| Pour le jour des Hyacinthies |
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| il m’a donne une syrinx faite de roseaux bien tailles, |
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| He gave me a pipe made of well-cut reeds |
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| unis avec la blanche cire |
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| qui est douce a mes levre comme le miel. |
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| that is sweet to my lips like honey |
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| il m’apprend a jouer, assise sur ses genoux; |
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| He teaches me to play, sitting on his lap; |
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| mais je suis un peu tremblante. |
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| but I am a little nervous. |
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| si doucement que je l’entends a peine. |
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| so softly that I can scarcely hear it. |
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| Nous n’avons rien a nous dire, |
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| Tant nous sommes pres l’un de l’autre; |
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| so close are we to each other |
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| mais nos chansons veulent se repondre |
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| but our songs wish to respond |
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| et tour a tour nos bouches s’unissent sur la flute. |
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| and gradually our lips are united on the flute. |
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| Voici le chant des grenouilles vertes qui commence avec la nuit. |
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| Here is the song of the green frog that begin at nightfall. |
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| Ma mere ne croira jamais que |
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| My mother will never believe that |
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| je suis restee si longtemps a chercher ma ceinture perdue. |
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| I have stayed so long to look for my lost belt. |
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| Pour le jour des Hyacinthies, il m’a donne un syrinx faite de roseaux bien tailles, unis avec la blanche cire qui est douce a mes levre comme le miel. |
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| For Hyacinthus day, he gave me a pipe made of well-cut reeds bound with white wax that is sweet to my lips like honey |
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Il m’apprend a jouer, assise sur ses genoux;
mais je suis un peu tremblante. Il an joue apres moi,
si doucement que je l’entends a peine. |
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He teaches me to play, sitting on his lap;
but I am a little nervous. He play after me,
so softly that I can scarcely hear it. |
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Nous n’avon rien a nous dire,
tant nous sommes pres l’un de l’autre;
mais nos chansons veulent se repondre
et tour a tour nos bouches s’unissent sur la flute. |
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We have nothing to say,
so close are we to each other;
but our songs wish to respond
and gradually our lips are united on the flute. |
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Ma mere ne croira jamais que
je suis restee si longtemps a chercher ma ceinture perdue. |
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My mother will never believe that
I have stayed so long to look for my lost belt. |
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