Songs

Léandre le sot,
Foolish Leander,
Pierrot qui d'un saut,
Pierrot who with a flea-
De puce
Hop
Franchit le buisson,
Leaps the brushwood,
Cassandre sous son
Pantaloon beneath
Capuce,
His cloak,

Arlequin aussi,
Harlequin too,
Cet aigrefin si
That swindler so
Fantasque
Bizarre
Aux costumes fous,
In his crazy clothes,
Ses yeux luisants sous
With eyes aglow behind
Son masque,
His mask,

- Do, mi, sol, mi, fa, -
- Do re mi fa sol, -
Tout ce monde va,
See all of then go,
Rit, chante
Laugh, sing,
Et danse devant
And dance before
Une belle enfant
A sweet and naughty
Méchante
Child

Dont les yeux pervers
Whose pernicious eyes,
Comme les yeux verts
Like the green eyes
Des chattes
Of cats,
Gardent ses appas
Keep their charms
Et disent: "À bas
And say: ‘Keep your
Les pattes!"
Hands off!’

- Eux ils vont toujours! -
- On and on they go!
Fatidique cours
Like the fateful course
Des astres,
Of stars,
Oh! dis-moi vers quels
Oh! tell me, towards which
Mornes ou cruels
Dull or savage
Désastres
Wreckage

L'implacable enfant,
Is the implacable child,
Preste et relevant
Nimbly lifting
Ses jupes,
Her skirts,
La rose au chapeau,
With a flower in her hat,
Conduit son troupeau
Leading her herd
De dupes?
Of fools?