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| Des larmes sans pareilles
| Unparalleled tears
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| Quel est l' bon vent qui les a séchées?
| What is the good wind that dried them?
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| Quand j’ai perdu Mireille
| When I lost Mireille
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| Que j'épanchai le cœur affligé
| That I poured out the afflicted heart
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| Des larmes sans pareilles
| Unparalleled tears
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| Quel joli vent les a séchées?
| What pretty wind has dried them?
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| C’est pas le zéphyr
| It's not the zephyr
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| N’aurait pu suffir'
| Couldn't have been enough'
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| C’est pas lui non plus
| It's not him either
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| L’aquilon joufflu
| The Chubby Weatherlight
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| C’est pas pour autant
| It is not for all that
|
| L’autan
| the autan
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| Non, mais c’est le plus fol
| No, but it's the craziest
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| Et le plus magistral
| And the most masterful
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| De la bande à Eole
| From the gang to Aeolus
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| En un mot: le mistral
| In a nutshell: the mistral
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| Il balaya ma peine
| He washed away my pain
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| Aussi, sans lésiner
| Also, without skimping
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| Je lui donne toujours
| I always give her
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| Mes bœufs à décorner | My oxen to dehorn |