Siffler Sur La Colline Lyrics in English Joe Dassin

Picture this: a lovestruck day-dreamer spots a beautiful shepherdess tending her sheep in a field glistening with morning dew. He tries every sweet line he can invent – from rolling in the grass beside her to wishing he were an apple she could bite – yet each time she answers with the same playful command: “Go whistle up there on the hill and wait for me with a bouquet of wild roses.” So our hopeless romantic climbs the hill, gathers flowers, whistles his heart out, and repeats the waiting game while the jaunty chorus “Zaï zaï zaï” echoes his lingering hope.

The song is a lighthearted tale of unreturned affection and eternal optimism. Joe Dassin wraps the sting of rejection in sunny, upbeat music, turning disappointment into a charming countryside comedy. Listeners feel both amused by the shepherdess’s teasing and sympathetic toward the persistent suitor who never seems to learn that some loves are meant to stay just out of reach.