Songs

Ah! s'il est dans votre village
Oh, if there is in your village
Un berger sensible et charmant
A shepherd who is sensitive and charming
Qu'on chérisse au premier moment
Whom everyone cherishes from the first moment
Qu'on aime ensuite d'avantage.
And loves even more thereafter

C'est mon ami,
That’s my friend
rendez le moi;
Give him back to me
J'ai son amour,
I have his love
il a ma foi!
He has my word.

Si par sa voix tendre et plaintive
If with his gentle and plaintive voice
Il charme l'écho de vos bois,
He charms the echo of your woods
Si les accents de son hautbois,
If the accents of his oboe
Rendent la bergère pensive
Make shephardesses pensive

C'est encore lui:
That’s my friend
rendez le moi.
Give him back to me
J'ai son amour,
I have his love
il a ma foi.
He has my word.

Si même n'osant rien vous dire
If even without daring to say a word
Son regard sait vous attendrir ;
His glance alone softens you
Si sans jamais faire rougir,
If without ever making you blush
Sa gaieté fait toujours sourire,
His jollity always makes you smile

C'est encore lui,
That’s my friend
rendez le moi,
Give him back to me
J'ai son amour,
I have his love
il a ma foi.
He has my word.

Si passant près de sa chaumière,
If when passing by his hut
Un pauvre en voyant son troupeau,
A poor man on seeing his flock
Ose demander un agneau
Dares to ask for a lamb
Et obtienne en plus sa mère,
And is given the mother as well

C'est encore lui:
Oh, that’s definitely him
rendez le moi;
Give him back to me
J'ai son amour,
I have his love
il a ma foi.
He has my word.