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  Poetry # 4     Translation by Bidita, Graham, Jessica

Le bonheur est dans le pré

Happiness is in a meadow

 

        Le bonheur est dans le pré.

        Cours-y vite, cours-y vite.

        Le bonheur est dans le pré, cours-y vite.

        Il va filer.

         

        Happiness is in a meadow, run quickly toward it...

        Run quickly!

        Happiness is in a meadow,run quickly toward it...

        It will slip away!

         

        Si tu veux le rattraper,

        cours-y vite, cours-y vite.

        Si tu veux le rattraper, cours-y vite.

        Il va filer.

         

          If you want to catch it,run quickly toward it...

        Run quickly!

        If you want to catch it,run quickly toward it...

        It will slip away!

         

        Sur le flot du sourcelet,

        cours-y vite, cours-y vite.

        Sur le flot du sourcelet, cours-y vite.

        Il va filer.

         

        On the waves of the brook, run quickly toward it

        Run quickly

        On the waves of the brook, run quickly toward it.

        It will to slip away.

         

        De pommier en cerisier,

        cours-y vite, cours-y vite.

        De pommier en cerisier, cours-y vite.

        Il va filer.

         

         From apple tree to cherry tree,Run quickly toward it.

        Run quickly

        From apple tree to cherry tree,Run quickly toward it.

        It will slip away.

         

        Saute par-dessus la haie,

        cours-y vite, cours-y vite.

        Saute par-dessus la haie, cours-y vite!

         

        Leap over the hedge, Run quickly toward it,

        run quickly.

        Leap over the hedge, Run quickly!

         

        Il a filé!

         It has slipped away.

        Paul Fort