Charles Trenet — Pigeon Volé song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Pigeon Volé" by Charles Trenet.
Lyrics
Amoureux d’une cousine
Qui pouvait avoir vingt ans,
Je vivais, on le devine,
Haletant.
On se couchait sur la plage.
C'était pas encor l'été.
On avait l’air d'être sage.
En vérité, on l'était.
Quel état que l'été met en moi, quel émoi,
Et quel mois de Mai.
Pigeon vole,
Le ciel vole,
Chapeau vole
Et vole aussi mon cœur,
Plein de bonheur.
Cheveu vole.
Herbe vole,
Dindon vole
Et vole mon regard
Vers tes yeux noirs.
Ah ! Quel vent du Nord !
Qu’il fait bon dehors,
Qu’il fait beau et doux
Près de vous.
Rentrons vite,
Ma petite
Car j’ai peur à l’horizon
De voir s’envoler la maison.
Lyrics translation
In love with a cousin
Who could be twenty years old,
I lived, guess what.,
Breathless.
We were sleeping on the beach.
It wasn't summer yet.
We seemed to be wise.
Actually, we were.
What a state that summer puts in me, what an emotion,
And what a month of May.
Pigeon flies,
The sky flies,
Hat flies
And steal my heart too,
Full of happiness.
Hair flies.
Grass flies,
Turkey flies
And steal my eyes
Towards your black eyes.
Ah! What a north wind !
That it's good outside,
That it is beautiful and sweet
Near you.
Let's go home quickly,
My little one
'Cause I'm scared on the horizon
To see the house fly away.