Lyrics of Fanfan - Michel Jonasz

Fanfan (original)

Je cherche Fanfan la gourmande
Qui avait les yeux en amande
Et dans les poches de son manteau
Des fruits, des morceaux de g?
teau.
A l'?
cole apr?
s le plein air
On allait se cacher derri?
re
Les piliers au fond au pr?
au.
Et on partageait son tr?
sor
Ses fruits, j’en ai le go?
t encore.
On les posait sur nos genoux
Les autres se moquaient de nous:
Vous allez vous marier bient?
t.
Je cherche Fanfan la sauvage
Qui cachait toujours son visage
Pour ne pas montrer qu’elle pleurait
Elle qu’on ne regardait jamais.
Devant les grilles noires du lyc?
e
Au seul moment de la journ?
e
O?
les enfants se parlent entre eux
Elle restait seule pr?
s du portail
Serrant dans ses mains la m?
daille.
D’une cha?
ne accroch?
e au cou
Comme si elle avait peur de tout.
J’allais caresser ses cheveux.
Et puis elle a quitt?
la ville
J’ai perdu Fanfan la fragile.
C'?
tait un vendredi d’Avril.
Je cherche Fanfan la lointaine
Qui venait comme?
la fontaine
Chercher l’amiti?
dans mes yeux.
Je sentais dans mon corps un feu.
Mais j'?
tais plus timide qu’elle.
Je lui aurais dit Tu es belle.
L’amour, ce n’est pas difficile.
Un soir, dans le fond d’une impasse
Et qui peut dire que le temps passe
Je me souviens de ce baiser
Comme si je venais de quitter
Ses l?
vres, tremblant et malhabile.
Fanfan, je voudrais te revoir avant
Que l’on ait fauch?
les grands pr?
s
Fanfan, et te dire enfin que je t’aime.
Mais qui peut dire que le temps passe
Pour moi le temps perdu s’efface
Et je pense?
toi au pr?
sent,
Fanfan.

(translation)

I'm looking for Fanfan the greedy
Who had almond eyes
And in his coat pockets
Fruit, pieces of g?
tea.
At the?
school after
s the outdoors
We were going to hide behind?
D
The pillars at the bottom at the pr?
to.
And we shared his tr?
leave
Its fruits, I have the taste?
t yet.
We put them on our knees
The others laughed at us:
Are you going to get married soon?
t.
I'm looking for Fanfan the savage
Who always hid her face
To not show that she was crying
She whom we never looked at.
In front of the black high school gates?
and
At the only time of the day?
and
Where?
children talk to each other
She was left alone
s of the portal
Clutching in his hands the m?
daille.
Of a cha?
don't hang?
e to the neck
As if she was afraid of everything.
I was going to stroke her hair.
And then she left?
the city
I lost Fanfan the fragile.
VS'?
was a Friday in April.
I'm looking for Far Fanfan
Who was coming like?
Fountain
Looking for friendship?
in my eyes.
I felt a fire in my body.
But I'?
you're more shy than her.
I would have told her You are beautiful.
Love is not difficult.
One evening, at the bottom of a dead end
And who can say time flies
I remember that kiss
Like I just left
Its the
drunk, trembling and clumsy.
Fanfan, I would like to see you again before
That we mowed?
the big pr?
s
Fanfan, and finally tell you that I love you.
But who can say time flies
For me lost time fades away
And I think?
you at pr?
feels,
Fanfan.