| Sérénade près de Mexico (original) | Sérénade près de Mexico (translation) |
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| O sérénade | O serenade |
| Près de Mexico | Near Mexico |
| Beau chant d’amour que dans le soir soupirent les gauchos | Beautiful love song that the gauchos sigh in the evening |
| Sous le ciel de jade, | Under the jade sky, |
| Au vent doux et chaud, | In the gentle warm wind, |
| O sérénade près de Mexico… | O serenade near Mexico... |
| L’ombre qui danse | The dancing shadow |
| Parmi les parfums, | Among the perfumes, |
| Berçait nos coeurs d’un songe tendre et d’un espoir sans fin | Cradled our hearts with a tender dream and an endless hope |
| Dans le ciel immense, | In the vast sky, |
| J’aimais ton refrain, | I loved your chorus |
| Douce romance | sweet romance |
| D’un rêve lointain. | From a distant dream. |
| D’autres voix depuis m’ont dit: | Other voices since have said to me: |
| «Je t’aime» | "I like you" |
| Leur musique n’est plus la même… | Their music is no longer the same... |
| Je redis dans le soir triste et blême | I repeat in the sad and pale evening |
| Ce doux poème | This sweet poem |
| Sans écho … | Without echo... |
| O sérénade | O serenade |
| Près de Mexico, | Near Mexico City, |
| Dis-lui qu’un soir je veux encore au rythme lent des flots | Tell him that one evening I still want to the slow rhythm of the waves |
| Sous le ciel de jade, | Under the jade sky, |
| Chanter à nouveau | sing again |
| Ma sérénade près de Mexico | My serenade near Mexico |
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