Coucou (La grand-mère et la petite fille)

Peekaboo, peekaboo!
Grandma, the day is fading
Already, the sky has put on its nightcap
Peekaboo, peekaboo!
The birds have hidden
Let's do like them, grandma, let's go to bed
Peekaboo, peekaboo!
Little one, so obedient
With your advice, you fill your grandma's heart
Peekaboo, peekaboo!
Yet, I would like to know
Why you want to go to bed so early tonight
Ah! It's because the very old clock softly saying
Peekaboo, peekaboo, peekaboo!
Warns us that it's time
It's time, it's time, it's time
To forget while sleeping
The worries, the troubles, the annoyances, the torments
And also because the clock, saying three times
Peekaboo, peekaboo, peekaboo!
Says 'Open Sesame
Open, open, open'
To our excited dreams

{Refrain:}
And it's the same lie
That seduces us until the day
Yes, it's the eternal and sweet dream
That chimes at the hours of love
Peekaboo, peekaboo, peekaboo!

Peekaboo, peekaboo!
Grandma, did your spring
Have dreams as troubling as mine?
Peekaboo, peekaboo!
Grandma, just like me
Do you sometimes feel very warm here and there?
Peekaboo, peekaboo!
But yes, my little child
All springs are the same throughout time
Peekaboo, peekaboo!
And even, just like me
You will see, winter is not always cold
And the very old clock, repeating softly
Peekaboo, peekaboo, peekaboo!
To tell us that it's time
It's time, it's time, it's time
To forget while sleeping
The worries, the troubles, the annoyances, the torments
Later, after announcing the awakening of the future to you
Peekaboo, peekaboo, peekaboo!
Will lull in a sigh
One sigh, two sighs, three sighs
The regrets of memories

{Refrain}