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A2 · Episode 18 · 3:42

Here Comes the Good Wind

This is a classic French folk song with playful, poetic lyrics describing wind, ducks, the king's son, and other whimsical imagery, set to a light and cheerful melody.

Source：LE REGARD SONORE · License：CC BY 3.0

Transcript

  1. Deux, trois beaux canards s'en vont baignant.

    Two, three beautiful ducks go bathing.

  2. Vl'al bon vent, vl'al joli vent, vl'al bon vent mener ma pe.

    Ah, the good wind is coming, ah, the lovely wind is coming, ah, the good wind carries me away.

  3. La jolie vent, la bon vent m'a mis matin.

    The lovely wind, the good wind, wakes me at dawn.

  4. Tu vois s'en va chassant.

    You see, he’s off hunting.

  5. du roi sans vachaison.

    For the king, without attendants.

  6. Le fils du roi s'en va chassant, à fait son beau fusil d'argent.

    The king’s son goes hunting, carrying his fine silver gun.

  7. V'la l'bon vent, v'la

    Look! The good wind is coming,

  8. l'joli vent, v'la l'bon vent ma mie.

    look! The lovely wind is coming, look! The good wind, my love.

  9. La jolie vache, elle bombe au marmivet matin.

    The lovely cow proudly lifts her head at dawn in the meadow.

  10. Tu es mon canard blanc par dessous

    You are my white duck,

  11. la lune perse.

    right where the moonlight pierces through.

  12. V'là l'bon vent, v'là l'joli vent, v'là l'bon vent.

    Look! The good wind is coming, look! The lovely wind is coming, look! The good wind.

  13. Le joli vent, le bon vent, m'emmène au matin.

    The lovely wind, the good wind, carries me away at dawn.

  14. Les yeux lui sortent diamant, et par le bec pleurer l'argent.

    His eyes shoot forth diamonds, and silver flows from his beak.

  15. V'là l'joli vent, v'là l'bon vent, ma mie m'appelle.

    Look! The lovely wind is coming, look! The good wind—my love is calling me.

  16. La jolie vallée, l'album va m'aimer matin, par

    The lovely valley, the album will love me at dawn,

  17. les yeux luisants des diamants épanouis.

    through the sparkling, blossoming diamond eyes.

  18. ces plumes s'envolent au vent, trois dames s'envolèrent

    These feathers fly off in the wind; three ladies flew away,

  19. en laissant C'est pour en faire un

    leaving behind—to make a,

  20. lit de camp, pour y coucher tous les passants.

    camp bed for all passersby to rest on.

  21. Le bon vent, le joli vent, le bon vent me.

    The good wind, the lovely wind, the good wind takes me…