Paroles et traduction Joséphine Baker - La Seine

La Seine

La Seine est aventureuse
De Châtillon à Mery
Et son humeur voyageuse
Flâne à travers le pays

Elle se fait langoureuse
De Juvisy à Choisy
Pour aborder l'âme heureuse
L'amoureux qu'elle a choisi

Elle roucoule, coule, coule
Dès qu'elle entre dans Paris
Elle s'enroule, roule, roule
Autour de ses quais fleuris

Elle chante, chante, chante, chante
Chante le jour et la nuit
Car La Seine est une amante
Et son amant, c'est Paris

The Seine when she starts on her travels
Lazily flows from her source
Slowly her length she unravels
Twisting and turning her course

Deep in the country she tarries
Not knowing which way to go
Till the enchantment of Paris
Beckons her swiftly to flow

She goes flowing, flowing, flowing
Through the open countryside
For she's going, going, going
To meet Paris like a bride

And she's cooing, cooing, cooing, cooing
Like the murmuring doves
For the Seine has gone a-wooing
And it's Paris that she loves

Elle chante, chante, chante, chante
Chante l'amour de Paris
Car La Seine est une amante
Et Paris dort dans son lit

The Seine

The Seine is adventurous
From Châtillon to Mery
And her traveling mood
Strolls through the country

She becomes languid
From Juvisy to Choisy
To approach the happy soul
The lover she has chosen

She coos, flows, flows
As soon as she enters Paris
She coils, rolls, rolls
Around her flowery quays

She sings, sings, sings, sings
Sings day and night
For the Seine is a lover
And her lover is Paris

The Seine when she starts on her travels
Lazily flows from her source
Slowly her length she unravels
Twisting and turning her course

Deep in the country she tarries
Not knowing which way to go
Till the enchantment of Paris
Beckons her swiftly to flow

She goes flowing, flowing, flowing
Through the open countryside
For she's going, going, going
To meet Paris like a bride

And she's cooing, cooing, cooing, cooing
Like the murmuring doves
For the Seine has gone a-wooing
And it's Paris that she loves

She sings, sings, sings, sings
Sings the love of Paris
For the Seine is a lover
And Paris sleeps in her bed