Les Flamandes
Jacques Brel
The Flemish Women
The Flemish women dance without saying anything
Without saying anything to the ringing Sundays
The Flemish women dance without saying anything
The Flemish women are not talkative
If they dance it's because they are twenty years old
And at twenty you must get engaged
Get engaged to be able to marry
And marry to have children
That's what their parents told them
The sexton and even His Eminence
The Archpriest who preaches at the convent
And that's why, that's why they dance
The Flemish women
The Flemish women
The Flem - The Flem - The Flemish
The Flemish women dance without trembling
Without trembling to the ringing Sundays
The Flemish women dance without trembling
The Flemish women are not trembling
If they dance it's because they are thirty years old
And at thirty it's good to show
That everything is fine, that the children are growing
And the hops and the wheat in the field
They make their parents proud
And the sexton and His Eminence
The Archpriest who preaches at the convent
And that's why, that's why they dance
The Flemish women
The Flemish women
The Flem - The Flem - The Flemish
The Flemish women dance without smiling
Without smiling to the ringing Sundays
The Flemish women dance without smiling
The Flemish women are not smiling
If they dance it's because they are seventy years old
At seventy it's good to show
That everything is fine, that the grandchildren are growing
And the hops and the wheat in the field
All dressed in black like their parents
Like the sexton and like His Eminence
The Archpriest who rambles at the convent
They inherit and that's why they dance
The Flemish women
The Flemish women
The Flem - The Flem - The Flemish
The Flemish women dance without faltering
Without faltering to the ringing Sundays
The Flemish women dance without faltering
The Flemish women are not faltering
If they dance it's because they are a hundred years old
And at a hundred it's good to show
That everything is fine, that they still stand strong
And good hops and good wheat in the field
They go to meet their parents
And the sexton and even
His Eminence
The Archpriest who rests at the convent
And that's why, one last time, they dance
The Flemish women
The Flemish women
The Flem - The Flem - The Flemish
