| Bonhomme qui va austère
| Bonhomme who goes austere
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| Au milieu des landes, des bruyères
| In the midst of moors, heathers
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| Silhouette insolites
| Unusual silhouette
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| Bloc de granit
| Granite Block
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| Tonton foule la terre
| Uncle treads the earth
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| Lentement
| Slowly
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| Comme le temps
| Like the weather
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| Le temps qui, pourtant, emporte
| The time which, however, takes away
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| Les idées, les hommes et les amours mortes
| Ideas, men and dead loves
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| Le temps qui lui reste
| The time he has left
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| Dans la même veste
| In the same jacket
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| Avant de n'être plus
| Before I'm gone
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| Qu’une statue
| than a statue
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| Un nom de rue
| A street name
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| Il a son beau chapeau
| He has his nice hat
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| Il a son long manteau
| He has his long coat
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| Il a son chien, le brave
| He has his dog, the brave
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| Le gros qui bave
| The drooling fat
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| Il a le regard des sages
| He has the gaze of the wise
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| Il est la force tranquille, sereine
| He is the quiet, serene strength
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| Il est comme un grand chêne
| He's like a big oak tree
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| Il sait la futilité
| He knows the futility
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| De toute chose
| Of everything
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| La douceur
| Sweetness
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| La fragilité des roses
| The Fragility of Roses
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| Bonhomme qui va austère
| Bonhomme who goes austere
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| Au milieu des landes, des bruyères
| In the midst of moors, heathers
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| Silhouette insolite
| Unusual silhouette
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| Bloc de granit
| Granite Block
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| Tonton foule la terre
| Uncle treads the earth
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| En sifflotant
| Whistling
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| Comme le vent
| Like the wind
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| Le vent qui, pourtant, emporte
| The wind which, however, carries
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| Son joli chapeau que le chien rapporte
| Her pretty hat that the dog brings back
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| Il est plein de bave
| He's full of drool
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| Ce n’est pas bien grave
| It does not matter
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| Un chapeau ça se lave
| A hat can be washed
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| Mais ça fait sale
| But it's dirty
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| Et tonton râle
| And uncle groans
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| Tonton est colère
| Uncle is angry
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| Tout va de travers
| Everything goes wrong
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| L’Histoire, la gloire, tout foire
| History, fame, it's all messed up
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| Parc’que ce soir
| Because tonight
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| Le vieille homme a, c’est dur
| The old man has, it's hard
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| Un caillou dans sa chaussure
| A pebble in his shoe
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| Un vieux rhume qui dure
| An old cold that lasts
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| Et puis cette nuit, misère
| And then that night, misery
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| Il a rêvé
| He dreamed
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| Qu’un beau jour
| That one fine day
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| La gauche revenait
| The left was coming back
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| Tonton s’en va
| Uncle is leaving
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| À petits pas | With small steps |