| 1Un jour sur un piano
| 1A day on a piano
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| Une puce lut domicile
| A flea read home
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| Elle posa son sac dos
| She put down her backpack
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| Ses affaires de ville
| His town affairs
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| Elle avait beaucoup voyag
| She had traveled a lot
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| Beaucoup saut, beaucoup piqu
| A lot of jumping, a lot of diving
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| Et pour ne pas qu’on la voie
| And so that we don't see her
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| Sur une noire elle s’installa
| On a quarter note she settled down
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| 2Mais soudain la lumire apparut
| 2But suddenly the light appeared
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| Et ses sons frapprent son oreille
| And its sounds strike his ear
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| Une main lui marchait dessus
| A hand walked over him
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| Sa colre fut sans pareille
| His anger was unparalleled
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| Elle suivit ses volutions
| She followed her evolutions
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| Avec des yeux pleins d’attention
| With eyes full of attention
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| Pour essayer de grimper
| To try to climb
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| Sur la main qui l’avait pitine
| On the hand that pitied him
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| 3Lorsqu'enfin elle y parvint
| 3When at last she got there
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| Elle affina son aiguille
| She sharpened her needle
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| Et se mit piquer la main
| And began to prick the hand
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| Tout en dansant le quadrille
| While dancing the quadrille
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| Mais soudain la main s’agita
| But suddenly the hand waved
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| Et son rythme s’acclra
| And his pace quickened
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| Et la puce tout excite
| And the chip all excites
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| De plus belle se remit piquer
| More beautiful started to sting again
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| 4Dans la douleur et la dmangeaison
| 4In pain and itch
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| La main se faisait plus rapide
| The hand was getting faster
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| Ne suivait plus la partition
| Didn't follow the score anymore
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| Et n’avait plus aucun guide
| And no longer had any guide
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| Mais dans la salle on applaudissait
| But in the hall there was applause
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| Sans deviner que c’tait
| Without guessing that it was
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| Grce une puce nerve
| Thanks to a nerve chip
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| Que le jazz tait n | That jazz was born |