Bourvil - Le voleur de pervenches - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Bourvil - Le voleur de pervenches




Le voleur de pervenches
The Periwinkle Thief
Le voleur de pervenches
The periwinkle thief
Il est encore en prison
He's still in prison
Il a volé deux pervenches
He stole two periwinkles
Pour en faire deux chansons
To make two songs
Il a fait la première
He made the first
Pour le beaux yeux de Sylvie
For Sylvie's beautiful eyes
La deuxième pour sa mère
The second for his mother
Les deux femmes de sa vie
The two women of his life
Bienheureux le voleur
Blessed is the thief
Quand il vole des fleurs
When he steals flowers
Pour l'amour et le cur
For love and the heart
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Le voleur de pervenches
The periwinkle thief
A le cur en liberté
Has a heart that's free
Les prisons sans dimanche
Prisons without Sunday
N'empêchent pas d'aimer
Don't prevent one from loving
Et pour sa récompense
And for his reward
Un miracle est arrivé
A miracle happened
Car il pleut des pervenches
For periwinkles are raining
La prison s'est écrasée
The prison has been crushed
Bienheureux prisonnier
Blessed prisoner
Ton amour t'a payé
Your love has paid you
D'un printemps tout entier
With an entire spring
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Le voleur de pervenches
The periwinkle thief
S'est enfuit de sa prison
Has escaped from his prison
Il a des fleurs dans les manches
He has flowers in his sleeves
Et l'printemps aux talons
And spring at his heels
Toutes ces fleurs pour sa mère
All these flowers for his mother
Pour Sylvie et ses beaux yeux
For Sylvie and her beautiful eyes
Il a fleurit toute la terre
He has flowered the whole earth
Les printemps sont toujours bleus
Springs are always blue
La, la, la, la ....
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Writer(s): Andre Louis Lutereau, Henri Alexandre Contet


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