A2 · Episode 15 · 3:43

Three Little Rabbits in the Moonlight

This is a classic French nursery rhyme that charmingly depicts three mischievous little rabbits eating plums under the moonlight, using playful, repetitive verses and simple imagery.

Source:LE REGARD SONORE · License:CC BY 3.0

Transcript

  1. Au clair de la lune, trois petits lapins.

    Under the moonlight, three little rabbits.

  2. qui mangeaient des prunes comme des petits coquins.

    eating plums like little rascals.

  3. la pipe à la bouche.

    With pipes in their mouths.

  4. petit lapin qui mangeait des prunes.

    A little rabbit eating plums.

  5. Comme des petits coquins.

    Like little rascals.

  6. Le verre à la main.

    Holding glasses in their hands.

  7. Au clair de la lune, trois petits lapins.

    Under the moonlight, three little rabbits.

  8. Qui mangeaient des prunes.

    were eating plums.

  9. petit coquin, la pipe à la bouche.

    A little rascal, with a pipe in his mouth.

  10. verre à la main.

    A glass in hand.

  11. Demain matin, au clair de la lune.

    Tomorrow morning, under the moonlight.

  12. Trois petits lapins.

    Three little rabbits.

  13. Un petit coquin.

    A little rascal.

  14. La bouche, le verre à la

    In the mouth, a glass in …