À la claire fontaine

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1. À la claire fontaine m'en allant promener.

   To the clear fountain I went for a walk.

2. J'ai trouvé l'eau si belle que je m'y suis baigné.

   I found the water so lovely that I bathed in it.

3. Il y a longtemps que je t’aime,

   I've loved you for a long time,

4. jamais je ne t’oublierai.

   I will never forget you.

5. Sous les feuilles d'un chêne, je me suis fait sécher.

   Under the leaves of an oak, I let myself dry off.

6. Sur la plus haute branche, le rossignol chantait.

   On the highest branch, the nightingale was singing.

7. Chante rossignol, chante, toi qui as le coeur gai.

   Sing, nightingale, sing, you who have a cheerful heart.

8. Tu as le coeur à rire, moi je l'ai à pleurer.

   Your heart is made for laughing, mine is made for weeping.

9. J'ai perdu ma maîtresse sans l'avoir mérité,

   I lost my beloved without deserving it,

10. pour un bouquet de roses que je lui refusé.

    for a bouquet of roses I refused her.

11. Je voudrais que la rose fût encore au rosier,

    I wish the rose were still on the rosebush,

12. et moi et ma maîtresse dans les mêmes amitiés.

    and that my beloved and I were still in the same friendship.