Patrick Abrial — Le corbeau et le renard song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Le corbeau et le renard" by Patrick Abrial.
Lyrics
Maître Corbeau, sur un arbre perché,
Tenait en son bec un fromage.
Maître Renard, par l’odeur alléché,
Lui tint à peu près ce langage:
«Hé ! bonjour, Monsieur du Corbeau.
Que vous êtes joli ! que vous me semblez beau !
Sans mentir, si votre ramage
Se rapporte à votre plumage,
Vous êtes le Phénix des hôtes de ces bois. «A ces mots le Corbeau ne se sent pas de joie;
Et pour montrer sa belle voix,
Il ouvre un large bec, laisse tomber sa proie.
Le Renard s’en saisit, et dit: «Mon bon Monsieur,
Apprenez que tout flatteur
Vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute:
Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage, sans doute. «Le Corbeau, honteux et confus,
Jura, mais un peu tard, qu’on ne l’y prendrait plus.
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Lyrics translation
Master Crow, on a tree perched,
He had a cheese in his beak.
Master Fox, by the smell alloyed,
Kept that language to him:
"Hey ! Hello, Mr. Crow.
How pretty you are ! how beautiful you look to me !
Without lying, if your ramage
Refers to your plumage,
You are the Phoenix of the hosts of these woods. "At these words The Crow does not feel joy;
And to show her beautiful voice,
He opens a wide beak, drops his prey.
The Fox seized it, and said, " My Good Sir,
Learn that any flatterer
Lives at the expense of the one who listens to it:
This lesson is worth a cheese, no doubt. "The Raven, ashamed and confused,
He swore, but a little late, that we wouldn't take him there anymore.
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