Coucou (La grand-mère et la petite fille)

Cuckoo, cuckoo !
Grandma, the day is slipping away
Already, the sky has put on its nightcap
Cuckoo, cuckoo !
The birds have hidden away
Let’s do like them, Grandma, let’s go to bed
Cuckoo, cuckoo !
Little one, so quietly
With your advice, you fill your grandma’s heart
Cuckoo, cuckoo !
Yet, I want to know
Why do you want to go to bed so early tonight?
Ah! It’s that the very old clock softly says
Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo !
It warns us that it’s time
It’s time, it’s time, it’s time
To forget in sleep
The worries, the troubles, the annoyances, the torments
And also, it’s that the clock, saying three times
Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo !
Says "Open Sesame
Open up, open up, open up"
To our dreams in a flutter

{Chorus:}
And it’s the same old lie
That seduces us until dawn
Yes, it’s the eternal and sweet dream
That rings at the hours of love
Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo !

Cuckoo, cuckoo !
Grandma, did your spring
Also have dreams so troubling?
Cuckoo, cuckoo !
Grandma, just like me,
Now and then, do you feel hot sometimes?
Cuckoo, cuckoo !
But yes, my little child,
All springs are the same throughout time
Cuckoo, cuckoo !
And even, just like me
You’ll see, winter isn’t always cold
And the very old clock, which softly repeats
Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo !
To tell us that it’s time
It’s time, it’s time, it’s time
To forget in sleep
The worries, the troubles, the annoyances, the torments
Later, after announcing the awakening of the future
Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo !
Will rock in a sigh
One sigh, two sighs, three sighs
The regrets of memories

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